Not planning for anything in particular, but I ended up meeting with a few friends from Hong Kong during my week in Shanghai. 

One evening we decided to check out a new izakaya in our neighborhood with a heavy shade of doubts. Decent dining establishments have been f...

We have long anticipated the opening of Uza, the new concept by our friend Anthony with the name a combination of Unagi and Izakaya which al...

Censu has been on my list of restaurants to visit for a while. Technically I have never been but I did try Chef Shun's cooking at a pop-...

"So, where are you going for dinner on April 21?" became a common question to ask as we were finally allowed back into restaurants...

Mid-summer is customarily the time to eat Unagi, or freshwater eel, thanks to the tradition of “Doyo no Ushi no Hi” day which falls in late ...

ODDS seems to be a rather odd name for a Japanese restaurant, but turned out that's the only thing that seems out of place about this ne...

I saw on Facebook about the opening of a Japanese restaurant specializing in oyster dishes and was curious to give it a try the other night ...

I have not been back to Yardbird for years – not since they moved from their original location up near Soho to their much expanded space in...

I almost forgot my booking at Toritama until a few days ago before the meal when I received their message reminder. With they still going st...

We came across this izakaya while wandering in this Tai Hang neighborhood looking for a place to eat. What caught our eyes first was this ...

It seems like an oxymoron when they decided to name their Japanese Izakaya style restaurant “Silencio” (after a Latin jazz song apparently...

I have been itching to check out this new yakitori place named Birdie at a new building that seemed to have sprout up out of nowhere in th...

“You are going to love it as long as you don’t think of it as Japan”… my friend JP gave me this piece of advice on Okinawa. To be honest, ...

We came across this little izakaya in Causeway Bay specializing in Kushikatsu, when we were looking for a casual bite in the area on a Fri...

Of course, one might argue that just because the restaurant is close to the fish market doesn’t guarantee the best quality of ingredients ...

A few days ago I dropped by Okra in the afternoon for a sneak preview of the upcoming collaboration dinner menu featuring dishes by Chef M...

A long story why I ended up on this side of harbor after spending a good afternoon browsing through exhibits at the Art Basel on the other...

For two evenings in mid-December, pork, instead of chicken, became the major theme of Yardbird as they were running a special menu inspire...

We celebrated this year’s Thanksgiving at an unusual venue of a Japanese-style Izakaya. I have been to Okra in Sai Ying Pun headed by New...