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Ootoya has these little single-serving grunt fish on its list of imported specials right now, and I'm happy that I got one. The flesh...

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This pancake shop from Hawaii opened an outlet in Singapore a couple of weeks ago, so we came by this morning to check it out (68 Orchar...

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The cafeteria at IKEA is currently offering these tender little vegetable balls for a bargain price of just S$3 (US2.25). That tom yum b...

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When this shop from Osaka opened up at Wisma Atria earlier this year, long lines formed (435 Orchard Road #01-02, 6835-9269). But this mo...

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This place (35 Selegie Road #01-06, 6265-8995) has a big sign out front that says "Conveyor Belt Hotpot." It wasn't complete...

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I was at Millenia Walk today and needed food quickly when I noticed that this place had lunch deals starting at S$10 (US$7.45), so I figur...

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Jieyang Chaoshan Airport in China is pretty small, and there really isn't much to eat there. Indeed, there is only one restaurant in t...

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I'm not sure if this was from local waters or not, but this clawless lobster was served as part of our lunch banquet out here today, ...

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I finally found that local hot pot place that the concierge was trying to direct me to yesterday (38 Jinsha Middle Road, 8823-6138). Ther...

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We had another hosted banquet in rural Chao'an today, and it was delicious. I was happy with nearly everything including those steame...

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One thing that we were told to get while we were up here in Shantou was the local goose liver, or gor kwa . Amusingly, it rhymes with foi...

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The hotel concierge sent me on a bit of a wild goose chase for lunch today when I asked him about Shantou's beef hot pot specialty . ...

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One normally wouldn't call this a farm-to-table experience, but it was. After a walk through a local duck ranch and vegetable farm, we...

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I was a bit worried that our lunch destination today was smack in the middle of touristy old town Chaozhou. But the food at this random sh...

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I'm not sure of the background of this place (705 Jinhong Road, 8620-8386), but our local host took us here tonight, and I was pretty ...

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The thought of a minced pork katsu sounded pretty good at Saboten today. I was a bit surprised to find then that it was rather coarsely ...

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This kushikatsu chain from Japan has opened an outlet at Clarke Quay (3A River Valley Road Block A #01-01B, 6258-3789). I haven't bee...

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Not to be confused with A Noodle Story , this is a another Michelin Bib Gourmand stall that it seems to have spread to multiple stalls acr...

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I noticed these guys in passing yesterday (35 Robinson Road #01-03, 6203-1011). A quick glance of their wasn't that appealing given th...

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I've never been a huge fan of jirokei ramen . And somehow, I didn't even realize that I had ordered one at at Takumen 2 today. Bu...

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Not to be confused with Tanyoto at Liang Court , this chain from China has opened an outlet at 313@Somerset just a few days ago (313 Orcha...

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This small local chain from San Francisco recently opened its outlet at the airport . And I nearly passed on it tonight as I was rushing t...

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There was one more local dish that I wanted to get before leaving Hawaii, and that was saimin , an Asia-influenced soup noodle that I onc...

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One local thing I wanted to get before heading back was Hawaiian shave ice. This shop (1941 South Kihei Road, 808-344-9779) was supposed t...

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Whenever I asked people about good local food in Maui, this place kept coming up (2439 South Kihei Road #107A, 808-875-7782). I thus got t...

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No, that is not a typo above; that's honestly how the place is spelled. And Roy Yamaguchi is like the poster child of Hawaiian cooking...

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Time for another afternoon snack , this time at a random general store. Instead of poke though, I went for this diced salmon thing, which ...

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Hawaii is so cool in that I can just walk into a random supermarket, head to the back counter, and grab a little serving of poke for an af...

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So apparently fish tacos were brought to Hawaii by surfers from California. But here, they aren't those wonderfully battered ones from...

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One might not be able to tell by the name, but this local chain of liquor stores is apparently one of the better places for some local pok...

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I've always been kinda curious about that cheeseburger that I've seen in United's in-flight dining menu . It wasn't too ba...

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Avocado toast might be the subject of some amusement on the internet these days, but it was exactly the light top-up that I needed before ...

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Yeah, that's my half-eaten snack above. Specifically, it was a chavindecas , featuring two tortillas with meat and cheese in between, ...