There are few things as relaxing and pleasurable than taking a bath–Japanese style–in natural hot spring water. For…


Friday Food Porn: Ikura Rice in Miyagi, Japan
A little something to make you hungry this Friday and also to whet your appetites for a series…

Quick and easy snack: baked doughnuts
I have a weakness for baking pans. Whenever I am in a kitchenware shop, I will invariably wander…

Innocent Bystander: fabulous pizza and Moscato on tap
Over the New Year, we vacationed in Melbourne with our munchkins, our first family holiday since baby girl…

Spot – Dessert Omakase in New York City
I’d been looking around for a Japanese dessert place in New York City for a while, so when…

A meal at Waku Ghin in Singapore, Asia’s second best restaurant
Just a few weeks ago, the 2013 edition of The Miele Guide to Asia’s Finest Restaurants was launched….

Wines to go with Chinese New Year feasts
As we usher in the year of the snake, the most important event for many of us is…

Power Breakfasts: Cottage Cheese Pancakes
My son loves pancakes, especially if I use his favourite shape cutters to make police car-pancakes or mammoth-shaped…

Spanish restaurant Movida makes a positive move to Sydney
Each time I visit Movida, I simply rejoice. The name, which means ‘the movement’, was chosen by Spanish…