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Andre was mentioned that he wanted some satay bee hoon for dinner, and upon his mention of this messy, hearty dish, my mouth started to water. I knew we had to satiate this craving. - I’ve been living in Singapore for four years now, and I’ve turned to satay and satay bee hoon as a [...]
During these extraordinary times, I’m sure you know that there comes a breaking point when a bite of comfort is inevitable, and when that breaking point comes, one must succumb to the pull of the palate. I have been dreaming about the elusive St. JOHN Custard Doughnuts for a while now, which are filled with [...]
Whenever I think of German food, I can never really tell if whatever I had was really it. I can’t quite remember anything else except for my Grandpa’s addiction to those deep-fried pork knuckles, my love for sauerkraut, an ex-boyfriend’s obsession with spätzle, and drunken evenings at Brotzeit, shoving down bratwurst and pints of radler [...]
While Andre and I were planning our Bangkok trip, he asked if I had any restaurant requests. Apart from Restaurant Sühring, there wasn’t really anything else because relishing the street food in Bangkok is quite the treat already. So I asked him to choose. My qualifications were that it had to be laid-back with an [...]
The last time I travelled to Bangkok was in 2014, it was for a media junket that I had the pleasure of being part of. We started from the Northern area of Thailand (Chiang Rai), headed to my favorite Thai city (Chiang Mai), and winded down in Bangkok. We were spoiled with lavish food and [...]
If Christmas and New Year’s are big in Manila, Lunar New Year is the equivalent here in Singapore. My company was nice enough to give us a few days off, so, of course, I used that time to come back home to Manila and spend time with my best friends, family, and of course, Rocket! [...]
I didn’t expect to travel at all to Hanoi last year. To tell you the truth, Vietnam was never a country I was compelled to visit anytime soon. But nevertheless, it came as a pleasant surprise. I would say that the build-up leading to this trip was nothing short of ordained. I had a few [...]
With the insanely massive amount of good food in Japan, Tokyo is in itself a plethora of gastronomic pleasures. It’s one of those places in the world that you can travel to without a list and allow to surprise you—with minimal disappointments. The worst thing (is there even a worst thing when in Japan?!) I [...]
Sushi Kanesaka holds a special place in my heart, as it is the first sushi omakase I’ve had in Japan. I’m no sushi connoisseur—far from it. Here in Singapore, a sushi omakase can run to up to SGD350++ for the smallest size because most of the seafood here is flown in, so it’s worth it [...]
After spending two weeks in Japan, Andre and I have fallen in love with it more than ever. A prolonged smittenness towards the Land of the Rising Sun has gotten us inspired to live the way the Japanese do. And so, ever since we got back, we’ve been trying to eat and live healthier. An [...]
Mikka Wee 