Category: Counter Dining

Daiwa Sushi – Tsukiji Fish Market – Tokyo
Tsukiji is Tokyo’s main fish market and it’s the largest of its kind in the world, with over sixty thousand workers…

Ippudo – East Village NYC – ironically the bao blew me away
Ramen is Japan’s answer to soul food and I can get why with those delectable slowly simmered broths made from pork,…
Jewel Bako – Michelin Star NYC Sushi
Jewel Bako has been around since the turn of the century, 2001 to be exact and it’s owned by husband…

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…

Blue Ribbon Sushi – Intimate little joint in NYC
It’s been around for ages, it’s intimate, it has a omakase bar jammed full of beautiful looking fish and it’s…

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…
Balthazar – New York – brunch love
Balthazar is another one of Keith McNally’s grand French brasserie’s located on Spring Street of New York since April 1997. The…

Morimoto NYC 2011 – My first visit to NYC
Chef Masaharu Marimoto the highly acclaimed star of TV series Iron Chef opens Morimoto NYC in January 2006. It’s a huge…
Bó Drake – An Asian blend in Soho
Bó Drake has been in the Soho food scene since February 2015 and it brings East Asian flavours to a 60…
Taberna Do Mercado – revisited
I’ve not been to Portugal yet to truly experience their culinary offering (a stag trip to the Algrave eating kebabs…
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