I recommend trying everything except one category that may take some time to appreciate: Indonesian street food, especially the spicy ones.…
Keep ReadingTyping this after another Tahu galore with Appa, I am acutely aware. I will miss our absurd Tahu Time and him once I fly back to Melbourne.…
Keep ReadingWhile in Samoa, I quickly learned and was quite disappointed that finding restaurants that serve authentic Samoan food is not easy.…
Keep ReadingI wrote this on my hotel bed to quickly memorise one of my best Korean cuisine experiences, ready to have ice cream s'mores filled dreams.…
Keep ReadingI don't know whether the Samoan sandwich was as delicious as I thought but the memory of the Samoan Sandwich is forever etched in my mind.…
Keep ReadingWe left Chibog stuffed and happy, precisely the celebratory feeling we had when we got the house, but translated through a Filipino cuisine.…
Keep ReadingIt was Fafa who found out about Tsumugi’s 18-dish breakfast in Tokyo, which wasn’t surprising as the man has been obsessed with breakfast time and breakfast food ever since I knew him. Shojin Ryori? I have had Shojin Ryori (Japanese temple cuisine ━ a set menu based on Buddhism teaching) before, while staying in…
Keep ReadingI did an impromptu Auckland dumpling walk on my last visit to New Zealand, though it's not as excessive as my Melbourne Dumpling Walk (yet).…
Keep ReadingPrawn Tauco is my fave dish in the whole wide world, my last meal-in-prison dish. The dish she cooks first and last whenever I visit home.…
Keep ReadingI finally tried the notorious Nattō, a Japanese delicacy of fermented soybeans. Nattō usually accompanies Asagohan, a traditional Japanese breakfast, but it can also be eaten with a bowl of rice or even as is. I had it for the first time in CIBI, a so-called Japanese breakfast cafe in Melbourne. Their Ultimate breakfast…
Keep ReadingLike most of my first encounters with Australian food, I was also introduced to Jaffle by a colleague during my first few months living here.…
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