Will you queue for a bowl of ramen at 730am? If you want a bowl of Tsuta’s Michelin-starred ramen, then you better get your butt in line behind me. I…
Category: <span>Food</span>
We visited Ueno twice. Firstly, to check out Yamashiroya, the fabulous 4-storey toy store (because we weak like that). On our second trip, our friends Brian and Sher-li (whose family was holidaying…
Unlike our previous trips to Tokyo which centred around shopping malls and tourist sights, we managed to see more of where real Tokyo folks live on this trip. We ventured…
Don’t you just love it when you chance upon a good food deal — especially when it’s a Michelin-starred restaurant? I randomly googled “good food near Sendagai station”. Akira, with…
If you have a 10-year-old son like I do, no trip to Japan is complete without a pilgrimage to Pokémon Center. We had to make TWO visits because well, what…
Atas Food Halls Of course we had to hit the atas supermarkets in Tokyo to check out their notoriously expensive fruits and gorgeous Bentos. Behold the ¥5200 (S$63) rock melon…
Once upon a time, my favourite thing to do in Tokyo was shopping at Harajuku. Now, it’s shopping at combini stores haha. There are at least 4 other combinis within 5-7min…
I’ve been to Tokyo 5 times and this recent 11-day trip is my best one yet, mostly because I ate VERY well hahaha. We made it to 3 different Michelin-starred…
Ayden is Stellar Communications Consultancy’s resident Junior Critic. Since he was 2 years old, he has been occasionally accompanying me on my food reviews for 8days magazine, particularly at…
My friend Sheryl and I decided to brave the crowds and headed to the World Streetfood Congress 2015’s Jamboree Food Spread for lunch today. Over 20 stalls from mostly Asia…