The sign has since been changed - sadly much of the neon signage used along many streets in HK has already disappeared - to a wavy blue one. You can see the Park Lane Shopping Boulevard in both the lower screen grab and the Streetview picture below.
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Showing posts with label Ting Ho Restaurant. Show all posts
Saturday, November 14, 2015
The Pillow Book - Vivian Wu (1996) - Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
There are a couple of night shots in the film when Wu tries to follow Ewan McGregor's beat up old car. One of the scenes see us driving down the Tsim Sha Tsui section of Nathan Road. past the "Very Good Seafood Restaurant" more commonly known as the Ting Ho Restaurant. It's a very similar scene to this one from Yellowthread Street all those years back - and you'll see it was the same neon sign overhead as well.
The sign has since been changed - sadly much of the neon signage used along many streets in HK has already disappeared - to a wavy blue one. You can see the Park Lane Shopping Boulevard in both the lower screen grab and the Streetview picture below.
The sign has since been changed - sadly much of the neon signage used along many streets in HK has already disappeared - to a wavy blue one. You can see the Park Lane Shopping Boulevard in both the lower screen grab and the Streetview picture below.
Monday, February 23, 2015
Yellowthread Street (TV Series) - Bruce Payne (1990) - Nathan Road, Kowloon
This is a night scene which would normally prove a bit difficult for identification purposes but for the existence of a sign to one of Tsim Sha Tsui's long-established eateries: the Very Good Sea Food Restaurant or the Ting Ho (頂好海鮮酒家 ) as its name is usually romanised.
It's located at 90-94 Nathan Road and the screen caps above show us looking south from the junction with Granville Road. Although I've never been there to eat, it's supposedly quite good (I guess the fact it has been around so long is testament to that), and was the subject of an old Bruce Lee related story that ended up proving to be bogus (someone had said the Unicorn Fist promo lunch was held there, but actually this took place at the old Miramar). Anyway, here is the same view today thanks to Streetview. The current wavy blue resto sign can be seen directly underneath/behind the one for The Body Shop.
It's located at 90-94 Nathan Road and the screen caps above show us looking south from the junction with Granville Road. Although I've never been there to eat, it's supposedly quite good (I guess the fact it has been around so long is testament to that), and was the subject of an old Bruce Lee related story that ended up proving to be bogus (someone had said the Unicorn Fist promo lunch was held there, but actually this took place at the old Miramar). Anyway, here is the same view today thanks to Streetview. The current wavy blue resto sign can be seen directly underneath/behind the one for The Body Shop.
