+food+ My sashimi came in a glowing glass dish!

LED lights and all.

At a random japanese restaurant in Auckland.

+food+ Drinks at red dot @dempsey. Bleeeagh.

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+food+ Snails in Hanoi

Highway 4 <link> Branch at Old Quarter, nearest to Melia Hotel. <Address>

Take a taxi (Meilinh taxis only) there and back. Don't waste time walking around in Hanoi.

NỘM ĐU ĐỦ BÒ KHÔ / Papaya Salad with Dried Beef (58,000 VND)

This is pretty good, anything with Vietnamese dried beef cannot go wrong.

NỘM BƯỞI QUÊ / Fresh Pomelo Salad (65,000 VND)

Disappointing. With two of my most hated food: bean sprouts and carrot, this had to be.

NEM NƯỚNG KIỂU XA LỘ4 / Highway4-style grilled Pork Spring Rolls (105,000 VND)

Do-it-yourself paper rice spring rolls with tiny savoury pork meatballs, soft and fluffy rice noodles, fresh basil, mint and a slight vinegary dipping sauce. 

ỐC NẤU ĐẬU PHỤ CHUỐI XANH / Freshwater Snails cooked with Tofu and Green Banana (125,000 VND)

Hearty stew, tangy and savoury. It was perfect with a bowl of rice noodles.

Extreme close-up. See the snails?

Cat fish Spring Rolls (84,000 VND)

The dipping sauce here was FANTASTIC. Like a strange fusion of oyster sauce and wasabe. Strangely addictive.

PHỞ CUỐN / Rice Noodle Rolls with Shrimp (56,000 VND)

So light and crisp. Almost good, if not for the carrot bits.

+food+ Big Mama: The Mango Margarita bigger than my head.

1 for 1 Big Mama Margaritas for US$28!

Jealousy inducing take-home cups included!

+food+ Love the foie gras and steak. Hate the Blackjack and Casino Wars.

Old Homestead Steakhouse at Caesar's Palace. <Link here!>

That's a US$100 steak. Porterhouse steak for 2, medium rare.

Foie gras. A huge piece of, mine, all mine!



Perfectly seared, and mine, all mine!

+food+ Transit in Narita

2000 yen for these! *mutter* *mutter* Cut-throat airport food *mutter*

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+food+ On the way home with four dozen sugar glazed.

One dozen for Travis.
One dozen for Brian/Brenda/Baby

The rest for poker night!

^^
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+food+ XLB @ DTF

Xiaolongbao at Din Tai Fung.

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+food+ Garlic Herb escargot: afternoon delight!

@Saybons

+food+ Soya Bean Curd for breakfast.

+food+ Roast Duck at Crystal Jade

+food+ Chili crab at Jumbo Seafood. Has pork in it! Weird. Weird. Weird.

+food+ Mahjong + Cupcake = Mahjong Cupcake!

Alamak, so cute.
Comes in sets of 14 cupcakes: Sap Sum Yiu! Dai Sum Yun! Dai Sei Hei!
Yeah, I'm Cantonese.

+food+ Emergency mocha. Don't judge me.

+food+ Breakfast of Champions

Breakfast in Manila.

Rice porridge + crispy bacon + corned beef + mango juice.

+food+ Pretzels for breakfast.

Good morning Vietnam!

+food+ Grilled Russian Sturgeon

Another thing off my bucket list. (:

+food+ Steak at Bedrock

 Dinner for 4 at Bedrock Grill. (approx SGD$950 total bill)

Fresh flat bread from the oven, a clove of well roasted garlic to spread with butter.

 Deep fried bacon for appetiser. Yes. Deep fried bacon. I don't know why we thought it'll be a great idea. It was, by the way. A great idea.

The reason why I bothered to dress up for steak. Roasted bone marrow. Succulent, decadent bone marrow. Ever since I watched a chef cook up bone marrow and butter in "The Spice of Life, Pepper", I have been obsessed with beef marrow.

I chickened out and ordered the smallest steak. Meanwhile my carnivorous siblings and Mo had the biggest steaks on the menu. Why not? 

+food+ Everything with Fries

Dinner at "Everything with Fries" in Bugis Junction.

Steak and Tulang is their monthly special. (approx SGD$30)

+food+ Hoshigaoka is in Simei!