Summer Chill

Bright skies, light breeze, expensive outdoor liquor.

Galette au Fromage and Pain au Chocolat

Came back for breakfast. Pricey but delicious and the owners were wonderful.

Singapore Chinatown

I make it a point to layover as long as feasible whenever passing through Singapore. Sometimes it’s the fabulous food, and sometimes it’s window shopping and nightlife.

Swirly Water

Taken at Darling Harbour. Typing “swirly water darling harbour” gives the actual name of this water fixture.

Indoors 12 – Japanese Curry Rice

It takes some effort to whip up, but you can make a big batch and it’ll keep for a long time, and as someone who loves Japanese curry, I’d happily settle with fridging and slowly consuming said batch over several days. Despite the allure of eating piping hot curry straight after cooking, it is also a dish that simply gets better the next day, due to the improvement from having the beef soak up the curry flavor overnight.

Good (Bleak) Morning Nagoya

Dreary and overcast one day, sunny and inviting the next.

Tsukemen @ Tsukemen Tetsu

Cool noodles and rich, warm dipping broth tastes great in the summer. There’s several places throughout the country, but I ate at their shop above Nagoya Station.

The Opera House is Lit

DMC DeLorean

Lots of cars at the Toyota Automobile Museum, but this is definitely a standout piece, not least because they displayed it near the gift shop, unlike all the other cars.

Ningxia Night Market

Night markets are a must-visit in Taiwan. Many choices in Taipei alone. The pork belly and the roujiamo are definitely the standouts here, but I sampled a lot of other things, from fried mushrooms to stinky tofu and fried milk.

Last time I went, I visited the Shihlin Night Market, which is arguably the most popular. That being said, they all have generally similar vibes and you can’t go wrong with Shihlin, Ningxia, Raohe or the many others just in Taipei alone.