Apgujeong Bingsoo from Patbingsoo, the Korean shaved ice dessert concept within Seorae – cheese, cheese sauce, cheesecake, cheese wafer, vanilla ice cream. The deep yellow cheese strands did not hide their desire for InstaMouse fame and the orange crumbs were essentially reincarnations of everybody’s favourite childhood Super Ring snack, but…
Bijin nabe (beauty hotpot, or 美人鍋) from Tsukada Nojo. Essentially the hotpot equivalent of your mother, grandmother or similar female maternal figure caressing your back and making you feel warm and fuzzy inside, and telling you everything is going to be just fine. Hands down my favourite hotpot experience in the…
Spicy chicken nanban. A Singapore-exclusive item, and essentially the concept of “dish localization” executed to perfection. The spiciness doesn’t just dwell in the sauce – it looks all creamy and harmless but oh, boy – but also in the chicken’s marinate. Thus, it’s spicy inside out yet restrained enough that…