I recommend trying everything except one category that may take some time to appreciate: Indonesian street food, especially the spicy ones.…
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If I lived in Sydney, I would be a regular at Devon Cafe for sure because their food brought me back to Japan. To my Japan and lots of happy memories of Japan.…
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I realised that I had recently immersed myself in Melbourne coffee culture when I ordered two cups of flat white without thinking much.…
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Originating from India, Chai is a flavoured tea beverage made by brewing black tea with a mixture of aromatic Indian spices and herbs. Unlike my cousins, who have been Chai lovers for a while, my appreciation for it started to blossom only after I moved to Melbourne. Only after I experienced a full-on winter…
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I have been hearing more and more “chicken for dinner” saying by local friends. A variation of “we are having chicken for dinner tonight”.…
Keep ReadingI am typing this from a window seat in a fancy-looking Melbourne cafe called Top Paddock Cafe in Richmond, few minutes away from South Yarra.…
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A few days before my trip, my colleagues told me that a visit to the House of Raminten in Yogyakarta was a must. Their actual advice was: “You must try the virgin milk in the House of Raminten!” Virgin milk? Err.. okay guys! The House of Raminten The restaurant was not hard to find,…
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Here are some of the traditional Indonesian foods that are famous in Yogyakarta and have been the local favourite for generations.…
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An authentic rural Hokkaido breakfast is known to be more seafood-based and usually boosts the local agricultural produce. I recently had the privilege to try the authentic Hokkaido breakfast during my Japan trip. Hokkaido Breakfast Set A typical set of Hokkaido breakfast includes slightly sticky rice, half-boiled Tamago (egg), miso soup, lightly grilled salmon,…
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Che and I call it "Sarapan Rakyat", people's breakfast, which makes it worth waking up at 5 AM for a two-hour drive to the Karawang factory.…
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It wasn’t even 8 AM yet and it didn’t take a genius to realize why I needed to queue for more than two hours just to stand in front of Sushi Dai at Tsukiji Fish Market and stare at people eating sushi. The famous Japanese Sushi restaurant is the same size as my room…
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