cooking. eating. carousing.

In Indonesia, we have this Dutch influenced Javanese stew called semur , of slowly simmered beef dominated with nutmeg and peppery undertone...

Nasi + Konro bakar When I told an Indonesian colleague at work that I was going to Makassar, he had one request: don't forget the  ...

During my research of what to eat in Montréal, the name Schwartz's came up quite a few times. To me, what was being described and pic...

Five peppercorn crusted bison carpaccio - $10 Before we tuck in for the night inside our plush king-size bed at the Fairmont Chateau in...

We're in Banff, people! Ah... Finally.... We can straighten our hunched backs and uncurl our toes, stretch those arms upwards, breath...

Three words: Oh My Gawd!

Around the corner from Warung Brintik is a slightly more famous eatery. The more recent reason of this fame is due to a visit from a cer...

Warung Brintik is very much a typical establishment that can be found all over Malang . And by that I mean a relatively small, perhaps ev...

The best way to describe ayam bumbu rujak is without words.

I was expecting a slapdash food from a place like Took Be Gi.

I remember a time when there was practically one korean restaurant in Perth and when looking for a korean grocery store was like trying...

Gedang mekuah - Rp 70,000 Gedang mekuah is a bowl of spicy green papaya and seafood soup. It was my appetiser when I went for lunch at ...

I bet when I say "meat and potatoes", it's probably fair to say that the image conjured up in your mind would be somethin...

Every single person in my family has a Frequent Diner Card each. And you might want to know that we did not obtain these cards the easy way...

I remember when I was young, the garden in my childhood home was filled with a cornucopia of plants. Some grew more successfully, others no...

Continuing on my recent foray into the Vietnamese pho, I visited Viet Hoa in Northbridge during a particularly ravenous state as I foolishly...

Trà Vinh is one of those places that I have been meaning to review but never got around to do it. So, here goes.

Cafe Asia, or Asian Cafe as we like to call it, is a frequent hang-out, mainly because my parents and sister like this place so much. Person...

My first encounter with Grill'd was in Melbourne, since then I kept hoping that they would soon open a branch in Perth. But I never real...

A few weeks ago, my brother-in-law wanted to try out this newly opened Vietnamese noodle (Pho) shop in Northbridge. It’s funny that he coul...