Shiok! @ San Jose
Any extended period of time away from Singapore and I start to crave from some comfort food from home.
Month: November 2024
Warayakiya わらやき屋 @ Ginza
Warayakiya, or “straw burning house”, is a popular chain of izakayas, with branches in all corners of Tokyo. I haveContinue Reading
Treasures – Set of Buddhist Sculptures in a Building of Six Classes of Sutra and Tantra (Qing Dynasty)
Exquisite works of art, these yoga tantric statues from the Forbidden City are a result when a dictator tried to influence religion.
Al Solito @ Cuppage (Revisit)
Repeat visit to Al Solito after an enjoyable visit in the beginning of the year. What a wonderful place forContinue Reading
Treasures – Covered Jar With Design Of Phoenix In Underglaze Brown (Yuan Dynasty)
A major export item from China, the existence of humble Leizhou wares is very rare.
Unafuji うな富士 @ Nagoya
It is a sweltering midsummer week, the hottest days in Japan. うなぎ Unagi, more specifically 蒲焼 kabayaki-style unagi, is inContinue Reading
Nobu @ Toranomon
Iron Chef Nobu Matsuhisa, Oscar-winner Robert De Niro, restaurateur Drew Nieporent, and investor Meir Teper agreed to a joint ventureContinue Reading
The Street Dedicated to Gaichi Jorim
Galchi–jorim 갈치조림 is a Korean delicacy of a spicy braised galchi stew, made from beltfish (aka hairtail fish, cutlass fish is called galchiContinue Reading
Michelin Street Food in Taipei
Taiwan has many night markets and some of them have excellent street food vendors that have received the recommendations byContinue Reading