Eye Spy With My Little Eye

The Grateful Dead: Room at Anthropologie - Rockefeller Centre NYC

Delightfully Morbid, Eerily Beautiful. Cant' deny my love for taxidermy in interiors and anything that goes along. I want my own curiosity room!

Thrilled: 208 Duecento Otto on Hollywood Road

 208 Duecento Otto by JIA opened its doors on May 11! Since eyespy resides a stone throw away from this mystery Italian spot, I've been patiently waiting for its grand opening and when instinct beckons, eyespy and the bf turned up on its debut day by chance, and we were so thrilled! Genuinely, the first guests there!

The opulent downstairs bar with upstairs floor for a full a la carte (opening in late May)

Chinoise tiles of blue and white

Wonderful underlit marble top bar with a well stocked alcohol library

 
Soft Foccacia, on the house

Colourful concoctions of yellow and pink

 
  Amazing Antipasti Platter for 2 for HK$250. Beautiful
  

Bar food was fantabulous, and 1st day service was surprisingly top notch, (the Filipino host was exceptionally well prepared). Will be back for the real deal!
  
208 Duecento Otto by JIA
208 Hollywood Road,
Sheung Wan,
Hong Kong
Tel: 2549 0208
info@208.com.hk

C'est la Classe: Lancel Time Tunnel

Stopped by a little ceremony last week for Studio Harcourt's first and only non portrait project that captures the 134 year old archive of Lancel. Great effort! The classic French brand is instantaneous back on my radar !

The Time Tunnel


My personal favourite - Leggy Cigarette Holder


Le Choinois ivory warrior


A genuine croc bag!


Umbrella la la  

See it @ Lancel Vintage Exhibition 
Lanscape Deck
1881 Heritage
Tsim Sha Tsui

Hoard it: Pawn for Charity - Crossroads Foundation

Last year, I managed to lug 3 happy stripe-y red white and blue's to the Pawn and basically scored a month's worth of drink tickets. (No, my impulsive shopping habits cannot fuel a small country). The Pawn extends a helping hand to charity again, cash voucher for household goods and Fish and Chip proceeds. Eyespy encourages you to donate to the needy!
Starts May 15 to June 30th

 

Pawn for Charity
62 Johnston Road,
Wanchai
Tel: 2866 3444
info@thepawn.com.hk

Trippy Kaleidy: Mangekyo Room by Sega Toys

I've been searching for an effects projector since the beginning of time and finally, kaleidy, colours of plastics twists and turns on my bare walls. Those crazy Japs, love their innovation!

Spotted at Log-On Kowloon Tong

And: Its Bikini Season soon!

Funneling out of the Aberdeen Tunnel and greeted by H&M's sassy,sexy bikini campaign. Oh Summer time, summer time! Gentle reminder to mere mortals to hit the gym!

Tapas Manias: FoFo by El Willy at M88

 Creator of the very delectable el Willy in Shanghai, Barcelona native Guillermo's latest venture, FoFo is here to impress the ladies! 2 lunches and a dinner at FoFo and I was blown away.

  

First impression via openrice - a march of proud penguins, adorable

 
Light and white, top floor with plentiful sunlight. Indoor sun basking

 
Tugging a women's heart - Piglet motif, a wall of small animals and penguin chandeliers

 
The well-stocked bar with a skyscraper view of Central

 
Stamp of quality, Fofo plates

  
   
And  of course, the lovely tapas... those bite size seared foie grois, scallop, beetroot, kumquat and popcorn powder melts puddles in your mouth,white anchovies were a beautiful balance of salt and vinegar, chorizo fills the biggest potato nut, those soft wild snapper warm citrus sauce and a surprise bed of sweet corn vanilla ravioli were absolutely lip smacking,  large spoonfuls of porcini mushroom, Iberian ham and hazelnut juicy rice ending with a wonderful trio of flan, ice-cream and all things yummy happy sweet.

FoFo, you've stolen my heart and my stomach. Can't wait to come back, with a gaggle of gossipy girls this time!

   FoFo by El Willy
20/F M88
2-8 Wellington St
Central
Tel: 2900 2009

2010 World Expo Select: The Waterhouse at South Bund

Dockyard dance with a killer view of the Pudong skyline, the very boutique 19 rooms of Danish functionalism finally opens its doors to the public! Next month, eyespy goes to 2010 World Expo Shanghai, Copula me at the brand new Waterhouse at South Bund! 

The Waterhouse at South Bund
Maojiayuan Road 1-3,
Zhongshan Road South,
Huangpu District,
Shanghai
+86 21 6080 2988
sales@waterhouseshanghai.com