Beautifully browned potato dumplings and generous chunks of smoky bacon floated on a pool of vibrantly green perilla leaf cream.
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Masan Seafood and their ugly delicious agujjim
Monkfish may possibly be the ugliest fish in the world, but it also happens to be one of the most delicious.
Continue readingDrinking sake from all eight regions of Japan
After sampling 35 different Japanese sakes over many years, I was curious if we had indirectly covered the length and breadth of the country.
Continue readingBasilico has restored our faith in all-you-can-eat buffets
Its specialisation in Italian cuisine, focus on quality not quantity and the pièce de résistance, an amazing cheese room, truly sets it apart.
Continue readingOur first foray into Portuguese cuisine, courtesy of Lusitano Restaurant
I know we’re definitely coming back for a return visit. We do, however, need to make sure we bring in sufficient reinforcements next time.
Continue readingBroadening our sake range beyond junmai daiginjos
When we first started drinking sake, we focused mainly on junmai daiginjos. However, more often than not, they didn’t pair so well with food. This changed once we started expanding our boundaries.
Continue readingAfter a year of drinking sake, here are our favourite junmai daiginjos
It’s been a while since we started on our exploration, and after sampling more than a dozen bottles, we’ve managed to identify our top three.
Continue readingBack again at Niningashi for uni, sake and oishii izakaya food
We liked our first meal there so much that we made a return visit soon after. This time, with reinforcements so that we could order a lot more food, and also open a few bottles of sake.
Continue readingWe walked past the 15 Stamford Bar and fell down the rum rabbit hole
When we stopped at the bar that afternoon, all we wanted to know was where to get the pretty golden pineapples on display. But we ended up accidently spending an enjoyable and boozy two hours, courtesy of Tim the awesome bartender.
Continue readingIf you like Spanish food and wine, you’re going to love FOC Restaurant
It’s safe to say that FOC is now our favourite restaurant in Singapore. The food is great, the wines are interesting, and most of all, the service is amazing.
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