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[Hong Kong] At one of Hong Kong’s most popular and famous Hong Kong café (Cha Chaan Teng) Australia Dairy Company, expect attitudes, partly rude service, chaotic ambience, long queues, and a very good plate of scrambled eggs. This is my fourth visit to Australian Dairy Company at Jordan, the first three times they were closed. [...]

[Hong Kong] Pierre Hermé has opened in Hong Kong, and I won’t be surprised if people would be tempted to fly over to get their hands on a box of “The Picasso of Pastries”. I suspect that many Hong Kongers have sweet tooths, seeing the number of chocolate, dessert and macaron shops that are sprouting [...]

[Hong Kong] One Harbour Road is ranked No 15 in the Miele Guide 2003 that celebrates Asia’s finest restaurants, selected after four rounds of judging. Perhaps this restaurant has been out of the radar for many, but its reputation is enough for me to want to check it out. Located at the Grand Hyatt Hong [...]

[Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia] Madam’s Kwan Nasi Lamak is recommended as the best nasi lemak by the Ministry of Tourism Malaysia. This is really big deal, as the fragrant rice dish cooked in coconut milk is considered the national dish of the country. I finally made my way to KLCC to try this coveted dish, with [...]

[Hong Kong] If you are looking for the most characteristic and photogenic Starbucks in the world, you may want to make your way to Hong Kong’s Bing Sutt at Duddell Street. After all, this Starbucks which pays homage to the 1950s Hong Kong arts and culture, is a collaboration with Douglas Young’s unique concept store [...]

[Hong Kong] Throw a stone in Hong Kong and you are likely to hit a Dim Sum place. Most would be of reasonable quality, unless you are really in bad luck. If you are in search for somewhere you can drink as well, Dim Sum Bar at Tsim Sha Tsui’s Harbour City is probably one [...]

[Bangkok, Thailand] Nahm has a midas touch, debuting at World’s 50 Best Restaurant at the 50th position, also named Number 3 in Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants, effectively making it Thailand’s top restaurant. While how it managed to beat several restaurants ranked above is still a question mark, getting the awards makes it Bangkok’s most watched [...]

[Tokyo, Japan] Les Créations de Narisawa took top honours by being the Number 1 restaurant at the inaugural Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2013 by S.Pellegrino. So it can be said as the Best Restaurant in Asia, according to a panel of judges, that is. (Read Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants – The Full List & Recommendations) [...]

[Hong Kong] Joel Robuchon is known as the “Chef of the Century”, owning restaurants from Paris, Las Vegas, London to Tokyo, earning a total of 28 Michelin stars, the most of any chefs in the entire world. This meal at L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon is my first Robuchon’s, and also my first 3 Star Michelin. [...]

[Hong Kong] Tim Ho Wan 添好運 is a Cinderella story, the hole-in-the-wall dim sum restaurant that scored One Michelin Star, thereby earning its reputation as the‘cheapest Michelin Star restaurant in the world’. Fame found its way. (The other cheap Michelin star restaurant is Ho Hung Kee) Although there were a few branches, only the outlets [...]