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New podcast – Shinobu Namae, L’Effervescence, Bricolage Bread & Co.

May 12th, 2020  |  by  |  published in Latest, Podcasts, Travel | Leave A Comment »

New podcast – Shinobu Namae, L’Effervescence, Bricolage Bread & Co.

Shinobu Namae runs one of Tokyo’s best restaurants: L’Effervescence. It has two Michelin stars and is known for its sustainable focus (nearly everything served to diners comes from Japan, even the cheese) and the menu is inspired by everything from McDonald’s fried apple pie to world peace. Even the dish names are memorable (you can […]

New podcast – Luke Burgess, Only In Tokyo

June 29th, 2019  |  by  |  published in Latest, Podcasts, Travel | Leave A Comment »

New podcast – Luke Burgess, Only In Tokyo

Tokyo isn’t the most obvious place to seek out pizza, but the wood-fired slices here are better than anything you’d find in Italy. That’s what chef Luke Burgess believes – and it’s a case he makes in Only In Tokyo, the new book he’s co-authored with fellow chef (and Japan-o-phile) Michael Ryan. In the podcast, […]

Speak-easy #15: Cities (Tokyo, Amsterdam, New York, Paris, Hobart)

January 26th, 2019  |  by  |  published in Latest, Zines | Leave A Comment »

Speak-easy #15: Cities (Tokyo, Amsterdam, New York, Paris, Hobart)

This zine recaps some of my favourite meals and experiences in these cities: from dishes that cost only a handful of dollars (and converted instantly into great memories) to Michelin-starred visits that required banking many months of saving. There are also: pastries I hunted out in Tokyo and Paris; the place in New York where […]

Where we ate in Tokyo

March 28th, 2014  |  by  |  published in Latest, Travel | 11 Comments »

Where we ate in Tokyo

Tokyo is a one-of-a-kind city – a place that launches you to the outer limits of the hi-tech universe, while rewinding timelines so seamlessly that its reverence for slower-paced tradition and ceremony also trips you out. It’s one of my favourite capitals in the world, seemingly built on standard units of things I love: good […]

Things we ate in Tokyo

December 31st, 2010  |  by  |  published in Travel | 6 Comments »

Things we ate in Tokyo

Flower-shaped monaka from Toraya Tabi Bagel in Tokyo doesn’t have a closing hour. The shop opens at 7am and the doors shut once the last bagel is sold. Sometimes this happens in just one whirlwind hour, as I learnt through Justine. To visit this tiny bakery, you may have to play tough with the snooze […]

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Hi, I'm Lee Tran Lam. When not blogging with my mouth full, I'm usually writing, presenting Local Fidelity on FBi radio, making zines, producing podcasts or continually breaking promises about how I really am gonna get through my book pile one day.

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