Japan 2016: MOLLette

Japan 2016: MOLLette

Mollette Kitchen, a restaurant located in the Isetan department store in Kyoto’s JR Station, specializes in omu-rice.  This dish, as the name may suggest, is a combination of an egg omelette stuffed with fried rice.  But not just any fried

Japan 2016: Okonomiyaki

Japan 2016: Okonomiyaki

When my family insisted that I take my friends to Hiroshima to visit the Peace Memorial Museum and the Genbaku Dome, there was one other place I knew we needed to go – Okonomimura, the ultimate place to go for

Japan 2016: Ryokan Heianbo and Traditional Japanese Breakfasts

Japan 2016: Ryokan Heianbo and Traditional Japanese Breakfasts

The first part of my Japan trip consisted of four nights in Kyoto’s Ryokan Heianbo.  I’ve had traditional Japanese breakfasts before but I wasn’t sure how my friends would like it which is why I really appreciated that Ryokan Heianbo

Japan 2016: Tonkatsu Wako

Japan 2016: Tonkatsu Wako

A popular chain in Japan (we had to wait about 30 minutes for a table), Tonkatsu Wako is a restaurant specializing in deep fried pork cutlets.  Very similar to the Austrian schnitzel, the Japanese tonkatsu is traditionally a pork loin

Singapore 2016: Unique Foods

Singapore 2016: Unique Foods

Although I was in Singapore for only a short two days, I definitely noticed that Singaporeans love their breakfast, coffee and sweets.  At many of the cafe hawker stalls and cafes (like Canopy Coffee Cafe) would serve breakfast sets that

Singapore 2016: Afternoon Tea at Raffles Hotel

Singapore 2016: Afternoon Tea at Raffles Hotel

Two of the “must-do” things I had on my list for Singapore was to experience having a Singapore Sling and Afternoon tea at the world renowned Raffles Hotel.  I had to make reservations for afternoon tea a few months in

Singapore 2016: Chinatown Complex

Singapore 2016: Chinatown Complex

When I first started planning on my trip everyone I spoke to who travelled to Singapore in the past would rave about the hawker style food that this country’s come to be known for.  On a tip by one of