A travel and food blog — dispatches from places worth visiting and meals worth remembering.
A no-nonsense guide to getting from Narita Airport to central Tokyo — trains, buses, taxis, and the tips I wish someone had told me before my first trip.
9.0 A Shinkansen ride to Kobe for fusion cuisine that smashes Japanese and Western traditions together — and an A5 wagyu steak that nearly brought me to tears.
9.0 I woke up at 5am, took the train to Toyosu Fish Market, stood in line for an hour, and sat down at Daiwa Sushi. Seven pieces of the freshest fish I've ever eaten — and a tamagoyaki that made me rethink eggs entirely.
I grew up in Indonesia and keep coming back to Bali. Here's an honest guide to the island — the parts tourists get right, the parts they get wrong, and the spots I actually recommend.
9.5 A Hakata Nagahama-style ramen shop in Tokyo that looks like nothing from the outside and serves a bowl of tonkotsu that made me sit in silence for a full minute.
8.5 Molecular gastronomy, dishes disguised as everyday objects, rain inside the restaurant, and a price tag to match — Namaaz Dining in Jakarta is unlike anything I've experienced.
I used Marriott points to book the Ritz-Carlton Bali and got upgraded to a 145 sqm suite. Here's an honest look at what you get — the stunning parts, the practical trade-offs, and whether it's worth the trip.
9.5 A Korean drama sent me down a rabbit hole. A Japanese restaurant in Houston gave me one of the best bites of my life. Here's how foie gras sashimi at Kata Robata earned a 9.5.
9.0 A tiny, packed Korean restaurant in LA's Koreatown with soondubu that lives up to the Anthony Bourdain hype — and bibimbap that might be even better.
9.5 A head-to-head comparison of two of Austin's best ramen spots — one a former food truck turned brick-and-mortar, the other a tiny, authentically decorated gem worth the wait.