Ephernitè - the final restaurant in our food tour of Taiwan. It had been a whirlwind expedition from Thailand to Singapore and 4+hours across to Taiwan. We’d traversed across Taipei and down to Taichung to eat (Le Mout) and now we were ensconced in a softly-lit, quiet nook at restaurant Ephernitè. It was a perfect [...]
Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2018 : 1-50 List 1. Gaggan, Bangkok 2. Den, Tokyo 3. Florilege, Tokyo 4. Suhring, Bangkok 5. Odette, Singapore 6. Narisawa, Tokyo 7. Amber, Hong Kong 8. Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet, Shanghai 9. Nihonryori Ryugin, Tokyo 10. Nahm, Bangkok 11. Mingles, Seoul 12. Burnt Ends, Singapore 13. 8 1/2 Otto e [...]
Korean French fusion? What would that taste like wonder the Foodie Mookie crew. In truth Pookie already knew but wanted to surprise Mookie. So off set the Crew to seek out Keong Saik Road in Outram to taste the brain child of South Korean chef Sun Kim. Meta is small, seating only 30 in a [...]
It is a given that most foodies choose a restaurant based on the style and quality of the food. On a trip to Tokyo, Florilege was a rare time that the choice to dine was based on a rumoured ‘immersive’ experience as well as the fact it had been named as ‘one to watch’ by [...]
Restaurant: Shinzi by Kanesaka @ The Regis Location: 29 Tanglin Road, Singapore, 247911, Singapore Chef: Shunsuke Kikuchi Cuisine: Traditional Japanese Sushi & Sashimi Omakase Awards: 1 Michelin Star, #44 Asia’s Best 50 Restaurants 2017 Book a Table Having heard good things about the quality and hankering for the simple yet sublime flavours of good sushi Pookie chose to [...]
Restaurant: Steve’s Café & Cuisine Location: 68 Sri Ayuthaya road, Soi Sri Ayuthaya 21 (Devet), Vachiraphayabaan, Dusit, Bangkok 10300 Cuisine: Authentic Thai Cuisine Make a reservation When travelling it always surprises me how often I end up making unplanned connections that see me travel through unexplored streets on a culinary adventure. When querying a reputable [...]
It takes a dedicated foodie-come-food-writer to travel 7200km to experience a chef's menu, but this restaurant was first to be booked on my recent Thai-Khmer travels. This unassuming restaurant can be found in a traditional wooden house in one of the many unlit streets in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Anointed as one of the best restaurants [...]
When an Australian foodie is travelling abroad, it is always nice to find fellow countrymen/women doing amazing cuisine. Such is Bo.lan. The chefs are wife/husband duo of Australian-trained Thai-native 'Bo' Songvisava and Australian chef Dylan Jones who met working at Nahm (London) thanks to Australian Chef David Thompson (Nahm, Long Chim). The Australian connection is [...]
A lot has been written about Chef Kittichai's farm to table approach to Thai cuisine, he is a respected chef with plenty of accolades for this creations. It was a hot and humid day in Bangkok (is there any other kind?) when I trekked to Issaya Siamese Club and the sight of a beautiful colonial [...]
Having over-indulged the night prior (see Burnt Ends review here) and then sampled some of the best modern Singaporean food to be found (see Wild Rocket review here) the Foodie Mookie invited a friend to visit a bastion of fine dining french cuisine - Les Amis, which has been around since the 90's. After its [...]
Having spotted Wild Rocket in the Asia's Best Fifty listing and noting that the cuisine was coined "Mod Sin" for Modern Singaporean by the lawyer turned chef, Pookie knew that he must make time to visit. A lunchtime seat was available at the counter for the Omakaze menu in this very zen restaurant which unlike [...]
Its been a few years since last Mookie and her crew dined at Restaurant Andre. What stuck in the mind was the cute sheep standing beside the table for Mookie to sit her handbag on and the fact that nearly every sentence uttered by the wait staff included the words "Chef Andre". Andre himself had [...]
