Gourmet Journeys Through Japan and Around the World.
Dining at Le Duc is an unassuming experience, much like eating at a family restaurant you have been going to your whole life, only with more elegant cooking that will change your perception on how fish and seafood are best savoured. A Foodume favourite in Paris.
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French artisan baker Christophe Vasseur’s motto to “do something different, but exceptional” has earned him a reputation for being one of the best bakers in Paris (Gault & Millau, 2008), in just six years of opening his popular Du Pain et Des Idées boulangerie. And hand on heart, we speak from experience that his signature wood-fired pain des amis loafs and gorgeous swirls of sweet escargots are some of the best breads ever created.
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At ¥5,000 for a course of 13 nigiri, Sushi Ochiai, an edomae style sushiya, offers one of the most valuable sushi lunch deals in Tokyo.
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Barcelona, Spain – Our visit to Bodega 1900, a modern vermouth bar helmed by Spanish culinary superstar Albert Adrià, was the salve we very much needed to remedy a disappointing experience at the popular Tickets tapas bar earlier this Spring.
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Tickets, a one-star Michelin tapas bar opened by the world’s most influential modern chefs Ferran and Albert Adrià, was not quite the anticipated wow ride. The tasting menu had more misses than hits and bore uncertainty that a meal here was worth a special journey.
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Chef Arguinzoniz’s shokunin-like approach to ingredients and wood-fired grilling is worth the most arduous of journeys. Our meal here made us reconsider the way we look at the flavour potential of vegetables and seafood, and how sometimes simple is best.
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Popularised by the internet foodie community as one of the best sushi restaurants in Japan that “serves a lot of food”, Sushisho Masa – a 7-seater edomae style sushiya located in the heart of Tokyo’s upscale Nishi Azabu district – gained the attention of global audiences when prominent YouTube duo Simon and Martina Stawski, shared a ‘vlog’ of themselves each eating their way through more than 40 servings of sushi at the restaurant in 2013. Is this the “best sushi in Tokyo?” – Here are 5 things to take note before visiting:
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Just as how fried chicken, cornbread and collard greens maketh a staple meal for Southerners in the United States, bak chor mee (minced meat with noodles) is my Singapore soul food. Having lived in Singapore for all my life, my familiarity with bak chor mee began from a young age. At under 5 years old, I developed a premature fondness for spicy and…
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Before we share with you our dining experiences at higher-end sushiyas, it is imperative that we first have a conversation about the good ol’ standing-style sushi bars in Tokyo. Casual, upfront, noisy and sometimes unglamorous, standing sushi bars come with a compact counter space, over-the-counter sushi, and shoulder-to-shoulder rubbing with strangers. From Japanese salarymen to…
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Nestled within a basement corner of the Minami-Aoyama residential district in Tokyo is Tempura master Kazuhito Motoyoshi’s playground for deep-fried artistry, the one Michelin-starred Tempura Motoyoshi restaurant.
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