Aside from making steamed rice, fried eggs, and baking bread, I couldn’t cook before I moved to Paris in 2010. During this one year in Paris, in between learning French, photographing Space Invaders and hanging out with AB, I also unlocked the mysteries of the kitchen! After all, there’s only so much of bread, cheese, and 8€ bowls of pho – AB…
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Living in Brussels, I’m often asked if I miss Singapore. My answer: Not really. I only miss my family and friends, as well as the food. Regarding the latter, I miss the spiciness and wide variety of southeast asian dishes such as rojak, chicken curry, nasi lemak, congee, po piah and char siew rice. All of which I used…
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After last week’s radio silence, I’ve been busy catching up on (more) work as well as relaxing and doing some fun stuff around Brussels. There was some beer, fries (with mayonnaise) and jazz. All very Belgian, except the latter which was part of the 19th annual Brussels Jazz Marathon. Sipping tea at The Tea Garage…
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I was in Frankfurt for work last week. During my stay, I had no frankfurter, one wiener schnitzel, and surprise, ate twice at a Japanese sushi-sashimi bar. I’m not going to rave about the sushi or sashimi though the quality was acceptable given that I was at an airport in a landlocked location. Eating raw…
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Breakfast is my favourite meal of the day. So much so that I sometimes feel bad for people who cannot take any food in the morning. Surely they are missing out! I don’t need an elaborate breakfast, just something satisfying to give me a good start to the day. A typical weekday breakfast would be…
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Home to the Abashiri Prison which used to house political prisoners during the Meiji eria, Abashiri is to the Japanese what Alcatraz is to the Americans. Except that this is just one aspect of this tiny coastal city. The largest town on the Okhotsk Coast of northeastern Hokkaido, Abashiri is an important port in the…
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I took this photo at Soy Street 豉油街 on a sunny afternoon while we were walking around Mong Kok. I’ve always liked the straightforward, and often quite literal, names of the streets in Hong Kong. Several streets are named after the businesses that used to group on the same street. I’d presume that Soy Street is no…
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I had known Debbie since my Banyan Tree days when she contacted the PR department for some information for a story. That was back in 2007, I think. We never met until earlier this year when AB and I were in Antwerp for a weekend. Fortunately she was in town, instead of trotting around the…
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Someone should suggest to tell the folks at the Barbican Centre to bring on a third-party to manage their kitchen at the Barbican Food Hall. We had brunch last month before heading to the Marcel Duchamp exhibition. The interiors of the Barbican Food Hall is gorgeous, just like the building that houses it. Very contemporary chic:…
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Angelina Hue 