Bubby's バビーズ :American Food with a Hearty Grub

Bubby's is another American Pancake House that has entered the Japanese market. It started as a wholesale pie company in Tribeca in 1990 and expanded into a restaurant that serves comfort American food. However, it's first overseas expansion to Japan had not been a smooth ride because of ingredients and cultural differences. The signature item is the apple pies and but it seems that the pancakes and Egg Benedicts were mentioned in Japanese media...

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Brownice: Singapore's first vegan ice cream

Vegan food, vegan desserts and now......vegan ice cream. Brownice, a vegan ice cream parlor with a blue avatar, has kicked out a previous gourmet ice cream shop Ice Kimo at Sin Ming Centre. No dairy, no eggs, low fat, suitable for lactose-intolerant…These surely sounds like an attractive health contract. But the sweet treat is not necessarily a low-calorific indulgence. After all, unrefined sugar, nuts and brown rice are still usedTexture-wise,...

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Giro Giro Kagurazaka くずし割烹 枝魯枝魯

Chances are some of you may have heard or even visited Giro Giro, a popular "punkish kaiseki" restaurant in Kyoto. Yes, this restaurant in Tokyo is the sister outlet which has just opened for barely few months since November 2013. True to its unorthodox fashion, this one is hidden in of the narrow, back alleys in Kagurazaka, an old district that is congregated with many Michelin-starred Italian, French restaurants alongside traditional Japanese...

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Foru Cafe: French Toasts Just For You

Pancakes, French Toasts.....these might be the food least associated with Japan but their popularity in Tokyo do not lose out to sushi or ramen. Foru Cafe is a home-style cafe near Waseda University and started by a student from Waseda.  Her name is Yukina Hirai and she started this business after being inspired by her working holiday in Sydney. Already popular among students on weekdays, this cafe gets busier on weekends as it has been featured...

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Best of Matcha Sweets 2014: Hal Yamashita's Water Chocolate ハルヤマシタ 東京

Though it's not officially the season of matcha yet (still strawberries and later sakura), there is no shortage of matcha-related products that are available as regular products. Here is a round-up of a few recent ones. Some are so bewilderingly delicious that caught me speechless while some did not meet expectations.  Sadaharu Aoki, the patissier who shot to fame in Paris before he did in his homeland, has launched the winter special...

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