The mention of a food trip to Tokyo is enough to get everyone in the room excited. Dad, mom, kids and even grannies. So what is it about Japanese food that makes us all so happy and excited about eating in the streets of downtown Tokyo? For one we know Japanese food is well-loved. And like what …
The past weeks must have been a tough time for many hawkers in Singapore. First it was news of the Indian rojak stall then we have another food poisoning case from another steamboat restaurant also from Geylang. Things cannot be more serious than it already is. In the former, the news that 3 lives (including 1 unborn) were lost over …
Inside: A generation ago, tell someone you wanted sushi and you’ll likely be greeted with a blank stare, or your best chance is to fly your way to the nearest Japanese city for good sushi. How much have change in a generation. What started as a way of preserving fish is today a mainstream menu …
The sushi party at A-bang’s kampong is certainly one of the most memorable highlights of my career. I had a lot of fun and visited many great cities in search of food and its meaning but I never would have thought I’ll ever stepped into a Malay kampong to actually teach the locals sushi-making. I …
I never grew up in a kampong and I never thought I missed out on anything. Haha…but one visit to my new friend’s kampong seems to have changed my opinion.
You are now reading how a fairy tale became reality. We had the tremendous oppportunity to teach Japanese cooking to a Malay village in Malaysia. The family we were with, never had sushi before, never had any Japanese food before and imagine how I feel to be the one to introduce them this wonderful cuisine.
Even though this is my 2nd visit to Taiping, I cannot remember much about it. If not for this filming I don’t think I will be back here again. Its natural charm includes the famous 64-hectres lake gardens, maxwell hill and mild climate. It’s a place words like rush, datelines, worry, insomnia don’t exists. It’s so …
