We spend most of our summers with my sisters in the U.S. and we try and get away for a girl’s weekend nearby (meaning a short flight away). In 2016, we spent a few nights in Austin, a city none of us had been to and one that we had hear was hip and happening …
Bird Bird is the newest restaurant of Singapore’s bad boy chef, Bjorn Shen. Fans of his popular Middle Eastern restaurant Artichoke, are in for another cheeky surprise with this casual Thai street food restaurant just like those found in the back streets of Bangkok. The place is simply but thoughtfully designed with mismatched plastic stools, simple wooden tables, multi-colored soft drinks crates stacked …
2014 ended with a fantastic two-week trip a deux to Paris followed by my sisters’ visit over the Christmas and New Year holidays. 2015 started out busy with dinner parties, getting the kids back to school and the the recent Chinese New Year celebrations and just like that, March is almost here. I wanted to …
My last Tokyo post is all about Roppongi Hills, Tokyo’s so-called city within a city of modern skyscrapers, high-end hotels, luxury shops, green spaces, world-class museums, numerous bars and night clubs and lively back streets. My friend Rumi lived nearby so we decided to meet at the 45th floor lobby of the Ritz-Carlton Tokyo for a quick …
Dorado just got a food truck a few months ago. Nanobox Gourmet Bites and Catering is usually parked behind La Hacienda and Walgreens on weekends and is run by Culinary Institute of America-educated chef Nano and his brother. The menu changes often and has modern Puerto Rican bites served in takeaway boxes. They have a …
On Saturday, we had the whole morning and decided to explore 798 in Dashanzi. This area of former factories and dilapidated warehouses, including the main Factory 798 which produced electronics, has been transformed into Beijing’s trendy art district over the years. Most of the buildings and warehouses in Dashanzi were designed by the East Germans in …
Travels with a Gourmet 