Where do you go for nice but reasonably-priced Kobe beef teppanyaki? First, you take the train to Kobe. Second, you opt for lunch and third, you choose a butcher’s shop that also happens to run a restaurant upstairs.
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Crab diem, seize the crab!
The Wife and I are huge crab fans and satisfy our cravings at various seafood restaurants in Singapore — chilli crab, black pepper crab, steamed crab, curry crab, crab beehoon, cold crab — you get the idea. So when we found a restaurant in Osaka that served crab kaiseki, we had no choice but to go.
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Trip planning: Beauty, shopping and food (Seoul Summer 2020)
The Wife was supposed to be on a flight to Seoul three weeks from now, for a week-long girls trip with her good friends DT and XL. Obviously that’s not going to happen now because of that-which-must-not-be-named, but I thought it would be nice if they could at least get to experience it virtually.
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One duck was harmed in the making of this post
Back in the day when planes were in the air and international travel was possible, we had the most amazing duck tasting menu in Yilan, Taiwan. It’s been four years since then, but we still can’t forget the best duck soup we’ve ever had in our lives.
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Booking and redeeming Marriott hotels (Europe Autumn 2020)
Even though we’re no longer travelling, I wanted to note down the Marriott hotels in Europe that we initially booked (but have since cancelled) for future reference.
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Keep calm and carry on
We’ve been tracking Covid-19 news daily and watching too much local and international news. But when our Sentosa staycation check-in date arrived, we decided to keep calm and carry on.
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Keeping it in the family
I’ve been using luggage from Briggs & Riley for about 15 years now. This week, the newest addition to the family arrived.
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Earning and burning Krisflyer miles (Europe Autumn 2020)
Human beings were not designed to spend thirteen hours in a flying tin can, but if you really have to, doing it in Business class on Singapore Airlines is definitely a good choice.
And if you’re spending your own money, the most cost-efficient way would be to earn and redeem Krisflyer miles.
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Trip planning: Mountains, museums and canals (Europe Autumn 2020)
Sometime last year, The Wife commented that although we’ve been to Spain twice, we haven’t visited other parts of Europe.
“Switzerland sounds nice,” she added.
Yes, it does.
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Trip planning: Snow, sushi and onsens (Japan Winter 2021)
The last time we were in Hokkaido was in 2015. It was a group tour where we were bused around and didn’t get to spend much time at each stop. For our return visit, we’ve decided to go free-and-easy and add in a trip to Hakone and stay at a traditional ryokan.
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