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[Recipe] Easy Light & Crispy Beer Battered Fish & Chips

Nov 30, 2016

Fish & Chips are one of the things I grew up eating in Singapore, and one of my favourite guilty pleasures. Cod is my all time favourite fish for fish & chips, although it is seldom…

Review of Epices & Foie Gras, Shanghai

Nov 12, 2016

Watch the Epices & Foie Gras video on Youku (China) Watch the Epices & Foie Gras video on Youtube My recent dining adventures have led me to a couple of Michelin recommended restaurants, unintentionally. This time,…

[Debunking the Michelin Guide] Shanghai Michelin Bib Gourmand Winner, Ah Niang Mian

Nov 04, 2016

I screwed up. I have been in Shanghai for over 10 years, and had only visited Ah Niang Mian for the first time a couple of weeks ago. Ah Niang Mian has been touted as…

Daimon Bistro by Alvin Leung, the most exciting restaurant opening in Shanghai in 2016

Oct 24, 2016

Watch the Daimon Bistro video on Youku (China) Watch the Daimon Bistro video on Youtube This year, 2016, we have seen more restaurants shut down than new ones open. At the same time, we have…

Unlimited Buffet Brunch at Taste and See

Oct 24, 2016

Watch the Epices & Foie Gras video on Youku (China) Watch the Epices & Foie Gras video on Youtube Taste and See is the latest restaurant I visited to compile my best brunches of Shanghai…

I Ate 5 Bowls of Noodles at Baoism, Shanghai

Oct 20, 2016

Watch the Baoism video on Youku (China) Watch the Baoism video on Youtube The bao, in my opinion, is one of the oldest and most iconic Chinese culinary inventions, second only to noodles. Centuries later,…

The Resurrection (of Madison), Shanghai

Oct 07, 2016

Madison was a restaurant by Chef Austin Hu. Once known as THE go-to place for brunch in Shanghai from as early as 2011. Back in the day, brunch was still a foreign concept to Shanghai,…

Brunch @ Jean Georges, Shanghai

Oct 07, 2016

Watch the Jean Georges video on Youku (China) Watch the Jean Georges video on Youtube Jean Georges has long been one of the pioneers of French fine dining in Shanghai, and opened on The Bund…

Lunch at Calix for Shanghai Restaurant Week Fall 2016

Oct 01, 2016

Watch the Calix video on Youku (China) Watch the Calix video on Youtube Calix was one of the restaurants on my wishlist for awhile, and I finally got around to visiting them for their lunch…

Italian Brunch @ Va Bene, Xin Tian Di

Sep 29, 2016

Va Bene has a brunch promotion entitled  ‘DJ Brunch’ on the weekends, which features Italian-inspired brunch dishes with music from a live DJ. I was invited by my foodie group to a lovely brunch earlier…

Brunch @ The Nest, Shanghai

Sep 23, 2016

In this edition of my Shanghai Ultimate Brunch guide, I visited The Nest. The Nest has been one of Shanghai’s go-to night spots for awhile, and was once very unique in the sense that you could…