Ore no French Italian 俺のフレンチ・イタリアン

It was a wonderful meal and we did not have to stand eating. Cheap French and Italian gourmet food in Tokyo is no longer a dream with the establishment of a series of "Ore no XXX. " Though the word "Ore" is a casual form of "my", the food here is seriously taken care of by chefs headhunted from Michelin-star restaurants. And yet the prices are jaw-dropping cheap for the premium ingredients.   トマトのムース　雲丹とキャビアのジュレ寄せ 1480円Take for instance,...

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Seow Choon Hua Restaurant : Traditional Foochow Cuisine

My father said he brought me to eat the fish balls here when I was 5 but honestly I have no memory of this. Seow Choon Hua has been around for more than 70 years and is one of the few places in Singapore that you can try traditional Foochow cuisine.But now, I'm back at this place, which specializes in handmade Foo Chow fish balls. These are definitely not your typical QQ fish balls that you can bounce or throw like ping pong. Made with fish...

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Patissierie Ravi'e Relier パティスリー ラヴィルリエ: Osaka No.1? Japan No.1?

I broke my record queuing time of 1 hour for this patisserie shop that hailed from Osaka. I queue. We queue. Let's all queueThe queue was a big surprise because it is really rare to have people scrambling desperately for the cakes at the weekly rotating patisserie booth at Isetan Shinjuku. I had no clue that this shop is currently ranked No. 1 Sweets Shop on (tabelog), a food review website that is based on the reviews and voting score...

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Grand Hyatt Tokyo Christmas Cakes 2013 : Share the Love

Christmas is always a big festive event in Japan and it is common for department stores, hotels and individual pastry shops to roll out their Christmas goodies way in advance. This year, Grand Hyatt will be offering 10 indulgent cakes to mark the milestone year of the hotel's tenth anniversary. But besides indulging in festive treats, X'mas is also a season of sharing the love to people around you. The Love Tree takes center stage as a charity...

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