Yami Kaoya Canting ("Amazing Duck") in Taipei

We had a team dinner at this small Peking duck chain. The duck was pretty good, as it featured local poultry from Yilan . It was leaner tha...

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Zhanyu Feng in Taipei Taiwan

This is a small local chain doing things like noodles and dumplings . But I didn't like it, as they didn't have a clean tasting red ...

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New Great Gobi Mongolian BBQ in Taipei, Taiwan

All of that talk about Mongolian BBQ yesterday got me thinking about it tonight, so we went out to this one in Ximending, as I had never he...

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Gangshanmiao Yangroumian in Taipei, Taiwan

That probably doesn't look like much above, but I liked it enough that I immediately ordered a second plate. It was just a random street...

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Osaka's Torikizoku in Singapore

A budget yakitori chain from Japan has opened an outlet at VivoCity (1 Habourfront Walk #01-104). Yes, the prices were affordable, and I le...

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Yanhuo Restaurant in Chinatown, Singapore

I'm surprised that this place hasn't gotten more attention (22 Cross Street). Despite being on a busy street with big glass windows ...

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ThunderBowl Lei Cha in Singapore

This leichafan stall has a couple of outlets in the west. And while my bowl above wasn't anything to get too excited about, it was inte...

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Flipper's from Japan in Singapore

This is other one of those chains from Japan that takes like 20 minutes to do pancakes because of their low temperature cooking technique. ...

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Waa Cow! in Singapore

This local chain has been around for a number of years now, but I never went in since it looked rather commercialized. Tonight I went out of...

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Pazonia Italian Street Food in Singapore

Across the street from Mamma Mia Focaccia and next door Smash Street lies another Italian sandwich shop (49 Amoy Street). It didn't loo...

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Dirty Supper in Tiong Bahru

I finally made it over to Dirty Supper and found my new favorite place (78 Moh Guan Terrace #01-19). Everything about them appeals to me, in...

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Hong Kong's La Vache! in Singapore

That may look a little weird above, but it was the remaining portion of my steak frites up on the tealight-heated tray. This shop does noth...

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Mamma Mia Focaccia in Singapore

That was surprisingly good! I wasn't quite sure about this narrow sandwich counter at first, as I had never heard much about it, and it ...

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The "Yuzu Nuts" Soba from LILYAN

Yes, that's how it's named on the menu at LILYAN , which I went to after that discussion about SHIN the other day . It's in refe...

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Guangzhou's RUXU at Funan in Singapore

I rather like this Cantonese dessert chain from Guangzhou . They have an outlet on the ground floor of Funan (107 North Bridge Road #01-11...

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Noodle Star K Now Has Pyeongyang Naengmyeon

I am not sure if Noodle Star K got a new chef or something, but their menu now features a Pyeongyang naengmyeon option at an S$8 (US$6) pre...

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8889 Ji Gong Bao at Northstar@AMK

I haven't had jigongbao in a while. But this place out in an industrial park was commanding hourlong waits on a Saturday night (030 Ang...

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Korea's Standard Bread in Singapore

I needed a bit more food after that ramen , so I stopped into that wood-laden Standard Bread place given that there was no line tonight (26 ...

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Mensho X Sentosa's Wagyu Tantan Mochimen

I finally got around to trying the mochimen at Mensho X Sentosa . At first I tried eating from each section of that plate before I realized...

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People People Brewing Co in Sentosa

That quarter rotisserie chicken portion on the right might look a little paltry, but it was surprisingly affordable considering that it was ...

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