Day out in Linkou 林口

I'm not a big fan of pork knuckles because they're usually fatty, and even if it's a good source of collagen (or so we're told), I still don't like the texture and I prefer eating the meat instead. T found a supposedly popular eatery in Linkou called 大尾豬腳 which serves different parts of a pork...

[Manila Eats] Bluesmith Coffee & Kitchen

When I was in university, I joined this student organization called Euro-Filipino Understanding and Relations Organization (EURO) which is also the home org of my course. I decided to ask a bunch of EURO alumni if they had time for dinner on a weeknight and I'm glad that there were still people who came despite...

[Manila Eats] Revisiting Wildflour

I've written about Wildflour before, as I've been there numerous times. When we were choosing brunch places in Podium, Nicole suggested we go to Wildflour because she hasn't tried it. I prefer to try new restaurants each time I'm back in Manila because new places keep popping up, but since I don't mind going back...

[Manila Eats] Harlan+Holden Greenbelt Pod

I may not have been able to visit Harlan+Holden Glasshouse during this Manila trip, but I was able to try their Greenbelt Pod. My parents and I were staying at Makati Shang and I asked my friend Nicole if she was free and if she wanted to meet for snacks. Luckily, she had (or made)...

[Manila Eats] Single Origin

Without meaning to, I dined at Single Origin Greenbelt a total of three times in the span of time I was in Manila. The first time was after we checked out from Manila Diamond Hotel - I was choosing between Single Origin or Harlan & Holden Glasshouse but I was told that traffic would be...

[Chua family in Taiwan] Kuang’s Bistro 光權

It's pretty obvious by now that one of my resources for finding restaurants to try is Google Maps, and this place was no different. I looked for breakfast/brunch places in Banqiao and this was one of the results. I saw a review saying how when asked, the owner of this place wants to be known...

[Chua family in Taiwan] Tamed Fox

I'm so happy that this cafe came up on my random "breakfast places near Elephant Mountain" search on Google Maps. They open at 8:30AM on weekdays and 10AM on weekends, so they're perfect for weekday breakfast if you're in that area, but if you prefer to sleep in a bit (on weekends) then you could...

[Manila Eats] Revisiting Cafe Mary Grace

Aileen, Charm, and I met up at Lucky Chinatown Mall again, and as usual, we had merienda (snack) at Cafe Mary Grace. I had previously written a post about the previous times I've been there. This time, we ordered different items from the menu so that we can try something new. Of course, we still...

[Tokyo Eats] Sawamura

Last November, my sister gave birth to an extremely adorable baby boy so I'm now officially an auntie. We found the time to visit them in Tokyo and since it was my 3rd time in Tokyo, we decided to make the visit a more chill and laidback one. On our first official day, we had...

[Jiufen Eats] SIIDCHA 吾穀茶糧

The first time I passed by this cafe was when I went to Jiufen with kuya Ronald and his friends but it was full so we ended up going to another place. This time around, we were lucky that they had an available table because it was a rainy day so there weren't a lot...