Not the world’s 50 best restaurants.. Had I but world enough and time, trotting the globe to eat wouldn’t be such a crime. I am a self-confessed World’s 50 Best Restaurants junkie. I find it commendable that the list is streamlined towards unearthing innovations where (occasionally) no ordinary foodie has reached. There is a catch, …
PIZZA PILGRIMS Rating: 3.5/5 Three boys with a piping hot hole-in-a-truck available all-day on Berwick Street. They did not happen to be “models” (or pimps) but a fine purveyor of Neapolitan pizza called Pizza Pilgrims. The “Pilgrims” are Thom, Jamie and Louis. English. They has, recently, scoured Italy in search of the perfect pizza and …
Japanese import Ittenbari is a Japanese ramen restaurant import by the guy behind a noted ramen restaurant Ryukishin from Sakai, Osaka. (If you are unfamiliar with ramen, read this first). Unlike its Japanese outlet, Ittenbari isn’t just a ramen specialist restaurant. The menu includes (at present) two ramen dishes – Shoyu and Shio – but …
Ramen.. Very briefly, for those estranged by the term ‘ramen’, I am talking Japanese egg noodle in soup, which had an origin from China but has been refined across centuries by the Japanese. (They even write manga about it!). The key elements are the noodle and the soup. The noodle should be chewy and springs …
Springy, squeaky, squishy, squid-y… There are a limited number of vocabulary to describe an out-of-this-world sushi experience. (I won’t attempt it). Let’s just say that if you think you can die for sushi and happen to be in Singapore, Shinji by Kanesaka is the place to be. This small sushi bar with an awkward shopping …
Happy New Year to You All ^_^ My 2012 started with a cancelled holiday, a lukewarm winter, a depressingly lukewarm washer-dryer, a cat that shuns me and no bloody decent restaurant opened during those festive days. No resolutions. Not too much to look forward to in 2012, apart from the grand opening of Pitt Cue …