Shunju 春秋 @ Akasaka
An elegant new-age Japanese restaurant located on the 27th floor of a building in downtown Tokyo. They arrange the tables inContinue Reading
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You Sushi 游壽司 @ Taipei (2025)
Taipei has some of the best Japanese restaurants outside of Japan, and I returned to this excellent sushiya near YongkangContinue Reading
Kisurin 希須林 @ Akasaka
There are plenty of noodle joints that serve tantanmen 担々麺 (担担面 in Chinese), a spicy Szechuan noodle dish. But thisContinue Reading
Poro ぽろ @ Nagoya
In Nagoya, you can find restaurants offering obanzai, which is a style of traditional home-style Japanese cuisine, often with aContinue Reading
National Treasures – Zhang Zeduan “Along the River During the Qingming Festival” (Northern Song)
A wonderful long scroll depicting the most prosperous era in China history. This is the original.
Berseh Food Centre @ Jln Besar
One last trip to Berseh Food Centre for old-school hawker favourites, which will be closed for renovations from 29 SepContinue Reading
Chasing Dragons (c. 1900s)
Given the recent K-pods addiction problems, let’s see how our forefathers tackled the opium problem.
Segwang Yangdaechang 世光양대창 @ Seoul
The Japanese called horumon ホルモン. But if you are not into beef offals, you may turn away now.
Yakitori Mook @ Seoul (2025)
After the “Culinary Class War” on Netflix, this yakitori specialist has been elevated to “God” status. This is the secondContinue Reading
The Day That Changed China’s History
Imperial Army of Japan invaded China on 18 Sep 1931 that started the Second Sino-Japanese war that concluded with the detonation of first atomic bombs that were used in combat. But before that, China was divided about fighting against the Japanese as the Nationalists were fighting a civil war with the Communists. A warlord named Zhang Xueliang was about to change that which came to be known as the Xi’an Incident.