Here’s another confession: I visited Tokyo Disneysea for the food. Age is definitely catching up to me as roller coasters no longer appeal to me. In the theme park, there is a famous ride, the Tower of Terror, which involved ascending before sudden drops. The entire time I was thinking: you stupid girl. Paid good money to […]
If you are familiar with the New York dining scene and live for Anthony Bourdain, you will have heard of Chef Naomichi Yasuda. Bourdain calls Chef Yasuda “my master, my mentor as far as all things related to sushi” plus a whole lot of praises. In summary, Chef Yasuda opened a sushi restaurant in NYC, it swiftly became […]
Highly popular and recommended, we arrived at Umegaoka Sushi no Midori about half hour before its opening time of 11am to be met by a long queue. Thank goodness the restaurant was big and we managed to secure the first seating. There are many sushi sets at Midori. For assortment sushi, three sets offered […]
Ah Gontran Cherrier. Reunited less than a year later. The Chef behind Singapore’s Tiong Bahru Bakery but for anyone who has tried his namesake bakery, you know the Singapore bakery is incomparable. On a cold rainy Sunday morning, my girlfriends and I headed for his Shibuya outlet for pastries to start our day. They did […]
One can’t visit Tokyo without having a bowl of Ramen especially when it is ordered from a little vending machine. In view of the high calorie and sodium intake, us girls decided to make it count and find a bowl not found in Singapore. My research showed a chain specializing in fish-broth ramen: Ramen Nagi. In Singapore, […]
Hello everyone, it has been a bit quiet around here but if you have been following my Instagram account, you KNOW I was just on a 10-day gastronomic adventure around Tokyo and Kyoto! In particular I embarked on an ambitious pastisserie-hop. Over the course of 10 days, I sought out and ate 16 pastries, 6 éclairs and […]
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