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Mama San Bali – she didn’t spank me!

Mama San is an antiquated term that refers to a woman of authority in a geisha house or drinking holes in…

Posted in Cocktails Counter Dining Good for dates Good for Groups Informal Open Kitchen Singapore Tapas Wine Bar

FOC Off!

FOC Restaurant in Singapore was launched in September 2014 with the mission to bring us diners an experience of contemporary Catalonian…

Posted in 3 Michelin Stars Cocktails Formal Italian Posh Nosh Tasting Menu Wine pairing

8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Review – Hong Kong – the only 3 Michelin Star Italian outside of Italy

As you can see from the title of this review, 8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana is the only Italian restaurant outside of…

Posted in Alfresco Dining Cocktails Craft beer/ales Informal New York Open Kitchen Pizza

Roberta’s Brooklyn’s Gritty Pizza Joint

Roberta’s has been around since 2008 is located in the neighborhood of East Williamsburg – it’s lauded as one of New…

Posted in Cantonese Cocktails Craft beer/ales Informal New York Seafood

Buddakan – New York – Yes your opulency

Buddakan is the second of Stephen Starr’s restaurants’ which first launched in March 2006 and is one of the Meatpacking District’s…

Posted in Alfresco Dining Brunch Cocktails Counter Dining Craft beer/ales Informal Mexican New York Seafood

El Toro Blanco NYC – my initiation into Mexican food

New York has given me the first for many a dining experience so far, and El Toro Blanco is certainly one…

Posted in Cocktails Craft beer/ales Formal Modern European New York Posh Nosh

The Nomad Hotel NYC – my intro to chef Daniel Humm’s cooking

The NoMad Hotel opens in 2012 in Midtown New York and comes with 168 rooms in its 20th century Beaux-Arts building…

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Má Pêche – Another one from the David Chang stable

Má Pêche is another spawn from the Momofuku stable and it’s conveniently located in Midtown in the Chambers Hotel of 56th Street….

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Momofuku Ssäm Bar- NYC – Hirata Bun Virgin

Restauranteur, TV personality, French culinary school graduate David Chang opened his second restaurant Momofuku Ssäm Bar in August 2006 within Manhattan and it aims…

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Minetta Tavern – it’s a New York institution

Unsurprisingly we could only score a table at 5.30pm in Keith McNally marvellous Greenwich Village bistro which has been around since…