My first social event: Buying farmers’ fresh produce
Slowly but surely, life as we know it is returning to its new and improved state. After months of staying home and avoiding any external activity, I actually had a
Slowly but surely, life as we know it is returning to its new and improved state. After months of staying home and avoiding any external activity, I actually had a
Fishmongers at Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji tuna auction are feeling the heat as the ageing market’s air conditioners struggle to keep up with a heatwave blanketing the country.
Back when I was a young working student in Paris, I was left to run my mother’s restaurant, Aux Iles Philippines (The Philippine Islands) in the City of Lights. She was needed in New York to oversee the opening of another restaurant, Maharlika, and in Manila for the opening of Au Bon Vivant.
Oh, Tokyo. You have earned my lifelong reverence. Your warm welcome (and toilet bowl seats); your culture of respect for labor and laborers; your intricate attention to detail from subway murals to sushi. You are a most beautiful balance of yin and yang, hot and cold, timeless beauty and radical creativity.
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