As we wander, we wonder
Sometimes we forget how accustomed we’ve become to the curated polish of the contemporary dining scene, and how a simple coffee, cake, and eggs at a Persian mom-and-pop bakery can feel like a warm, loving hug. A quiet return to something soulful and real, from long before life stretched itself into endless online visual posturing. […]
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For most of us living in Malaysia, Thailand is like a vibrant younger cousin whose house is always fun to visit. Lots of diversity, different price points, and you can go super low-key boutique with Tik Tok friendly gimmicks, or dazzling six star opulence, or all the thousand nuances in between. Recently, we were invited […]
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Deggendorf is not necessarily on most people’s travel itinerary but we found ourselves here in the autumn for some family commitments. It’s located north of Munich, and takes about two hours and two train rides from Munich Central Train Station. At the end of our week there, and after trying to have a sense of […]
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We were in Strasbourg for five days over the fall and enjoyed the city’s beautiful architecture and history. Strasbourg sits at the border of France and Germany and was a German posession between 1871 till 1945 which is relatively recently. Strassbourg is also where the Council of Europe sits and is considered to be one […]
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Life took us to Strasbourg this autumn and we enjoyed dinner at this cute little fromagerie on 64 Grand Rue and in the company of a beloved friend whom we hadn’t seen for awhile. The restaurant is set in two properties facing each other across the small street. On one side the premise stored all […]
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After spending two weeks in Koh Lanta this July, these are some of our tried and tested recommendations. To eat Yawee – For classic Thai food in an ordinary restaurant sans bells and whistles, we loved this Halal certified establishment. It was close to Long Beach, set off the main road that runs through the […]
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We wanted to spend two weeks in a non-party Thai beach town this July and planned to do a road trip from KL, so it couldn’t be too far up north of Thailand. After a few googling searches we landed on Koh Lanta during low season. It was a 12 hour drive with one overnight […]
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We took a spontaneous road trip to Singapore a few weekends ago for a four day three night trip just to get a bit of change of scenery. Singapore is as we all know completely safe and sanitised and no one adores Singapore as much as Singaporeans do 😅 Anyhow, these are some highlights of […]
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As the world slowly turns away from mass produced global brands with dubious human rights records, hunting for artisan and locally made products are the shopping styles of today. Recently we had a chance to explore the gentrified Joo Chiat neighbourhood which we found so appealing in its aesthetics, dining efforts and for me especially […]
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By now, Kayra in Bangsar Village is a recommended staple in most KL foodie’s guidebook. Listed as a KL recommendation in the Michelin Guide’s Restaurants and awarded as a Top 20 restaurant in Tatler Asia’s Dining Guide for multiple years, the reviews for Kayra has been consistently glowing. Whether it’s the sophisticated critique of food […]
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Going online to search for best things to do in Dubai can be quite overwhelming – there are multiple options, websites, blogs, advertised travelogues etc. and the best things to do differs from one type of traveller to another. I usually recommend first timers in Dubai to book themselves a hotel or apartment at JBR […]
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We completed our 2023 adventure safe and sound and left the city of Amman feeling enriched, humbled and as always with any stint in any place in the world, more inspired by life. It certainly was not long enough a time to truly understand the deeper face of the city and country, but it was […]
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Sicilia was everything we hoped it would be, and even in that week we knew in our bones that it’s a place we would love to come back to multiple times. We don’t necessarily feel this way about many places, even spectacular ones, but something about this rich, diverse, sultry, salt of the earth island […]
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Italy is one of, if not my very favourite country in Europe and earmarking her as our summer spot this year was an excitement like no other. We started out in the Naples region. The choice to stay at Vico Equense, a sweet clifftop town about 4 train stops away from Sorrento was based entirely […]
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We’ve dined twice in this extremely popular restaurant in Amman and a visit is a must at least for its rustic ambiance. It was also featured in MENA’s 50 Best Restaurants so it’s always recommended for Amman newbies. We had a meal together last winter and were seated inside, and another time with friends during […]
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During my two month stay in Dubai last summer, I realised that so much more had happened to the city’s dining scene then when I last enjoyed it almost a decade ago. I also realised how the quality of dining out in this glitzy Gulf megalopolis was a cut above the rest- so many restaurants […]
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Portugal feels like it’s currently having its ‘It’ moment for the past five years or so and will continue to be the defining place for new generations to come and for good reason to. Good weather, progressive government, multilingual and educated population, gorgeous architecture, interesting sea-faring history.. the list goes on. As for us, the […]
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La Villa Bleu was captivating in a way that a St. Regis could never understand. Drenched in originality, covered with the most charismatic patina and perched over Mediterranean mysteries. My only regret was staying here for only two nights. It was dreamy, romantic, unique, melancholic. Here, I had cigarettes over coffee, washed my gaze with […]
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I selected Hotel Palacio de Santa Paula in Granada ultimately because it was a Marriott Bonvoy property, and well we are trying hard to crack on those points to achieve lifetime platinum membership. Other bonuses included the fact that it was a historical property, and perfectly situated between the Old Town of Albaysin and in […]
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My visits to the desert are few and far between, but every time it happens, it confirms my affinity for this specific terrain. It brings a unique silence, a potent moment for meditation, and an aesthetic magnetism that transcends the beauty of the sea or the mountains. Maybe it’s the way the sky converges with […]
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It was the beginning of a hot gulf summer, and we decided to take a short weekend trip to Saadiyat Island from Dubai. The selection criteria were – outside of Dubai but within less than 2 hours from Dubai, a hotel on a beach, and preferably a Marriot Bonvoy property so I could collect some […]
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Hot yoga has been around since the 70s but it only slipped into my radar about a decade ago. Friends who have tried said it was satisfying to perspire that much, but no one could really confirm if it had added health benefits to other forms of yoga. Still, the novelty factor got me intrigued […]
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For anyone who has been following me, I can only apologise for the state of this blog since April this year. It’s just been such madness and sadness of a year and writing wasn’t something I could really commit to. There’s also always this tendency for wanting things to follow a specific system and order […]
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I had dinner here twice circa October last year. My friend read a good review and initiated us to give it a try. I loved how it looked from the outside – something different, fresh, inter-galactic. I felt like I was transported somewhere else, another city, another country, another time in a zeitgeist quantum of […]
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Recently, in order to break away from the nauseating routine of our days at home, we stayed for a night in town at the Ritz Carlton. There was a really good promotion on offer and being a Marriott Bonvoy point collector, it seemed like a lovely opportunity to collect some points and not face the […]
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We popped by here spontaneously one evening. For obvious reasons, my other half is a Mughal Indian food snob. Nothing quite meets the bar here in KL, apparently. I struggle to recommend any good authentic biryanis here in Malaysia, is a constant lament. And the posher a place looked, the more he disdains, certain that […]
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It’s been a challenging year, and it is shocking that we’re about to enter the last quarter of it. We organised this getaway for my parents, and mother in law to just remove ourselves from the daily routine of being trapped in a limited routine for months on end, and at the last minute my […]
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Looking for The Higher Self 