I can’t stress my love for New York enough. The shopping, the sights, the culture and most importantly the food is amazing here. Thanks to Shake Shack’s Stack Burger which single handed-ly helped New York climbed the ranks of my list of favorite city. Stack Burger (USD4.50) I don’t even know where to begin to describe this amazing creation. I guess I will start from the outside— the buns, glorious buns. These are not your typical burger buns from fast [...]
Boka is easily my go-to destination when I am in the big apple. The biggest attraction here would have to be — hands down— the Bon Chon Chicken. Otherwise known as Korean’s version of Fried Chicken, the Bon Chon Chicken has taken the world by storm. Branches are opening up across the USA as well as in South East Asia; they are even available in my hometown, Singapore and Indonesia. Call me a food snob but I would go hungry for [...]
It is inevitable that I ends up dining in a Japanese restaurant, no matter where I am in the world. In New York, it is almost impossible not to miss Japanese food since authentic Japanese restaurants are available aplenty at all districts. Soba Totto is located in Midtwon East next door to one of my favorite Japanese restaurant, Sakagura. Sanshoku Don (USD20) Since I was here for lunch, they do not serve Yakitori (Japanese skewers) instead an affordable lunch menu [...]
Googling “Places to go in Barcelona” would result in any potential tourists listing Mercat de Sant Josep de la Boqueria as one of their pit stop. Famed for its open market concept, this is the place to go to buy the freshest produce ranging from cheese to fruits and even seafood. Do yourself a favor and try some of the fruits and Spain’s Manchego cheese while you are here. Mercat de Sant Josep de la Boqueria In addition, there are [...]
Every time we end up in Paris, we would make a customary trip to Le Relais de l’Entrecote to have their awesome food. They are infamous for not taking any reservations. I would recommend to get here at 12PM or 7PM sharp for their lunch or dinner reception respectively if you do not want to wait for more than an hour to be seated. Even before the restaurant is opened, there would probably a line of eager diners. Unfortunately, they never [...]
When I was craving for yakitori but I was not feeling to have it at my usual Tori Q, thecook and I stumbled upon Yakitori Enmaru in ION Orchard and decided to dine there for lunch. The choices of yakitori here is endless, detailing different cuts of chicken parts. Unlike Tori Q, it also offers beef dishes as well as the usual chicken and pork meat. Wagyu Harami The wagyu harami is cooked medium rare and a squirt of lemon [...]
Fancy chilling to a bowl of hot Sukiyaki or Shabu-Shabu (Japanese hotpot) despite the tropical climate of Singapore? I would recommend taking a trip to Cuppage Plaza, the tower that houses many authentic Japanese restaurant. I despise calling Cuppage Plaza a hidden gem just because almost everyone knows of it that it has become a stereotypical hidden gem of Japanese food. Beef Sukiyaki (SGD90 for 2 portion) Despite the non-stellar reviews on Hungrygowhere, I decided to venture here as I [...]
The outrageous line waiting to get a seat If you are a seafood-lover living in Singapore for a few years then it is no surprise that you have heard of this eatery. Be it getting lost at locating its venue at Ang Mo Kio or queuing for about 2 hours, many customers have sacrificed their comfort just to have a bite of their famous claypot crab bee hoon. You may want to heave a sigh of relief because they also [...]
In English, this eatery is literally translated as “Ghost’s black soup.” Rawon is a Traditional East Javanese black beef soup that originated from Surabaya. It has a strong nutty flavor, which is mainly attributed to the key ingredient- keluak/black nuts, which also gives the soup its characteristically black color. Many will second themselves to take a spoonful of this soup when they are served one. However, since I grew up eating this, a bowl of rawon always reminds me of [...]
Looking for great party recipes? In times where I have to prepare desserts for a large number of people but have limited time and effort, I always like to go back to vanilla cream puffs. Vanilla pastry cream can be made in 15 minutes and one standard cream puff recipe usually yields 30 pieces, 3cm in diameter. Hence for a batch of 30, the puffs can be done in a little over 2 hours. When my aunt requested that I [...]
