MFWF Robata’s Ghibli Inspired The Heart Inside Night

I was late for the MFWF’s Ghibli-Inspired “The Heart Inside Night” at Robata and had to squeeze into an empty seat in the middle of the long table, dashing out multiple ‘sorry’s and ‘excuse me’s. Once seated, the first thing that caught my eye was the snippets of Ghibli movies playing in the background…

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MFWF Mapo Tofu The Taste of Chengdu

Last week, Liz and I went to an MFWF event, Taste of Chengdu dinner, where I learned that Chengdu is famous not only for pandas but also for its celebrated Mapo Tofu. The dinner was a birthday gift for Liz (we have started a tradition of experience birthday gifts – this year, she got…

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Marthanden Hotel A Faux Pas Toddy Shop in Melbourne

I was at the toddy shop with Fafa, called “Toddy Shop,” a Kerala cuisine eatery located in the hipster neighbourhood of Collingwood and opened by an equally hipster-looking chef. The Toddy Shop is much smaller than the open-air OG toddy shop I visited in Kerala, but Fafa said this was the usual size of…

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