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A few weeks ago I received a kind invitation to a media tasting of a "collaboration" between Chef Agustin Balbi of HAKU and Chef Matsuo Hideaki (松尾英明) of Kashiwaya (柏屋). Being a "freebie preview", it's completely understandable that this had been scheduled in the middle of the afternoon in order not to take up valuable revenue-generating seats during regular business hours. These types of events have always been a pain in the backside for people like myself who have a regular day job, but given that this particular event was on a Friday afternoon and I was assured that "this is worth it", I somewhat begrudgingly got out of the office and crossed the harbor for this "lunner"...
October 27, 2017
October 24, 2017
Plagiarism and social media part 2: jfkhndwine/jamescavs is a FRAUD
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After finding out a couple of years ago that a person by the name of Jo Soo-Tang - a marketing professional and socialite who is currently the Chair of the Board of the Hong Kong Adventist Hospital Foundation - plagiarized my pictures and posted them as her own on Instagram, and subsequently discovering that this photo I took of the Bimmah Sinkhole in Oman has literally been stolen by hundreds of websites, I was alerted to another case of plagiarism involving my work.
Here he is. Someone who goes by the handle of @jfkhndwine (changed from @itstheoenophile after I reported him) on Instagram. I don't know who this person is. I don't even know if this is actually a picture of him. This is James Michael Cavanaugh (@jamescavs), a spoiled brat who apparently holds an American diplomatic passport. What I do know is that he has been stealing my pictures and posting them as his own on Instagram under the aforementioned handle. And he has stolen a lot of them.
I was alerted to this by one of my followers on Instagram, whose own picture has been stolen and used by this character. Interesting, this person has actually blocked me on Instagram to prevent me from finding out what he has been doing, and I needed others to send me screen captures of my work on his Instagram.
This was the first picture I received. Let's be frank... there ain't too many bottles of 1940 Latour floating around on the market, which was what caused the kind Instagram follower to take notice. Sure enough, this is my picture of the bottle I opened for dad's birthday on September 25, 2011 at L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon in Taipei.
Eventually I logged myself out of Instagram so I could see every post he has made. There are a total of 127 posts, and I counted 25 of them as being pictures I have taken. That's 20% of his posts! STOLEN FROM ME! And doing a quick search using his Instagram handle reveals many other reported cases of pictures being stolen by him.
So what the fuck was going on? Who is this guy? Does he even drink wine? Why is he going around stealing everyone's pictures? Just so he can get lots of followers and 'likes'?! So he can pretend he's living the good life while in reality he's sucking on Two Buck Chuck? This is the sad state of social media, where people like him are pretending to have a life by stealing the work of others and passing the experiences off as their own. I'm sure there are plenty of others. What a bunch of sad fuckers!
My message to this guy? FUCK YOU AND THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON!
So I'm filing a formal complaint to Instagram, and I'm not gonna stop until his account is deactivated, and we find out who this person is and make sure he can never steal another picture from someone else again. Please help me in that effort.
(Update: I reported the violation to Instagram and the 25 pics were removed within the hour. And the fucker has changed his handle. I wish Instagram would just de-activate this account for good!
Here are the rest of the pictures that he stole, along with links to the blog posts where the pictures were originally posted:
After finding out a couple of years ago that a person by the name of Jo Soo-Tang - a marketing professional and socialite who is currently the Chair of the Board of the Hong Kong Adventist Hospital Foundation - plagiarized my pictures and posted them as her own on Instagram, and subsequently discovering that this photo I took of the Bimmah Sinkhole in Oman has literally been stolen by hundreds of websites, I was alerted to another case of plagiarism involving my work.
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| Photo credit: @jfkhndwine on Instagram / James Michael Cavanaugh |
I was alerted to this by one of my followers on Instagram, whose own picture has been stolen and used by this character. Interesting, this person has actually blocked me on Instagram to prevent me from finding out what he has been doing, and I needed others to send me screen captures of my work on his Instagram.
Eventually I logged myself out of Instagram so I could see every post he has made. There are a total of 127 posts, and I counted 25 of them as being pictures I have taken. That's 20% of his posts! STOLEN FROM ME! And doing a quick search using his Instagram handle reveals many other reported cases of pictures being stolen by him.
So what the fuck was going on? Who is this guy? Does he even drink wine? Why is he going around stealing everyone's pictures? Just so he can get lots of followers and 'likes'?! So he can pretend he's living the good life while in reality he's sucking on Two Buck Chuck? This is the sad state of social media, where people like him are pretending to have a life by stealing the work of others and passing the experiences off as their own. I'm sure there are plenty of others. What a bunch of sad fuckers!
My message to this guy? FUCK YOU AND THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON!
So I'm filing a formal complaint to Instagram, and I'm not gonna stop until his account is deactivated, and we find out who this person is and make sure he can never steal another picture from someone else again. Please help me in that effort.
(Update: I reported the violation to Instagram and the 25 pics were removed within the hour. And the fucker has changed his handle. I wish Instagram would just de-activate this account for good!
Here are the rest of the pictures that he stole, along with links to the blog posts where the pictures were originally posted:
October 23, 2017
Snake and reptile season starts
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The Hungry Tourist is back in town, and I made a booking at my favorite private dining space a couple of months ago. As we have now passed Mid-Autumn Festival and the weather has actually cooled down in the last couple of weeks, I checked with the chef about the availability of our favorite snake soup. When a positive response came back, I did a little "happy dance" on the inside... This was the start of game season, then!
Bamboo piths stuffed with bird's nest (官燕釀竹笙) - I've only had this dish once before and really enjoyed it, as the superior broth - thickened with corn starch - left its beautiful fragrance in my mouth. I did think, though, that the flavors of the bamboo piths were slightly pungent and unpleasant.
The Hungry Tourist is back in town, and I made a booking at my favorite private dining space a couple of months ago. As we have now passed Mid-Autumn Festival and the weather has actually cooled down in the last couple of weeks, I checked with the chef about the availability of our favorite snake soup. When a positive response came back, I did a little "happy dance" on the inside... This was the start of game season, then!
October 20, 2017
A happy introduction
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As unbelievable as it sounds, I still have a number of friends who have never been to Neighborhood. So once again, a couple of us regulars were tasked with initiating a couple of newbies. We were surprised to find The Man in White T-shirt in the house, but happy that we could spend a little time with him on a busy evening.
Needless to say, we didn't do any ordering and just waited for the kitchen to start sending us our food...
200 day aged rump / Hokkaido melon - the beef from Rangers Valley was marinated in classic Chiuchow masterstock (滷水), and rubbed with black truffles. The chunks of Hokkaido Yubari melon (夕張メロン) were very sweet.
As unbelievable as it sounds, I still have a number of friends who have never been to Neighborhood. So once again, a couple of us regulars were tasked with initiating a couple of newbies. We were surprised to find The Man in White T-shirt in the house, but happy that we could spend a little time with him on a busy evening.
Needless to say, we didn't do any ordering and just waited for the kitchen to start sending us our food...
October 17, 2017
Meet the Fockers: VIP birthday
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This would be the first time that dad is spending his birthday in Hong Kong, and I have the rare pleasure of taking him out to a nice restaurant. While a number of restaurants in town could have done a good job for the occasion, in the end I decided to go back to Caprice and let Hairy Legs and team take care of us.
As usual, mom would not be able to take in a whole set menu, so I asked for the à la carte menu and explained each dish to mom, gauging her interest for each dish while trying to make sure that mom gets in the new experiences that would bring her so much joy. In the end we decided to order 3 appetizers for her, while Hairy Legs put a menu together for us after I requested that he not send us too much food...
Victor offered us a little bubbly to help kick start the evening...
1995 Charles Heidsieck Blanc des Millénaires - warmed up a little in glass and showed a nice, toasty nose, and also citrusy. Ripe on the palate and slightly bitter on the finish.
Then, a few nibbles...
Egg sabayon with mushroom and sabayon
This would be the first time that dad is spending his birthday in Hong Kong, and I have the rare pleasure of taking him out to a nice restaurant. While a number of restaurants in town could have done a good job for the occasion, in the end I decided to go back to Caprice and let Hairy Legs and team take care of us.
As usual, mom would not be able to take in a whole set menu, so I asked for the à la carte menu and explained each dish to mom, gauging her interest for each dish while trying to make sure that mom gets in the new experiences that would bring her so much joy. In the end we decided to order 3 appetizers for her, while Hairy Legs put a menu together for us after I requested that he not send us too much food...
Victor offered us a little bubbly to help kick start the evening...
Egg sabayon with mushroom and sabayon
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