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Bo.lan – Thai Fine Dining Restaurant Gets Divided Views
[Bangkok] Thai food and fine dining do not seem to be associated until recent years, until restaurants in the likes Bo.lan, Nahm, Issaya Siamese Club, and Sri Bua gain international prominence. Bo.lan,...
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Hong Kong Dim Sum Icon X Little Twin Stars Café – Pretty In Pink & Blue
[Hong Kong] Dim Sum Icon wins. Shortly after it has introduced the hugely popular Gudetama dim dum (remember those custard lava puking out of its mouth videos), the eatery based at Century Square...
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Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016 – Gaggan Is Asia’s Best Restaurant Again!
Asia’s 50 Best Restaurant for 2016 is Gaggan from Bangkok, Thailand again! Now in its fourth year, the 2016 list welcomes 10 new entries. China counts 13 restaurants on the list while Singapore and...
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Republic Plaza – Revamped Basement@RP, Fresh Meals & Fresh Deals at $9.90!
Republic Plaza’s Basement@RP has recently gone through a revamp with expanded seating areas, and a fresh new look. Some call this the ‘secret lunch spot’, accessible via an escalator behind the taxi...
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Eat List Star Contestants Pick Their Must-Have Asian Street Food
One of the 20 names here will be THE NEXT BIG Culinary Star, as they fight it out to be the very first Eat List Star. This to-look-out-for cooking competition launched by Singapore’s Mediacorp will see...
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Keisuke Kani King – Crab Broth Ramen At Orchard Cineleisure, Opens Till 2am...
What? One more. Shortly after Ramen Keisuke Lobster King at Clarke Quay (I hear that there is a queue of hundreds, and my previous post had literally a thousand of shares), Ramen King Keisuke Takeda...
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Tenku Ryugin – One Of Hong Kong’s Best Kaiseki Restaurant, Asia’s Best 50
[Hong Kong] Nihonryori RyuGin at Tokyo, Japan was one of the best, best, best, dining experiences I ever had. Almost every dish was exceptional, stylishly executed, a Japanese kaiseki meal full of...
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OmoteNashi Dining – A Gem Serving Yakitori, Tsukune With Cheese At Boat Quay
OmoteNashi Dining is a hidden gem among the row of Japanese restaurants at Boat Quay, specialising in yakitori and rice bowls. There is a trend of increasing yakitori restaurants in Singapore, but I...
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Maple Tree House – Awesome Korean BBQ At Myeongdong, Itaewon, Gangnam, Samchong
[Seoul] Having Korean BBQ is one thing, having it in Seoul is another. I was recommended to go to Maple Tree House 단풍나무집, and it wasn’t disappointing at all, at least to the tourists like me. Maple...
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Redpan – Promising Restaurant By DP Architects and GRUB, Favourites Given A...
There is certainly room for Singapore restaurants and cafes to have a stronger local touch, to incorporate flavours from our unique cultures into Western food items. In Bangkok, it is commonplace to...
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Clarke Quay – All These Restaurants With Quality Affordable Set Lunches. $10,...
Clarke Quay has become the dining hotspot, with addition of at least 10 restaurants and concepts, several new-to-market. Michelin-recommended The Butchers Club Burger, modern Irish pub McGettigan’s,...
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Crab Corner – $28.80++ Ala Carte Seafood Buffet! Journey To The West For...
“Joo Koon. Serious?” For the love of Salted Egg Crabs, we journeyed to the extreme west for Crab Corner 蟹天王. Fortunately for those of us who stayed in the north and west (ie Queentown), the SMRT train...
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Kajiken – Singapore’s 1st Mazesoba Dry Ramen Shop
Kajiken is probably Singapore’s 1st dedicated mazesoba shop. I was walking past Tanjong Pagar’s Orchid Hotel and noticed ONE MORE Japanese restaurant. Like how many are there? It is already home to...
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Hokkaido Izakaya – This Japanese Restaurant At Tanjong Pagar Has The Feel
This particular stretch of Tanjong Pagar is an interesting one – Korean restaurants (and wedding bridal shops) along one end, and populated with Japanese restaurants on the other. The area nearer to...
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Shin Udon 慎 – Udon Never Tasted This Good, Awesome Find At Shinjuku Tokyo
[Tokyo] Many have written about ramens in Japan, but fewer about its ‘cousin’ udon. I wasn’t that crazy about udon anyway, but the rationale was there weren’t too many exceptional ones I had...
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10 New Ramen Places In Singapore – Oishii To Lobster, Crab, Truffle, Cheese,...
Ramen is in trend once more in Singapore. New ramen shops are opening up frequently, with no less than 10 over the 6 months. Hungry diners are willing to queue more than an hour (though 2 is not...
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Crystal Jade Prestige – Modern & Bold Crystal Jade With Tempting Dim Sum Items
Crystal Jade opens a new concept of Crystal Jade Prestige at Marina Bay Financial Centre. I like the word “prestige”. It conveys a good standing, respect, reputation and appears to be quite apt as the...
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Big Street – Chilli Crab Prata Wrap At Jalan Besar, Opens Till 5AM
Big Street is another one of those café-restaurants going under the radar, located in a conservation shophouse along Jalan Besar. There are some promising elements – local and fusion food,...
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Best Restaurants In Bangkok – A Look At Gaggan, Nahm, Issaya Siamese Club,...
[Bangkok] This is a tough one. Of course my Thai friends would say the “Best Restaurant In Bangkok” would be a hole-in-the-wall at some Soi that the tourists simply DO NOT know about. Yes, I have tried...
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Lukkaithong – Hong Kong Style Food In Bangkok, Best For Their Hor Fun
[Bangkok] The more I visit Bangkok, the more I am trying out restaurants I would have never considered in the past. “Hong Kong Fried Rice Noodle?” Yes, I ventured to Luk Kai Thong Royal Cooking to try...
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