Issue: June 22, 2012 (Archive)

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Room for error
Many home purchasers in recent years have been bitterly disappointed to discover the pre-sale flat they put their life- savings into buying turns out to much smaller than they had expected after completion.

BMW & MINI car show
Dates: June 23-24 (Sat-Sun)

Avant advent
With its V-6, three-liter, supercharged, 300-horsepower engine, full-time quattro, and a top speed of 250km/h, the new Audi A6 Avant seemed to be made for me. It had been a year since I had tested the A6, in the sedan version, and I soon discovered the only real difference is in the shape of the bodies.

Feast from the southeast
More than 100 products have been brought in for Great's (Tel: 2918-9986) Southeast Asia Food Festival.

Bag of gourmet treats
Oliver's The Delicatessen (Tel: 2810-7710) is offering an Epicurean Bag (HK$500) which gives you a preselected bundle of the newest finds, ranging from wine to deli snacks and cheeses, with a value of HK$850. There are just 20 bags available daily.

Pump up the shrimp
The new menu at Bubba Gump (Tel: 2849-2867) has crustaceans galore - Kentucky bourbon skewers of large shrimp and Ping Pong Pesto Pasta made with sauteed shrimp and penne.

It's a wrap!
Qu Yuan was a well-loved Chinese poet who is believed to have thrown himself into a river 3,000 years ago, overcome by political intrigues.

Good deeds invite good karma
One of the famous eight deities or immortals is Lu Ju or Lu Dongbin - or, as he preferred, The One Who Returned to Tao.

Flashback
Mok Kau-moon lived a simple life on Lantau Island. Every morning, the Dongguan native began his day by soaking a huge pot of soybeans in water from the mountains.

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