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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 [...]
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 [...]
Mikka Wee 