Photos

• The cake store’s version of fried chicken

  Not too little, not too much, just two pieces of fried chicken, a small mound of rice, and just enough gravy to settle the matter.

• Breakfast at Café Lyon: Two eggs, two sausages

  A straightforward plate of eggs, sausages, rice, tomato, and cucumber.

• Just a plate of Pancit Malabon

  Pancit Malabon in all its orange, egg-topped glory.

• Showa-era style pudding at Hoshino Coffee

  Retro-style Japanese custard pudding, served with bittersweet caramel sauce

• The sweet side of Shin-Okubo

  Bingsu at Caesar Café, bringing a little Korean sweetness to a Tokyo afternoon

• Tsujiri Tea Shop

  Just had to try the Matcha Mont Blanc

• Jollibee’s incredible shrinking “burger steak” rice meal

  Jollibee’s “Burger Steak” rice meal keeps getting smaller

• Curry lake, Katsu island

  Silky curry pooling beside fluffy rice and a cutlet with serious crunch

• The Manila Hotel's overrated Bee Hoon

  Didn’t like the taste

• Excelsior Caffé Akihabara

  Coffee break