Street Food

While I was browsing Hakone town in Japan, I came across this little shop selling senbei – Japanese rice crackers. They sold mostly traditional rice crackers, plain or with sesame or seaweed and I bought lots of little packets as gifts for friends. It was delicious! Crispy, not too salty and overall yum! But what [...]

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The Asam Laksa at Air Itam in Penang is legendary for taste, unpleasant ambiance and surroundings and the thick delicious sauce made with mashed fish. So legendary that there are numerous rumours circulating about how the sauce gets so thick, none of which I believe. I only believe what my tongue and tummy tells me [...]

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On the train heading back to Tokyo, I set about eating a fresh dorayaki – red bean pancake – I’d purchased from a store in Hakone. It was a very popular store selling a lot of Japanese traditional cakes and pastries. I just have no idea what it is called but its logo was a [...]

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