Sticking with tradition, we opened another bottle of bubbly on the first day of 2021 and promptly started day-drinking. This year, it was the intriguing Migaki-Ichigo Mousseux NV made from 100% strawberries grown in the Miyagi prefecture of Japan.
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Be careful, yuzu sake is very addictive
The taste was unmistakably yuzu, citrusy with a pleasant bitter afternote, swimming in a sea of smooth sake.
Continue readingWork travel is a necessary evil, but at least you get to eat well
I used to travel quite a fair bit for work and during a four-year period from 2015 to 2019, I had made 26 round-trip flights to Tokyo for an average of one trip every two months. Here are some of the memorable meals that I’ve had during the four years when I was commuting to Tokyo.
Continue readingReclaiming the vegetable compartment
For the longest time, the vegetable compartment of the fridge has been our de-facto wine cellar. Over many years of accumulation, it was getting crowded and so it was time to start drawing down the strategic wine reserve.
Continue readingDinner and drinks in Pontocho alley
A trip to Kyoto would not be complete without a night out in Pontocho alley, a long and narrow stretch lined with numerous restaurants and bars.
Continue readingQuarantine + BBQ Delivery + Amarone = Meh
It was Day 25 of the not-lockdown and I wanted to bust out our bottle of Amarone from the vegetable compartment. And since Jerry’s BBQ now does deliveries, we decided to order some meat to go along with it.
Continue readingDrawing down the strategic wine reserve
On 4 Apr, the day after the not-lockdown was announced, our good friends RC and QY drove over and made a special delivery of pandan cake and kaya from Cheng’s @27.
It gave us a good excuse to draw down our strategic wine reserve and open a bottle of dessert wine.
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