Affordable Mixue drinks, fruit teas, and soft serve in Vietnam, including grape oolong tea with taro balls and creamy taro ice cream. Vietnam quickly turned Mixue into one of our favourite stops between sightseeing. From refreshing fruit teas to surprisingly good ice cream, we found ourselves returning more than once...
A personal review of Jinweide Albany featuring beef noodle soup, cumin lamb noodles, buns, and consistent value dining in Auckland. The kind of place that quietly becomes your routine without trying to. Big bowls, fast service, and flavours that never change. If there is one restaurant in Albany that has...
Sometimes the best discoveries aren’t new at all. It took me walking into Cake4U’s new Albany location to realise I’d actually been visiting them years ago. The familiar aroma of freshly baked Asian breads brought it all back and reminded me why these bakeries are so hard to leave empty-handed. ...
Hui’s Kitchen in Albany serves affordable Chinese buffet-style lunches with unlimited refills, generous portions and homestyle dishes. Unlimited refills, homestyle Chinese cooking and lunch prices that feel like they’ve travelled back in time. One of Albany’s best-value hidden gems. As I’ve mentioned before, Wednesdays are a little different for our...
Peking Garden Zurich review featuring Chicken Katsu Curry and Peking Noodles after a visit to Oerlikon Market. Sometimes the best travel meals come from random discoveries. Sometimes they become stories about salty curry, bland noodles, and trying to rescue lunch by mixing both together. There is a specific kind of...
Four people, one massive box, and nobody left hungry. Dumplings, juicy buns, pork sliders and drinks for under 20 bucks each. This is Auckland value done right. Mrs Bun Rosedale review featuring the Hunger Box XL with dumplings, pork buns, sliders, chips and drinks for great value in Auckland. If...
Honest review of YouMee at Phoenix Mall of Asia Bengaluru featuring Miso Pork Ramen, Sichuan Chilli Oil Prawn Wontons, and Mango Frappe. Craving ramen in Bengaluru led me to YouMee, vibrant anime décor, plump prawn wontons, comforting (but not authentic) miso pork “ramen,” and a surprisingly excellent mango frappe. Finding...
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Nasi and Mee Manyata Tech Park review featuring Southeast Asian dishes like char kway teow, ramen, siu mai, and bubble tea in Bengaluru. When Southeast Asian cravings hit hard in Bengaluru, this place saved me more than once. Comfort food, done surprisingly right. When you’re craving Southeast Asian food in...
Little Yum in Albany serves a wide range of dumplings, but our lunch visit showed mixed results across several dishes. A quiet Albany dumpling spot with plenty of promise, but our lunchtime visit revealed a mixed bag of flavours, textures, and execution. Albany’s Corinthian Drive has become one of the...
Tucked beside a petrol station, Take a Bao offers exceptional Chinese cuisine, a cosy atmosphere, and surprisingly refined flavours. Who knew a restaurant beside a petrol station would deliver such incredible Chinese food? Every dish was spot on—definitely going back. Last Sunday after church, we found ourselves caught in that...
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