Quan Xiang Yuan Restaurant - One of the Last Bastions of Traditional Hokkien...
Traditional Hokkien dishes like many heritage cuisine in Singapore are getting harder to come by in restaurants. One of the few places left to get old school Hokkien food in Singapore is at Quan Xiang...
View ArticleBATCH. Stop #1 of Brewpub Hopping in Toronto
Today, we visited BATCH, a brewpub (micro brewery cum pub) in downtown Toronto's Victoria Street, a stone's throw from Eaton Centre mall and Hudson's Bay Company (iconic historic department...
View ArticleHotel Boss Singapore
Buddy from Hong Kong checked into Hotel Boss at Jalan Sultan and invited me to join him as I am showing him around Singapore.Free Singapore Chinatown heritage food tour by Johor Kaki👈 clickWith 1,500...
View ArticleTofu Village Toronto Koreatown for Gamjatang - Korean Pork Bone Soup
I like many Korean dishes and one of my favourites is gamjatang. It literally means potato soup but I think of it as the Korean version of bak kut teh (Singapore/ Malaysia pork bone soup).Most Korean...
View ArticlePatrician Grill @ King Street Toronto - Proudly Serving Nothing Fancy since 1967
When I am in Ang Moh land, I like to visit old school diners which are the equivalent of kopitiams of Singapore and Malaysia.Like the kopitiams of Singapore and Malaysia, old style diners are slowly...
View ArticleGeorge Street Diner, Toronto. Little Red Diner in the Movies
Ask any Torontonian to recommend an old school diner, and George Street Diner will always be among the handful mentioned.The little eatery is located at the intersection of George Street and Richmond...
View ArticleVesta Lunch Diner @ Dupont Toronto - Miriam Reinoso's Baby
Exploring the disappearing old school diners of Toronto took me to Vesta Lunch in The Annex district slightly northwest of University of Toronto. Vesta Lunch was founded in 1955.It's a small but...
View ArticleThe Cheapest Restaurant in Toronto 💵 Gale's Snack Bar
OK! I stumbled upon this video by Toronto Eats about the cheapest 💵 restaurant in the city. So, I followed Toronto Eats to Gale's Snack Bar in Leslieville.Gale's Snack Bar is a humble little corner...
View ArticleFederick Restaurant in Scarborough Toronto for Chindian Hakka Cuisine
Today, we went to Scarborough for Chindian (Chinese Indian) food at Federick Restaurant which is popular with locals.Federick Restaurant is a short 5 minute drive from Scarborough Centre.Today's the...
View ArticleKingsway Fish & Chips @ Etobicoke, Toronto, Canada
Exploring Etobicoke near Islington TTC (subway) station, walking down Bloor Street West on a blistering hot summer's day, we stumbled upon Kingsway Fish & Chips. As I had old school fish &...
View ArticlePljeskavica Serbia's National Dish @ Bonimi in Bloor Street West, Etobicoke,...
Today, we went to Islington (Etobicoke) to try Serbian food at Bonimi Restaurant on Bloor Street West. Etobicoke is the Serbian / Balkan neighbourhood of multicultural Toronto.Bonimi is a little family...
View ArticleYueh Tung Hakka Indian Restaurant in Downtown Toronto
After a delightful lunch at Federick Restaurant, we told ourselves to look for more Chindian restaurants in Toronto. Our next target was Yueh Tung which has a very high media profile.One of the things...
View ArticleChinese Indian Food Trail in Toronto. Hakka Garden Halal Restaurant in...
In Toronto Canada, Hakka cuisine is synonymous with Chinese Indian food. Many Hakka restaurants in Toronto are owned by Hakka Chinese whose ancestors first migrated from China to India in the late...
View ArticleBest Budget Shanghai Restaurants in Taipei @ Lu Ji 盧記上海菜館
Well loved, dingy 20 year old little Shanghainese diner owned and run by veteran chef from Shanghai with 40 years of culinary experience under his belt. Must order their signature Grandma Stew Pork...
View ArticleQue Ling Vietnamese in East Chinatown Toronto
Went walk walk, see see at East Chinatown of Toronto and had pho (Vietnamese beef noodles) for lunch at Que Ling Restaurant.East Chinatown emerged in the 1970s when rising property prices in Chinatown...
View ArticleLocal Favourite Budget Vietnamese Restaurant. Pho Tien Thanh @ Ossington Ave,...
So I was enjoying my pho yesterday at Que Ling Vietnamese Cuisine in East Chinatown, sharing a table with a stranger. My new friend David suggested that I try the pho at Pho Tien Thanh at Ossington...
View ArticleDelightfully Delicious Yunnan Steam Fish Pot in Scarborough Toronto 云南蒸汽石锅鱼
Happy today, we had a nice eat together with friends and experienced a new way of eating steamed fish which I have never tried before. It's called Yunnan Steam Fish Pot which is delicious and healthful...
View ArticleMarathon Cafe Donuts & Coffee in Scarborough Toronto. Best Hong Kong Milk Tea...
After lunch at Yunnan Steam Fish Pot, Angel suggested that we walk across the parking lot to Marathon Cafe. Our mutual friend Joyce had tried the tea here and strongly recommended it.Outside, there was...
View ArticleGolden Turtle Vietnamese Restaurant. Toronto's Most Famous Pho
Golden Turtle is Toronto's first pho restaurant and also its most famous.It's the favourite pho of Canadian celebrity chef Susur Lee who was spotted eating there (but aiyoh, that was more than 10 years...
View ArticleHome of Woah Kueh (Traditional Tainan Rice Bowl Cakes) 吳碗粿之家
Over half century old traditional Woah Kueh 吳碗粿 or literally bowl cakes. Shop owners are fastidious in ensuring that their woah kueh today tastes exactly the same as when they started in 1959 - the way...
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