In Suzhou, China it’s all about night street markets. And man, do they offer a variety of numnums. Steamed things, fried things, gelatinous things, things wrapped in banana leaf, soup, seafood, tofu, rice in every form imaginable, and some of the most interesting desserts I have ever seen. The following photos should serve as a…
Recently I had dinner at Penang Malaysian Cuisine in Boston’s Chinatown. It’s a pretty cool place made to look like a bit like tropical Malaysia without being too tacky or gimmick-driven. Despite its high capacity, it was packed by 7pm on a Saturday night. The menu was a nice blend of Chinese, Indian and typically Malaysian…
Upon my return to Boston there was definitely one place I had missed the most, as much for its atmosphere as for its wonderful food and masterful mixologists. News had reached me in a land far away that this restaurant had made it to the final round of Munch Madness 2012, where it was unceremoniously…
On a recent trip to Shanghai, I visited the beautiful and historical Yuyuan Gardens and got my fare share of facebook pictures posing as a lotus-footed Ming Dynasty concubine, blissfully feeding the royal goldfish of the summer palace garden ponds. The leafy green tranquility and static, dusty, historical silence of the place truly makes it…
Hong Kong is truly a city for food. It is a meeting point between East and West, and this results in equal availability of authentic, old school Cantonese favorites, Southeast Asian dishes and some pretty damn solid Western cuisine as well. Innovation is everywhere and the people, both expats and locals alike, are always on the look-out…
A few days ago I was walking down the Avenue of the Stars in TST, enjoying a sunny afternoon with my dad and gazing at the Hong Kong skyline from the boardwalk, when I came across one of these squid stalls. Now, I’ve seen these around before. They pop up in places like Disney World,…
The other night I was wandering around Jordan with my dad, Ladies’ Marketing and showing off the bartering skills I recently perfected (no really…perfected) in Shenzhen when we both got kind of hungry. As always with my dad, we were looking for local and weird. We found one of those two…
….on a Rooftop in Hong Kong The past few days I’ve had a pretty difficult decision to make: go to the Philippines or not. On the one hand, I don’t have much to do this week, it’s only around $250 roundtrip to get there and I’ve heard some wonderful things about the country in general…
Last night I was invited to a tasting at Black Stump, the Chiram Group’s newest restaurant, located on Stanley Street in Central. I was first drawn to the place by their DiningCity Menu which seemed to offer a pretty decent meal (salad, steak or fish, dessert) for a reasonable price. Specializing in Australian steak and seafood,…
A recent feeling of motivation to get to know the dining scene of my own neighborhood (well, for two more weeks…) brought me to this place the other night. Taco Chaca is a cool, hipster-friendly neighborhood taqueria, located on Second Street in Sai Yin Pung, just a few minutes’ walk from my apartment. The place…
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