Kilo@Pact: Brunch or Lunch?

I always have doubts about the food from any shop that is based on the concept of food and fashion retail. However, Kilo@Pact is an exception case because the food, especially those from the brunch menu are truly delicious.  Located at a hidden corner of Orchard Central, Kilo@Pact is a food + fashion+hair salon. It was the place where I had mistaken as Tanuki, a restaurant which I was heading to for their oysters promotion in...

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Takemura 竹むら : Temple of Traditional Japanese Sweets

Right in the alleys behind Kanda Matsuya is Takemura竹むら, a traditional Japanese sweet house or what the Japanese usually call as Kanmi-dokoro 甘味処, sweets place.Having been spared from the wartime damage, this place, established since 1930, continues to operate in the exact same rhythm of the past--with the same menu. Instead of going for the zabuton cushions in the open tatami room, we opted for the usual tables.Whatever you order,...

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Café Le Caire: Middle East Cuisine

I brought about 12 hungry people to Café Le Caire, not strictly a café but a restaurant serving Middle East cuisine for a family gathering on Labour Day this year. Many have not tried this cuisine before and since I love hummus and pita bread, why not introduce the food to them? Pita BreadThe menu here is really huge, ranging from Arabic Street food to rice coming from Bukhara of Uzbekistan. But honestly, the first impression...

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Sumo Wrestling: It's Not About Size.

5.55pm. The final and last round of the day's sumo match.Two rikishi (powerful men/ sumo wretlers) stood face to face on the shikiri-sen (starting line) in the dohyo (ring for sumo wrestling), crouching and staring at each other. The Kokugikan sumo stadium had been packed with audience ranging from primary school kids to near-century old elderly folks, who were all waiting for that final moment with abated breath. Wait...

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