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Make your own Banana Vinegar

If you have been to Japan in the last couple of years, you might have notice the latest food fad in Japan – fruit vinegar. More and more artisan vinegar shops have opened up inside department stores, selling a wide array of expensive drinkable vinegar that comes in stunning wine-look-alike bottles. Or you might have [...]

Good food, Ah Xian and my GPS

Ah Xian found me

Case in point, is it always a guarantee visiting a restaurant recommended by a famous food personality offers a memorable experience?  Or do you get more disappointments?  If it’s from a credible source, usually it’s good.  For the past weeks, enough friends of mine have been talking about this food personality ever since his [...]

Ordering food is fun at Ebisboshi Shotengai

Ordering My Okos

Another Japanese-theme “food court” has opened up and this is certainly nothing to be excited about. We have too many of this same dining concept over the past year. But after a visit to Ebisboshi Shotengai (ES) at Iluma the other night, I realize ES sets apart from the rest; for one, [...]

The Little Treats In Life

You know the kind of little treat that can light up your entire day? Perhaps like a tub of Ben & Jerry’s or a huge slice of the most chocolaty chocolate fudge cake. My kind of treat happens to be anything with salty-caramel. And I get really excited seeing any sort of pastry that comes with salty [...]