When my friend, who travels often to Singapore, mentioned that it has the best street food in the world, I didn’t realize to what extent it was true. So the first thing I did after arriving in Singapore was to go to Maxwell road hawker centre, one of many food…

Before you ask me how I managed to get a reservation at Kawamura steakhouse in Tokyo – I didn’t. There are two Kawamuras which both happen to be in Ginza. The famous one where it’s almost impossible to get into as the chef gives priority to his regular customers (I…

I first heard about Restaurant Andre (41 Bukit Pasoh Road, Singapore 089855; tel. +65 6534 8880) in Singapore from San Pellegrino Asia’s 50 best restaurants list. Making it to this list is a huge media kickoff for any restaurant around the world – I doubt that Noma and El Bulli would be…

If young and aspiring chefs in the West might believe that being creative and innovative is the key to one’s first Michelin star, in Japan you can get a Michelin star for being really good in what you are doing, even if what you are doing is deep-frying pork cutlets.…

2 Michelin starred Passage 53 in Paris (53 Passage des Panoramas75002 Paris; tel. +33 1 42 33 04 35) is a living example of what happens when Japanese perfectionism and minimalism is married with the opulence of the French haute cuisine. Despite the restaurant’s tiny size, the cooking is irreproachable…

New good address alert in Paris. From the first glance, Medi Terra Nea might look like just another conveyor belt sushi restaurant with a quirky interior. In fact, it is aconveyor belt restaurant, just instead of sushis, the little plates cruising around the spacious restaurant contain delicious Mediterranean basin cuisines…

Fauchon: 24-26 Place de la Madeleine 75008 Paris ; tel. 01 70 39 38 00

Usually, I am quite sceptical about celebrity chefs’ restaurants. Famous chefs are never in their kitchens and you end up paying a premium just for the name, but at least from my experience, Mario Batali might be an exception. I really enjoyed his Los Angeles Pizzeria Mozza and the Italian…

Almost 40 years old Kurumazushi is without doubt one of the finest traditional sushi-yas in New York. The owner and master chef, Uezu san pays particular attention to the quality of the fish, part of which is brought from Japan by air. The nigiris are small, jewel-like and the fish…

Two Michelin starred Jean François Piège (79 Rue Saint-Dominique 75007, tel. +33 1 47 05 49 75 ) is like no other gastronomic restaurant in Paris. Its tables are not covered with white tablecloths, the waiters are wearing jeans instead of black suits and the dining room looks more like…