The road to the end of 2019, to the start of 2020 and to Aichi Prefecture began with our first stop in the city of Nagoya. Nagoya is famous for not having very many things to do at all, or so said my cheeky colleagues when …
japanese cuisine
The Lord of Ramen (Vive Cooking School with Harunobu Inukai)
The first time I sashayed (read: hurtled) through the doors of VIVE Cooking School, I was late and on assignment for The AU Review. Their launch event was a cooking class with housewife heartthrob Manu Fieldel and Julien Vasseur, VIVE’s head chef. Even though VIVE’s …
Overtime at Oratnek
The folks at Oratnek have invited my friend Erina to check out Overtime at Oratnek, their latest foray into dining after dark. Myself, Jeff and James do what we do best and ride on the coattails of Erina’s instafame and join as her +3s. Oratnek …
メリクリ in Japan
My trip to Tokyo and Osaka was almost two months ago but I’m plodding along at a Sam pace with my Japan travel posts. This one is for Christmas! Santa gave us all a surprise gift in the morning in the form of Amaou strawberries from …
Sushi Sho Saito
I don’t usually do restaurant reviews for travel anymore but I made an exception for this. I’ve been eating Japanese food for most of my life. I still remember my humble beginnings as a child being offered a sampling of salmon nigiri at a generic …
Sushi Tengoku
I’ve pushed back writing about Sushi Tengoku for so long that this post is a compilation of something like four visits. So this means even more photos that I’m confident will leave you salivating all over your keyboard. Sushi Tengoku is a UNSW student’s worst …