2016 年第一炮，約了舊公司同事吃盆菜。應 Edmund 要求，即場煎牛扒及豬扒供大家品嘗，還有 Patti 帶來的美味蘋果批。

酒店選擇了在國立競技場對面新開張的三井花園酒店，酒店位處明治神宮外苑及新宿御苑中間，位置上十分便利於看紅葉與銀杏，只是今年的明治神宮外苑的銀杏樹顯得有點稀疏。

澄澄為 Ken 慶生，安排了火炭工廈的私房菜。

菠蘿一家大細來了上水家訪，Otis&Serena 異口同聲地說要吃牛排，剛好冰箱還有幾塊牛扒，只是最小的一塊也有三吋厚。牛排先慢煮 5 小時（54 度），再用煎 pan 無面煎兩分鐘。

因公務到了薄扶林一趟，順道一嚐中廚午餐。

It had been long that I didn’t pick up my camera and take pictures. On the saturday of July 8th, I brought my camera, Nikon FM2, and went to the Battery Park City, NY. Took …

每年重陽節前，各圍村都忙於煮盆菜。我住在圍村超過十年，吃最多是上水盆菜，也吃過錦田元朗的盆菜，大致上差不多。是年的大圍盆菜宴，用鹽水鴨、粉絲和蝦做的盆菜，跟北區人以豬肉為主的盆菜不同。

Requested from Alan, I took his camera to Brooklyn Pier shooting at Manhattan East. Came out quite nice.  

Hiking Trip with friends in February 2003.