The days are counting down, the lanterns being strung and the red packets being stuffed. Yes, Chinese New Year is almost upon us and that means one thing in my eyes. Food. If you haven’t seen my previous posts,…
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In my eyes, one of the most magical ingredients to grace our palates is duck. Juicy, delicious, tender and oh so tasty pieces of slightly pink meat with crisp skin hugging a thin layer of fat. It’s glorious, and…
When you say the words chicken rice in Perth, it’s pretty synonymous with one place and one place only… Tak Chee House. From the outside it doesn’t immediately catch your eye like some Chinese restaurants in Northbridge with their…
Sometimes when I tell people I’m half Taiwanese they don’t believe me. I guess because I’m tall and I don’t have particularly Asian features, it doesn’t quite click to people that my heritage is Chinese – and that it…
I love a good chef collaboration. There’s something very special about seeing two talented individuals bring their different skill-sets into the kitchen to produce a collaborative, cohesive meal. Cue: Young George’s Melissa Palinkas inviting Liberte’s Amy Hamilton into her…
White guys doing Asian food. It was a big trend in recent years – and one I think effectively showcases the impact of fusion flavours (when done right). While we’ve said goodbye to one of my all time faves…
Taipei. Home to one of the tallest buildings in the world, and the capital of the island of Taiwan (sometimes referred to as the Republic of China by outsiders, but by no one who resides there). It’s also the…
Perth can be a pretty small place. Sure, we’re a population of over two million people – but somehow in certain circles you tend to run into the same people over and over again. Never has a truer sentence…
From the explosive food scene, to the affinity for nature, to the burgeoning technology scene – Japan has held so much appeal to me as a travel destination for longer than I can remember. And so it made perfect…