A few friends came over for dinner on new year eve - it has become kind of our tradition to have a get-together on this day every year a...

December is the time when people look back at the year that is quickly passing by, and naturally for us, we look back at the food we had ...

I came across Sushi Garyu at Yotsuya San-chome when I was in pursuit for lesser-known yet highly-rated sushi restaurants in Tokyo. This re...

I didn't make any advance dinner plan for one evening while in Tokyo and decided to "wing it" - essentially trying out a ran...

For the past few trips to Tokyo, I always tried to find time for at least one decent sushi meal, and one tempura meal. This time, I booke...

I resorted to what must have been the most authoritative source of dining reviews, the Gentlemen's Quarterly (aka GQ), for ideas on ne...

I felt obliged to share what happened after our dinner at Gaddi’s last month. Two days after my rant about the poor service we receiv...

A few years ago, I came across a book written by Chef Hirohisa Koyama about the fundamentals of Japanese cuisine. It was eye-opening...

When I first walked in to Chef Keiji Nakazawa's Sushi Sho Restaurant in the quiet neighborhood of Yotsuya near Shinjuku, I thought I w...

I was drawn to Tempura Yamanoue as chefs at the Michelin-starred Fukamachi and Kondo - which I went in my previous visits (the links wer...

I found myself landing in the country of rising sun yet again within a short span of time (the second time this year, and fifth since last...

After spending the morning being an " unofficial intern " inside the pastry kitchen at Four Seasons Hong Kong, we emerged from t...

It may be arguable to say Luk Yu Tea House is the best Chinese restaurant in town, but given its long history, no doubt they are the stand...

I always like the idea of a true desserterie - not just those cafes with a few tarts and macarons on offer, or brunch spot that sells a fe...

One of the best things about the whole concept of Restaurant Week is that, it gave you an opportunity to try out restaurants that you hav...

We dropped by this little eatery just off Soho called BCN a couple Mondays ago in the evening. I think the place opened late last year and...

I was eager to try out some Japanese food in Singapore to see how it compared to the ones at home, so I started googling around looking fo...

A change of our schedule allowed us to ask our friends Charlene and Alan to come for dinner in one weekend evening in late June. They don...

I have been to a few fine-dining places in Singapore during my previous visits to the city-state in the last 12 months, but never been to ...

A couple friends and I were in Duddell's last week at lunch to try out some of their food. It's housed right above the classy Shangh...