In Shanghai we looked up an authentic old-skool xiaolongbao joint for breakfast. Fu Chun, on the edge of the trendy French concession area, has been there forever, and unapologetically crusty. It took a while for us to figure out the system - you order and pay at the counter by the entrance. Menu is entirely in Chinese, I had to ask the cashier to ( Read more... )

Oh look what I found when I logged into my blog after, oh... 6 months. An old post from Easter that never got posted. Oops.
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I'm back in Bali after 6 years away, and it's the first time for Si so we head here for a beach break over the Easter hols. I was a little ( Read more... )

A new modern bistro had popped up in Singapore and have been getting positive reviews, so we had to try it for ourselves. A collaboration between the TIppling Club, 40 Hands, and Spa Esprit owners - it had the right mix of style and street cred. It promises affordable and relaxed modern dining, and set in the hipster old/new skool neighbourhood of ( Read more... )

Sometime last Christmas I received a cryptic message from Goz, something about March and Copenhagen. When I realised he was inviting me to Noma, the current winner of San Pellegrino Awards' Best Restaurant of the World, Si and I jumped at the chance and booked our flights rightaway. Noma, and its lead chef, René Redzepi, was getting a lot of press ( Read more... )

Prague. The romantic city in the centre of Bohemia. We flew in for a long weekend, and found beautiful bridges, plentiful good beer, and lots of history I've never heard about. Fascinating. The old town centre where we were staying is pretty touristy, and many food places promise to serve authentic Czech food - which as far as I could tell, ( Read more... )

I've spent almost all of my birthdays back home in Singapore. I can count the times I wasn't in Singapore for it on one hand. It's on New Year's Eve, which is a big day and I've always wanted to be home with friends and family, even when I moved away. Last year I was spending my birthday in New York, which turned out to be my best birthday ( Read more... )

We knew we wanted a special meal for Saturday dinner during our weekend in Paris, something to taste extraordinary cooking, to make us feel like we were in a culinary capital. Alas, work and other trips got in the way and we didn't make any arrangements or research places to book. In the end we bought a Time Out Paris and just tried our luck with ( Read more... )