Category: food & drinks

  • Berlin food diary: Cocolo Ramen, Kreuzberg

    Just a quick post about what we ate while in Berlin. The places mentioned in these food diary entries are all memorable for various reasons and definitely recommendable. Don’t remember why we wanted to have ramen in Germany. IT’s friend recommended this place Cocolo Ramen in Kreuzberg. Since we were hungry, we took a cab

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  • Berlin food diary: Austernbar in KaDeWe

    Just a couple of short posts about what we ate while in Berlin. The places mentioned in these food diary entries are all memorable for various reasons and definitely recommendable. KaDeWe is a large luxury department store in Berlin, equivalent to Harrods in London or Shinsegae in Seoul. They have the most extensive gourmet food retail area

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  • Lima Blas 十五, Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur

    Lima Blas 十五, Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur

    While we were in KL, our friend J took us to Lima Blas which means 15 as the restaurant is at 15 Jalan Mesui, Bukit Bintang – an area full of bars and restaurants. It was raining lightly that night, thankfully the restaurant was practically just downhill from our rented apartment (click here to see Lanson Place). The

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  • Arancini at Strit Fud, Taormina

    This post is about arancini, Sicilian rice balls. The name derives from their shape and color, which is reminiscent of an orange (the Italian word for orange is arancia, and arancina means “little orange”). My Italian colleague told me about it. The first time we saw the arancini was at Catenia airport but we were running

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