Shi**y Coffee
Most of you would have heard of luwak coffee – coffee that consists of partially digested coffee cherries, which haveContinue Reading
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Another dinner at Yu Mansion
Tonight, we have more people per table so the number of courses increased from 10 to 14. Imagine a dinnerContinue Reading
Yu Mansion 禹家大院 @ Shaoxing
This is the first part of three posts of the same restaurant – never had I ate at the sameContinue Reading
Baikohken 梅光轩 @ Orchard
Located in the supermarket area at the basement of Ngee Ann City Takashimaya, this ramen place is hidden at oneContinue Reading
Forbidden City Extra – The Emperor’s Retirement
Emperor Qianlong did not die on the throne before he handed the reign to Emperor Jiaqing. He abdicated when hisContinue Reading
Forbidden City 5/5 Leisure in the Palace 宫廷娱乐
So what does an Emperor do for leisure? In Imperial China, the emperor is a God-like figure that the commonerContinue Reading
Forbidden City 4/5 The Empress Dowager 慈禧太后
There were two empress dowagers that were instrumental to the success and the failure of the Qing dynasty – EmpressContinue Reading
Forbidden City 3/5 On the trail of Yanxi 延禧攻略
There was a really popular TV series about Empress Ling, the third empress during the reign of Emperor Qianlong ofContinue Reading
Forbidden City 2/5 The Inner Court 内廷
Commonly called the “Back Palace” 后宫, this is a cluster of palaces that was out of bounds to all menContinue Reading
Forbidden City 1/5 Royal Architecture 皇家建筑
The Forbidden City covers an area of about 72 hectares (180 acres) with a total floor space of approximately 150,000Continue Reading
Kim Choo Kueh Chang @ Joo Chiat
I wrote about the tale of two “Kim Choo” and how the other Kim Choo came about. Here’s the realContinue Reading
