Dim sum at Canton Boy? Done. Now for the other reason I came to SKS City Mall in JB: dessert at Coco Bless Patisserie. This place has sat on my list for ages, and today I finally made it. Who’s Behind Coco Bless Patisserie? Chef Yong Lu has quite the CV. I first read about […]
We checked into Holiday Inn Johor Bahru City Centre, dropped our bags and hopped straight into a Grab. Destination? SKS City Mall JBCC, the shiny new kid on the block. It only opened in May 2026. Our mission was simple: dim sum lunch at Canton Boy. This halal Chinese restaurant chain started life in KL, […]
We almost missed this meal. I’m so glad we didn’t. Yam 918 Kopitiam ended up serving one of the best meals we’ve ever had in Desaru. If you want honest, no-fuss Desaru seafood with generous portions, put this place on your list. How We (Nearly Didn’t) Get Our Desaru Seafood Fix We had to collect […]
Guess who’s back in Desaru? Yep, us. Third year in a row, all thanks to Ironman. We stayed at the Westin and Anantara for the past two editions. This time, we picked Hard Rock Desaru Coast. Why? So we can say we’ve tried all three official Ironman hotels. Call it completing the set. We rolled […]
In my last post on Things To Buy From Tokyo, I hunted down food gifts and souvenirs across Tokyo Station, Don Quijote and Narita Airport, then shared my full haul. But anyone who loves Japan knows this. Some of the country’s best edible treasures don’t hide in fancy department store basements. They sit on the […]
If you’ve ever set foot in Japan, you know the souvenir (omiyage) game here sits on another level. Artisanal cookies. Limited-edition snacks. Savoury pantry staples. Picking out food gifts feels like an Olympic sport. So when friends kept asking me about the best things to buy from Tokyo, I made it my mission on this […]
Japan trip done. Suitcases stuffed with snacks. A few lazy hours in the ANA Business Class Lounge at Narita. Then it was time to go home. Our ride back? Singapore Airlines SQ 11, an evening departure in the 777-300ER Singapore Airlines Business Class cabin, touching down at Changi just after 1:00am. At around 7.5 hours, […]
Our Tokyo trip had come to an end, and we flew home to Singapore on Singapore Airlines Business Class from Tokyo Narita Airport (NRT) Terminal 1. Our boarding pass said we could use the ANA Lounge. Nice! The check-in staff then gave us a handy tip: take a photo of the map so we could […]
Remember the new suitcase we bought from D.KELLY Asakusa? Well, it didn’t stay empty for long. We wheeled it all the way to Tokyo Station and used it as our personal shopping trolley, stuffing it with every souvenir and snack on our list. Haha, that’s the whole point of buying an extra suitcase, right? I’ll […]
I didn’t expect a soft serve to steal the show in Takayama. Then I met Cremia Ice Cream. One bite, and hubby and I looked at each other in silence. It was that good. The catch? You can’t find it everywhere. Here’s everything I’ve learnt about tracking it down in Japan. Our First Taste of […]
Some of the best food finds happen by accident. We had just picked up our new luggage at D.KELLY Asakusa and grabbed another minced meat cutlet at Asakusa Menchi (because why not when in Asakusa?). Then, while wandering the area, we stumbled upon Taco Taco Asakusa Koromo Brothers. A poster outside advertised takoyaki soup. I […]
We had beef for lunch. Then we wanted beef again for dinner. No regrets. My husband and I had been eyeing Gyukatsu Motomura for ages, and their Shibuya branch sits at a ridiculous 4.9 stars across 16.5k Google reviews. That’s not a typo. So off we went to find out whether the hype holds up. […]
We’d just polished off lunch at Japanese Steak Bowl & Beef Curry (Center Beef), and dessert was non-negotiable. My hubby loves anything matcha, so I’d already pinned Kyoto Saryo Suisen at Shibuya Parco on the map. Short walk, big payoff. What is Kyoto Saryo Suisen? It’s a premium matcha café built around proper Uji matcha. […]
I used to be a medium-doneness person. Always. Steak came to the table and I’d ask for it cooked through enough that nothing looked too pink, let alone red. Then Japan happened. One rare roast beef bowl at Red Rock later, and my whole stance collapsed. Now I’m chasing that soft, blushing pink beef everywhere […]
We stumbled onto Luna Cafe and Laundry the night before, while walking to Tsukemen Yasubee in Takadanobaba for dinner. A 24-hour laundromat with an organic cafe attached? That got my attention. The cafe had already shut for the night, but a poster in the window showed these ridiculously cute sleeping bear cakes. Decision made. We […]
Cold weather does strange things to me. One minute I’m fine, the next I’ve got the sniffles and I’m craving a hot bowl of noodles with an intensity that borders on unreasonable. We’d been out all day and crawled back to the hotel late. A quick Google search for anything still open near Sotetsu Grand […]
