I never thought I'd put "fast food" and "Omakase" in the same sentence, but you eat and learn - in Nori Maki, that's.…
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“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.…
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Besides my Amma's cooking, Nasi Padang is the Indonesian cuisine I have missed the most for the best part of these two years.…
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After a few more plates (more than hundreds, if I am being honest), nasi lemak, along with Chicken Rice, turned into my comfort food.…
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Last week, during my break from work to reset and recharge, I mulled over some ideas to write on this blog ━ primarily about the “Blog Project” my therapist suggested I take on. I wanted to write about the things that I love, interest me, bring me joy and, more importantly, something I can…
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Even though Nasi Jinggo is an iconic Balinese dish, it was first sold by a Javanese family as supper on the roadside in Denpasar, Bali.…
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"Omakase is more expensive because we put the shoyu and wasabi for you" joked the chef in Kisume.…
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A bowl of lemongrass congee, pork belly, shiitake mushroom, onsen egg, Asian veggie and chilli oil ━ with an additional chilli on the side.…
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An 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…
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I 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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Walking back home from Cucinetta, I reflected on how this would be one of the last dinner dates while we lived within walking distance.…
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