Before I had even experienced modern wagashiya (Japanese confectionary shop), Higashiya for myself, I was already enamoured of…
Maguroya – House of Tuna – great sushi at low prices in Singapore
What do you get when a highly reputed seafood dealer decides to open his own sushi stall in…
Best Cookbooks of 2012
I am a cookbook junkie. I have an entire bookcase of cookbooks and food related non-fiction titles. And…
Tsujiri brings its awesome Japanese sweets to Singapore
In the Kyoto guide that I created back in 2009, I wrote about an über-popular dessert cafe called…
Afuri Ramen, great chicken soup based ramen in Tokyo
A funny thing happens to you as you age. Your tastes begin to change. Preferences you once clung…
Pantry Basics: Red Velvet Roll Cake
This super easy to make, light and tender-crumbed Red Velvet roll cake weds CH’s obsession with Red Velvet…
Enji, a cool bar with great food in Ginza
I’ve mentioned before that I’m a pretty obsessive pre-holiday researcher. In order to best decide where my wife…
Pakomen (排骨拉麺): The Comfort Food of Japanese Prime Ministers
This dish of spare rib ramen—that the Japanese call pakomen (and if you read the kanji, it would…
Keiji Nakazawa, the best sushi chef in the world (to us)
When I took my beautiful wife S to Tokyo to celebrate her birthday in March, because we only…
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