Japan 2016: Mister Donut

Japan 2016: Mister Donut

The Japanese love their donuts and one of the largest chains in Japan is Mister Donut.  No longer existing in North America you can only get Mister Donut donuts in Asia and they have created flavours specific to the Asian

Japan 2016: Hakuri Tabai Hanbey Izakaya

Japan 2016: Hakuri Tabai Hanbey Izakaya

One of the more fun places we ate at in Kyoto was at Hakuri Tabai Hanbey Izakaya – the locals call it “Hanbey” for short.  An izakaya chain in Japan, this location was located on the main retail strip in

Japan 2016: Kyoto’s Nishiki Market

Japan 2016: Kyoto’s Nishiki Market

I’ve got a lot of favourite places in Japan, as my friends I travelled with can attest to, but Nishiki Market ranks as one of my top culinary places to visit.  Its really because this market allows you to taste

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

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: 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

Sweet Jesus

Sweet Jesus

Some of you might be thinking how crazy I am for eating ice cream in the middle of winter but it’s ice cream, I just can’t stay away.  About five or six months ago, Sweet Jesus opened up on John

Croatia: Ice Cream For Days

Croatia: Ice Cream For Days

So who would have thought ice cream to be one of the best things in Croatia!  Yes, ice cream!  With its proximity to Italy, I guess its not that much of a stretch.  Well, it was so good that I