{"id":17258,"date":"2016-09-21T14:49:24","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T12:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/?p=17258"},"modified":"2016-09-21T14:49:24","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T12:49:24","slug":"min-ron-nee-visit-september-2016-hong-kong-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/startseite\/min-ron-nee-visit-september-2016-hong-kong-part-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Min Ron Nee Visit – September 2016 Hong Kong – Part One"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Basically this was a happy and exact “copy & paste” to our last year’s trip.<\/p>\n

Frank drove down early so we could have a few good cigars and a light lunch in my village. It was hot, hot enough to sweat in the terrace when we had some coffee and another cigar making time.<\/p>\n

A shower and change of attire and off to the airport. Effortless check-in, love my company. Duty Free : No Talisker this time, price has gone up outrageously and we have a “sentimental” affection for Teeling after having been to Dublin. So a bottle of wine cask and one of rum cask – guess what, the rum cask would win hands down. But both very good.<\/p>\n

A beer and a MC 4 at the gate and soon it was boarding time.
\nFirst flight on the A-380 and looking forward to it. I retired just as it was being introduced at Lufthansa.<\/p>\n

Very impressed with the cabin lay-out, the generous seats and later with the rock-steady and extremely quiet flying comfort. The cabin air quality was also brilliant, important on such long-haul routes.<\/p>\n

It was Jack Daniels & Ginger Ale after take-off and a nice dinner before sleeping most of the flight until 2 hrs before landing in Hong Kong we had breakfast.<\/p>\n

Hot and humid in HK and it would stay like that except for some breeze caused by a typhoon that disrupted some of the Full Moon\/Mid Autumn Festival activities around the South China Sea, specially in Taiwan.<\/p>\n

We were picked up and taken to the Shatin hotel that we consider a very fine place for the week and was so familiar to us from last year. Copy ‘n paste …<\/p>\n

There we would meet J. & T., my northern Chinese friends that flew down to spend three days with us and be introduced to our friend Min Ron Nee.<\/p>\n

A quick iced tea and a MC 4, a shower and off we all were to meet our host Min Ron Nee.<\/p>\n

He was happy to see Frank again and intrigued about J’s Chinese background and cigar knowledge. I was happy to see the chemistry working between them.<\/p>\n

Long conversations with our host in a multilingual atmosphere switching from Cantonese to Mandarin to English to Spanish and German ….<\/p>\n

After the introduction cigar and drinks we had dinner with Min Ron Nee, his wife and son.<\/p>\n

Lovely long dinner, very tasty and washed down with some fantastic bottles of vintage champagne, from Roederer Cristal to Taittinger, Krug and Veuve Clicquot.<\/p>\n

Cigars were 1970’s \u00a0Montecristo Nr 1 from a sealed box that our generous host opened for us.<\/p>\n

Past midnight we retired to the hotel pool and finished the day with Teeling and cigars as we always do anywhere – from Cuba to Asia.<\/p>\n

Waking up early is hard to do with a 6 hrs time difference but we somehow managed and after a lavish breakfast buffet we drove into town paying a short visit to MRN in his busy downtown office and then going for a PL PC and some iced tea at the LCDH Sheraton.<\/p>\n

Most relaxing 2 hrs as always with J. & T. joining us there.<\/p>\n

We then all walked back up Nathan Rd to Hillwood St and a small corner bar that serves Belgian beer for a cigar and a relaxed hour before meeting our host’s family and his neighbour Mr Lu for a sensational dinner of king crab, seafood, duck, chicken and a myriad of other delicacies. Same restaurant, same table as last year. Copy ‘n paste …<\/p>\n

Absolutely mind-blowing food. I was happy to add three bottles of my local village Weinmann Riesling to it, but we stuck mostly to champagne and Mr Lu’s Alvarinho.<\/p>\n

It was then back to MRN’s house for drinks and cigars and some good conversations.<\/p>\n

The night was finished as always by the pool with Teeling and cigars.<\/p>\n

Nino<\/strong><\/p>\n

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