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I am back to Taipei, Taiwan on the last week of December 2018 for a short gateway and visited Fei Qian Wu 肥前屋 for dinner. Fei Qian Wu 肥前屋 is known for its famous unagi don or unadon in Taipei. The restaurant is established over 50 years ago by a Taiwanese-Japanese family. We were there around 4.20pm and started to queue for early dinner. We were 2nd in line and the restaurant is open for dinner at 5pm. So, yeah! We queued for 40 minutes for this. Read More

We made our way to Pokemon Café at Nihonbashi for our lunch but it was fully reserved. In fact, the whole month of December is fully booked. So, if you are heading there, please make your reservation to avoid any disappointment. So, we saw this old Showa building that caught our attention. It was lunch time and we saw people queuing for it and so we decided to give this place a try. Read More

Menya Kokoro, the largest authentic Maze-Soba restaurant chain from Japan opens its first ever outlet in Singapore. The popular chain has opened 27 outlets around the world ( Japan, Indonesia, Spain, Thailand and Vancouver) in just 4 years! Amazing!

The founder, Chef Takuma Ishikawa, who has 13 years of culinary experience is trained under the original masters and creators of Maze-Soba- Menya Hanabi (the restaurant known for inventing Maze-Soba and introducing to the world). Read More

Maru Dine & Bar restaurant located in Icon Village offers fusion cuisine and wide range of alcohol drinks including draft beer, sake and many more. The restaurant is accessible via a short walking distance from Tanjong Pagar MRT Station. I had the chance to visit the restaurant with my friend courtesy of Chope. Read More

Hokkaido-Ya located at Vivocity Mall is a fast casual eatery serving Hokkaido-inspired dishes. Sushi Tei Pte Ltd is the team behind this new establishment. Hokkaido-Ya , which translates to Hokkaido-shop has an adorable mascot, Ezo modelled after ezo momonga (Japanese dwarf flying squirrel) sculpture in front of the shop entrance. Read More

Sun with Moon Japanese Dining & Café located at Wheelock Place for many years. I still remembered I visited the restaurant with my friends for dinner after work years back. The restaurant has been in Singapore for many years since 2005. Time flies but the restaurant still remained at the same location for years! Read More

Katong, the eastern neighbourhood of Singapore is known for its colourful and rich heritage shophouses. It is also one of the tourist spot to discover the Peranakan and Eurasian cultures here. I ventured to the area to check out the new F&B restaurant, Rakuya sometime ago. Read More

Caffe B located at 64 Club Street is the Japanese-Italian restaurant that was previously located at Marina Bay Sands. The relocation of the restaurant also introduced a brand new menu recently. I was invited for a tasting session on one of the weekday dinner.The restaurant is helmed by Executive Chef Masanao Saito. Read More

Unagi fans can rejoice once again as they have new addition unagi restaurant to visit in Singapore. Unagiya Ichinoji is the first original unagi speciality restaurant from Japan opening a store in Singapore. It is said to be one of Tokyo’s renowned unagi restaurant, which has 125 years of history. Read More

Being the first Japanese restaurant to step foot in Singapore, and still running, that does speak much about Shima Restaurant at Goodwood Park. The dishes here are curate carefully by Hokkaido’s most awarded Chef Fumihko Hoshiba. We were invited to the launch of Chef Fumihiko Hoshiba’s new Kaiseki menu. Read More