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Japanese Crisp Choco Bites: Guilty Pleasure Morsels
My mother discouraged snacking when I was a child. (A policy I’m hugely thankful for now that I know just how little willpower I have.) However, among the few tidbits allowed during my Singaporean...
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German Pancakes: Comforting Kummerspeck, or “Grief Bacon”
A few months ago, I came across a term that intrigued me: Kummerspeck. The German word means “grief bacon” (and we all know how much I love bacon). Despite its bacon reference though, the word has a...
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Solyanka: Russian Beef Soup for the Olympic Soul
Tropical girl that I am, the Winter Olympics have never held much fascination for me. Yes, there’s figure skating — which I adore — but the rest of it usually goes by in a bewildering blur for me once...
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Fichtekränzi (Frankfurt): German History on a Plate
A girl’s first time in Germany and of course, old-school taverns are a must. In Frankfurt, that means one kind in particular — a traditional Äpplerkneipe, or apple wine bar. And if you’re going to...
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Zum Bembelsche (Raunheim, Germany): Apple Wine & Schnitzel, Classic Frankfurt
Of course I landed in Frankfurt hungry. Starving, really. Not to mention exhausted, grumpy — and did I mention famished? Which is, as you might guess, not the best combination. With the goal being to...
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Kasseler Mit Puree Und Kraut: German Smoked Pork Bliss
I used to think there was nothing better than waking up in the morning to the smell of bacon frying in the kitchen. And then I woke up one afternoon from a deliciously languorous nap, having fallen...
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Malepartus (Frankfurt): A Fressnarkose (Food Coma) Feast
I’m a big believer in eating in red-light districts. In Asia at least, that’s where you can often find good food that’s fairly cheap in settings that are open deep into the night. It turns out that...
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Dong Xuan Quan (Berlin): A Vietnamese Pho Fix
It only took about a week into my visit to Germany but suddenly, there it was: My massive craving for a bowl of hot noodle soup. Good thing I was in Berlin — I’d been told before getting here that...
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Anna Blume (Berlin): A Towering Brunch
“Brunch,” I was told my first day in town, “is big in Berlin.” Having just come from New York, a city where weekend brunch is practically a religion, I almost snorted, wondering how different or...
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