19 Jan

This post is way overdue, but better late than never! I stopped over in Singapore for two days on the way back to Melbourne and spent virtually all my time eating, sightseeing and walking everywhere. No time for shopping! Unfortunately I didn't realise how terrible most of my photos were until I got home - sorry in advance - but they still help document my time there. I actually ate at Saboten on the way out from Australia, and it supposedly has some of the best katsu in Singapore. I...

00:42 / Asian / Singapore / Singaporean / Travel
29 Dec

As its name suggests, Wagyu Ya specialises in wagyu beef, particularly wagyu cooked over Japanese barbecue. Set over two levels, it has both a la carte (downstairs) and smokeless charcoal barbecue (upstairs). Bookings are recommended for the dinner barbecue menu. Its a la carte menu has items from sushi and sashimi to noodles and rice, and also a variety of entrees and side dishes. We came here today to try out Wagyu Ya's lunch special menu which consists of donburi, ramen, sushi, sashimi and, of course, barbecued wagyu. [caption...

13:59 / Food / Japanese / Restaurants / South Yarra / Wagyu Ya
28 Dec

The large Malaysian fast-food chain SugarBun moved into Melbourne late last year to bring us East Malaysian cuisine, courtesy of Francesca and Fiorn Lee. The cosy restaurant is spread over two levels and they serve well-known Malaysian dishes like nasi lemak, as well as stews and other rice and noodle dishes such as Sarawak-style laksa. Their signature dishes are the bak kut teh, which isn't easy to find in Melbourne, and their broasted chicken. The drinks menu consists of drinks popular in Malaysia like milo, cham, Ribena, cold...

14:52 / Food / Malaysian / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants / SugarBun
19 Dec

Maybe because it was Friday night, and also the last Friday before Christmas, but there seemed to be quite a number of large groups going for after-work dinner or Christmas parties. At first I was going for the galbi BBQ because I thought I hadn’t tried it before, until I found out that it was the same marinade that’s used in the DIY Korean BBQ. I picked the spicy pork so we could compare it to Miga ($17), and also the galbi stew ($20). We considered the ginseng...

20:04 / Christchurch / Korean / Mum's 24 Restaurant / New Zealand / Travel
18 Dec

More Korean! I was originally going to get dolsot bibimbap, but went with kimchi dolsot bibimbap instead (both $16). I know it exists but I haven’t seen it on a menu yet so I thought I may as well try. The three portions of kimchi replaced a few of the other veggies they normally serve in their bibimbap and the gochujang represented one of the sections, rather than being free to add by customers. I chose beef, though pork, tuna and tofu were also options. It was nice, though...

14:17 / Dunedin / Korea House / Korean / New Zealand / Travel
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