Cyclo (洛城牛肉粉): Pho at its best

Rating★★★★1/2 Cuisine: Vietnamese / Pho Price Range: Cheap Eats Address: No. 377, RenAi Rd, Sec. 4 仁愛路四段377號1樓  Tel:  02 2752 8666  Website: https://www.facebook.com/pages/CYCLO洛城牛肉粉/321713027857177 Growing up in the States eating Pho was like a weekly ritual. I have a fond childhood memory that my dad would drive us to New York, and we would always be full with pho in our tummies…

Iggy’s: Expectations Too High

Rating★★★1/2 Cuisine: French / Haute Cuisine Price Range: Splurge Address: 581 Orchard Rd (Hilton Hotel)   Tel:  65 6732 2234    Website: http://www.iggys.com.sg/ Iggy’s has been on my “ restaurants must try list” for a long time, being ranked as the best restaurant in Singapore and one of three restaurants making it to St.Peraginno’s list of top 100 restaurants in the…

L’Abeille: Glamorous Dinning

Rating★★★★ Cuisine: French / Haute Cuisine Price Range: Splurge Address: 10 Avenue d’Iéna, Paris, 75116, France Tel:  (33 1) 5367 1998 Website: http://www.shangri-la.com/paris/shangrila/dining/restaurants/labeille/ L’Abeille has just earned its second star not too long since its debut at Shangrila. The restaurant has created lots of noise in the culinary community, and luckily for me it’s only a fifteen minute walk from…

Anzu Tonkatsu (杏子日式豬排): Thick & Juicy

Rating★★★★ Cuisine: Japanese / Tonkatsu Price Range: Cheap Eats Address: No. 63, Nanjing E Road, Sec 2 (one of five locations) Tel: (02) 2537-3767  Website: http://www.anzu.com.tw/ Tonkatsu might be originated from Japan but serves as comfort food to all Asians. That brown-crispy-juicy fried pork cutlet downs rice like there’s no tomorrow. Tonkatsu can be used to compliment…

TEN KICHI YA: Best Tempura in town?

•Rating★★★1/2 •Cuisine: Japanese •Price Range: Cheap Eats •Address: Zhong Xiao Dong Lu Section 4 Alley 216 Lane 27 #10 (忠孝東路4段216巷27弄10號) Tel: (02) 2721-3328 Ten Kichi Ya a tenpura-ya has recently opened its doors in Taipei. specializing ten-don located in the busy restaurant area of Dong Qu. The restaurants in Dongqu falls into the end of two…