One of the reasons why I don’t really eat egg is mainly because of a recurring nightmare I had in high school. I dreamt I was abducted by unearthly creatures and was forced to eat a roomful of hardboiled ostrich eggs. I would get punished if I didn’t finish the…

When I heard Allan Picket (Chez Nico, Galvin Bistrot de Luxe & Orrery fame) opened his own restaurant just off Oxford Street, my initial thoughts were “Yes, good on him!” and “Oh, but why there?” Having worked off Oxford Street in the first few years of my career, I’ve learned…

Whenever I miss my family, there’s one thing I crave for: sukiyaki. There was a Japanese restaurant we frequented so much growing up. It was my father’s favourite place and my mother would roll her eyes on occasion pretending the predictability annoyed her (although secretly I’m sure she loved the…