My first eleven years of life flew by as a Singaporean, which automatically meant that I love food. Believe me, I wish it were an understatement. While Americans have baseball, and Canadians have hockey, Singapore’s …

I could estow the virtues of Banh Mi all day. I admire how it integrates the best of French colonial influence with the ingredients of Vietnamese cuisine. I enjoy how its crunchy french baguette exterior …

One country that Anthony Bourdain has not visited in his No Reservations tour as yet is Taiwan. I can’t help wonder why not. Is it political motivated? Is it because Andrew Zimmern has beaten him …

Let’s face it. Toronto’s Ramen scene register only a faint blip on the international foodie map. We’ve got a long way to go before attaining the vibrance and ethusiasim found in other North American cities …

Out of all the pretenders to the mantle of Malaysian/Singaporean cooking, Gourmet Garden stands heads-and-shoulders above the rest. Its owners, originally from Malaysia’s Ipoh region, faithfully reproduce their motherland cuisine the best they know how. …

Long before the tough recession hit Toronto, Embassy restaurant already provided the bail-out for budget-conscious foodies whenever they have a severe samosa craving. The solution? Vegetarian samosas sold at the bargain price of 5 for …

Forget for a moment the ugly split that tore asunder the original Burrito Boyz franchise into a marketing war between Boyz and Bandidos. Those were business decisions, arguments that matter not to us foodies. As …

For the longest time in Toronto, Korean BBQ became synonymous with Korean cuisine. It still holds a large popularity among the younger crowd. This is not a bad thing, since it may be the only time you see teens and young adults actually cook. But it’s a colossal mistake to only know of Korean food as such …