As promised, although with much delay, I am going to try to write about my favorite restaurants in New York. And I would like to dedicate the first part of this series to Yakitori Totto. I found out about that place 2 years ago, just a few months after arriving in New York. Since then, I have had numerous meals there and can not spend more than a month without coming back.Located on the second floo...

...But happy new year to you all. And thanks for reading this blog. It's not that you are thousands to visit each day but you are more and more to stop by (even to come back in fact). So thanks again. I hope my little posts inspire you to try new recipes, new foods and also visit new places.This blog should see some changes in 2008. In particular, I intend to add reviews of the places I like to eat...

If you have read the excellent"Nasty Bits" by Anthony Bourdain you must be familiar with the title of this post since it is also that of a chapter in his book. Bourdain describes his encounter with K.F Seetoh, the founder of the Makansutra food guide and TV show, and also his experience eating chicken rice at Tian Tian (more on that below).And there are indeed lots of good eats to die for in Singap...

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You think your are passionate about food, obsessed about it, that your life is centered around it? Maybe you should think twice. A visit to Hong Kong (or Singapore but this is another story) may shake these deep-rooted beliefs of yours. People over there eat all the time and seem to consistently derive huge pleasure and fun from it.In that context, as you can expect, we had fabulous food. We were a...