Breakfast is the reason I can resist the snooze option on my phone at 7am every day. I love thinking about new, and just a tiny bit different, ideas for the next morning. But for me, the limitation on weekday breakfasts is that 1) they need to be easily prepared, and 2) they need to… Read More 5 Exceptional Pancakes You Need to Try in London
New York is indisputably one of the best cities in the world for good food. So it would be no easy task to hit up a fair selection of recommended restaurants on any vacation – especially given how many different restaurant lists I effortlessly managed to gather (about 6) before I headed there for a friend’s… Read More 5 Best Things I Ate in New York City
I quickly declared Lisbon as my favourite city in Europe after my solo trip to Porto and Lisbon last year. The colourful houses, steep hills and cobbled streets won me over immediately. The sunshine and bustle of people during the summer made the Portuguese charm even more irresistible. So when I heard a couple of friends were… Read More Eat and Drink with Locals in Lisbon
From absorbing the hustle bustle of Brussels, stumbling on hipster gems in Antwerp and Gent, to living a fairytale life in Bruges, there were many things to adore about Belgium, as I made my way through the country over 5-6 days. Here were my top five highlights of the trip: 1. Fries and Tartare sauce… Read More 5 Highlights for Foodies in Belgium
Singapore is indisputably a perfect foodie’s haven. The best part is the abundance of variety across cuisines and price point. You can get a Michelin-star meal for SGD2.5 at a hawker centre (read more here), or enjoy a refined 8-course tasting menu in the midst of Gardens by the Bay. Local food is bursting with… Read More 12 Best Restaurants and Cocktail Bars in Singapore
Six months ago I moved to a city with some of the best quality brunches, coffees, local food, hipster restaurants and speakeasy cocktail bars in Asia. It’s been an eventful half year of eating, drinking and socialising. I know there is so much I have yet to cover, but here is a list of my… Read More Top 10 Brunch and Coffee Shops in Singapore
As part of our ‘Robinhood’ fundraising event at INSEAD, I auctioned off a Local Eats & Tasty Treats tour of Singapore, raising over SGD300 (!), to take people around to try lesser known local dishes and hidden gems around the city. I always tell visitors that there isn’t much to do in Singapore, but there… Read More Local Eats & Tasty Treats Tour in Singapore
It’s that time of the year to reflect! I never used to make New Year’s resolutions or set ‘goals’ until last year and it turned out to be a great idea because I can now be proud that I accomplished two out of three (I know they’re hardly difficult things to achieve): 1. cook more and… Read More 10 Favourite Restaurants from Around the World in 2017
Bangkok is the one city in the world I would not hesitate re-visiting over and over again. My four-year old passport has accumulated 10 sets of Thai immigration stamps, yet I’d happily give up more pages to absorb the chaos, ascend the buildings and devour the dishes here. Embarrassingly, I only made my way to check… Read More 8 Things I Love Most in Bangkok
Only when I started planning my itinerary for a month-long trip to South America, did I ignorantly realise how large this continent is, and hence how selective I’d have to be on what I wanted to see. Machu Picchu was the no brainer. As I read forum after forum, sample itineraries after travel guides, more… Read More 9 Restaurants that Make Lima the Best Food City