I recommend trying everything except one category that may take some time to appreciate: Indonesian street food, especially the spicy ones.…
Keep ReadingThough it has been widely adopted, much loved and become a local food icon in Singapore, Teh Tarik originated from Malaysia.…
Keep ReadingAs the saying goes ━ you don't forget your first Onigiri. I had mine at the Fushimi Inari train station on my first Japan trip with my best friends.…
Keep Reading“The ladle should not face the door when you are pouring the milk“, Lkhama advised us before continuing with “giving away good luck” as the reason why. Lkhama was in the middle of teaching us how to make Mongolian tea, the traditional kind that has been a part of nomadic Mongolian culture for centuries.…
Keep ReadingBesides my Amma's cooking, Nasi Padang is the Indonesian cuisine I have missed the most for the best part of these two years.…
Keep ReadingAfter a few more plates (more than hundreds, if I am being honest), nasi lemak, along with Chicken Rice, turned into my comfort food.…
Keep ReadingEven though Nasi Jinggo is an iconic Balinese dish, it was first sold by a Javanese family as supper on the roadside in Denpasar, Bali.…
Keep Reading"Omakase is more expensive because we put the shoyu and wasabi for you" joked the chef in Kisume.…
Keep ReadingA bowl of lemongrass congee, pork belly, shiitake mushroom, onsen egg, Asian veggie and chilli oil ━ with an additional chilli on the side.…
Keep ReadingAn Indonesian and a Chinese went into a Japanese Izakaya located in a small town in Australia; It sounds like a start of a bad joke, doesn’t it? But that’s precisely what happened. Liz and I are staying in a lovely Airbnb in Mt Macedon this weekend, and we went to Kuzu Izakaya tonight…
Keep ReadingI knew it would be a treat to eat at Soi 38. I have wanted to go to since last year, but it only happened this week.…
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