Atlas Dining is nestled just along the outskirts of South Yarra (and next to my favourite fusion Japanese sushi restaurant Gaijin). Headed up by Chef Charlie Carrington, Atlas Dining takes you along a globetrotting journey to the cuisines of different countries every four months. This trip I had the change […]
HIBIKI: JAPANESE-STYLE BRUNCH IN MELBOURNE
Located just on the outskirts of Camberwell, is Hibiki, a really beautifully decorated cafe serving Japanese styled fusion brunch. If you want to skip to the video click here. At first, if you search ‘Hibiki’, you’ll be inundated with a flurry of Suntory Japanese Whisky blends, and I suspect this […]
FINDING A LITTLE BIT OF PARIS IN HONG KONG’S “METROPOLITAIN”
With Hong Kong home to a large population of French nationals, it’s no wonder we have quite a number of French restaurants too. I personally haven’t tried too many French restaurants here in Hong Kong – the other place I had tried was Plat du Jour for a friend’s birthday, […]
HONG KONG’S BEST DIM SUM RESTAURANTS
Visiting Hong Kong is never complete without a meal feasting on the amazing dim sum that the city has to offer. Dim sum is actually a Cantonese translation of the Chinese word 點心 which can be loosely translated to little bites/pieces – which makes sense since dim sum dishes are […]
PIRATA GROUP’S CHAIWALA TAKES YOU ON A JOURNEY THROUGH INDIA
This week we had the pleasure of trying out Pirata Group’s latest Hong Kong addition Chaiwala. Centered around modern Indian cuisine, the entrance to this quirky little establishment isn’t so straightforward. The address: 43-55 Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong. This leads you to a big blue bright door that says Hugger […]
DINING WITH FRANCIS: MIDDLE EASTERN CUISINE
This week my friend and I had the pleasure visiting this newly established little restaurant hidden within the design/hipster side of Wan Chai. Hidden just off St Francis Street in Wan Chai, is FRANCIS – an intimate little restaurant bringing the best of Middle Eastern cuisine to the internationally diverse city that is Hong […]
JIA JIA TANG BAO: THE BEST XIAO LONG BAO IN SHANGHAI
An absolute must-do when visiting Shanghai is of course savouring every possible xiao long bao (小笼包 soup dumpling) you let in sight (not actually kidding). You can literally find xiao long bao’s in every Chinese/local restaurant, but how can you ensure that you’re not wasting your calories on what’s just […]
UMA NOTA: BRAZILIAN JAPANESE CUISINE IN HONG KONG
This evening we headed out to Uma Nota in Soho, Central to celebrate one of my good friend’s birthday. I first probably was introduced to Brazilian/Japanese/Peruvian food back in my early 20’s, trying out fusion Japanese/Peruvian dishes at Nobu back in Melbourne, who do an amazing job at complementing fresh seafood/sashimi […]
WEIRD FOODS: TRYING OUT SPOON WORMS (OR PENIS FISH) IN BUSAN – SOUTH KOREA
One of the perks of living & working in Hong Kong is the insane amount (not complaining) of public holidays we have! During the mid-autumn festival, I head off to Busan in Korea for a quick 4 day getaway. One of the things we didn’t realise when planning was that […]
DISCOVER SHANGHAI’S BEAUTIFUL SKYLINE AT BULGARI HOTEL
Back in late June this year, a few of us headed up to Shanghai for the long weekend! Although I love Hong Kong, sometimes it’s really nice to get away to Shanghai for a short 3-4 day trip and just experience the amazing space, arts & culture and of course […]