Adelaide doesn’t have a huge Japanese population compared to the big three (Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane) but we do have our share of half-decent sushi places (that are actually run by Japanese, which most aren’t). Our Chinese and S.E. Asian population on the other hand is very healthy and growing each year. I am happily [...]
Archive for the ‘Asian’ Category
Ajisen Ramen Comes to SA
Posted in Asian, Japanese, Restaurant, tagged adelaide restaurants, ajisen ramen, char siu, gyoza, leigh st., ramen, ramen broths, shio, shoyu, spare ribs, tonkotsu on August 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Japanese-style Fried Oysters
Posted in Asian, Deep-Fried Food, Japanese, Oysters, Seafood, tagged Japanese, kaki fry, oyster fry, Oysters, panko, tonkatsu sauce on July 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I LOVE oysters. This is surprising because I hated them as a kid and when I tried my first raw oyster in the mid-90s (at the London Beer Show) , I got violently ill. Instead of putting me off of oysters for life, I fell in love with them and even did an in-depth study [...]
Food Quiz #1 and #2
Posted in Asian, Food Quiz, Miscellaneous/Quirky, tagged Asian Grocery, pickled turmeric, thai, ziganid fish on June 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve decided to move the Food Quiz from its own page to a regular post below: I love food and regardless of whether I have studied it extensively or not, there is no way that I have an encyclopaedia of knowledge…therefore, I have set up this page so that I can be enlightened by people [...]
Asian-Style Desserts
Posted in Asian, Cakes, Pastry, Travel, tagged 85 C, Asian Pastries, Calpis, Mochi, sydney on June 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I love being in Sydney’s Chinatown area because it is almost like being in Asia – after all, Australia is part of Australasia. I get to fulfill all my Asian cravings whenever I visit and this time, I discovered a bakery that specialises in Asian-style cakes. It is on George St. right in the thick [...]
Sydney Layover
Posted in Asian, Japanese, Restaurant, tagged haymarket, kura, sushi, sydney on June 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Practically every time I want to leave Australia to go back to the US, I have to stopover in Sydney for a few hours. Sometimes I schedule my flights so that I have a whole day to hang out in Sydney before I board my (usually) evening flight home. This time, I decided not to [...]
