This ended up being my favorite spot for what I would consider fine dining, even though it never felt overly formal. The space was what pulled me in right away. It was open and airy, set around a courtyard that made everything feel calm and intentional without trying too hard. It felt like a place...

A hip yet quaint spot tucked just off the busy streets of Oaxaca. It felt immediately approachable as a traveler, the kind of place where you could ease into the city without having to think too hard about the menu or how things worked. It got crowded, but that was part of the rhythm here....

I know, it’s been a while since the last post, but let’s start back off with everyone’s favorite food topic, sushi. So once again I found myself in Taipei and once again I’m super jet lagged. What’s a person to do? Why, let’s head over to Addiction Aquatic Development for some early morning eats. Sure,...

I’ve been wanting to come to Nikukappou Yuu for some time. After seeing their preparations of wagyu and uni on my Instagram feed I needed to look a bit closer. They weren’t just beautiful, they sounded like the combinations worked. And when I started seeing the wagyu katsu sando appearing on their menu, we had to...

Friends were in town, so you know what that meant. It was time to eat and eat well, especially when these friends are your food loving friends. No, I wouldn’t call foodies. They don’t go seek out the next novelty bite. They simply depend on the culinary history of the chefs or their protégé to...

The Michelin restaurant guide came out for Taiwan and I was happy to see one of the places I wanted to try was on the list, RAW. It was a place I missed out last time in Taipei simply because it was difficult to get a reservation. Now, I can imagine it’s probably next to...

It was time for a group dinner and what a better place to do that than 極品軒. It translates to ‘extreme’ but I’m not sure if that’s the actual meaning intended. However, the food isn’t just your traditional Shanghai dishes. They food here was pushing the envelope. And while we did have some classics there were...

After a nice visit to the Kavalan Distillery, we headed into Yilan for some seafood steam pot. If you don’t know what this is, well it’s as the name suggests. The food is cooked with steam. It’s similar to hot pot, where it’s a communal meal. However, there’s no soup base. Though at the very...