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In addition to the artsy, hip (read: very gay) area of Lan Kwai Fong on Hong Kong Island, quite a few gay-friendly restaurants and bars have risen tip in the last few years in evolving and fashionable NoHo (the area north of Hollywood Road). In ``The Bridge on the River Kwai,'' the fictionalized account of British POWs in Southeast Asia during World War II, Alec Guinness portrays the senior British commander who initially resists demands that he help the Japanese army construct a railroad bridge over the River Kwai. Like the Three Tenors, these three chefs will be displaying their talents against the backdrop of spectacular stage settings--in this case, the magnificently designed restaurants of the new Four Seasons Hotel, surrounded by elegantly landscaped grounds that include waterfalls, towering sequoias, extensive gardens punctuated with monumental boulders imported from Thailand's River Kwai. |
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kwai - the basic unit of money in China 