Orion Turtle Chips

As you know, I love snacks.  Even better is snacks from other countries.  And best yet, snacks with interesting flavors.  Which gets us to Orion, a South Korean brand, one of the top manufacturers in the country.Orion makes Orion a variety of items, like biscuits, cookies, pies, crackers, chips, chocolate, gum, and candy.  If you don't recognize the Orion name, you may know one of its products: Choco Pie, its top seller that has been around...

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Pâte à Choux

I have a particular fondness for baked goods, which you likely realized from reading my blog by now.  So I'm always happy to hear about a new bakery, particularly one that has unique items.  And Pâte à Choux definitely has eye catching items.Pâte à Choux has 4 product lines, most, as you may expect given the name, are choux pastries: original choux, chocolate choux, specialty choux, and ... mochi tarts.  The original choux are what you think of...

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Ramen Waraku Dining

Sometime in the midst of the pandemic, when restaurants were still closed, I started trialing all the random ghost kitchens at 60 Moris St, not that far from my house.  It was then and there that I discovered Ramen Kobo Waraku, the cloud kitchen version of Ramen Waraku Dining, and, some very glorious takoyaki.  I think it was the best takoyaki I've ever had, including many versions in Tokyo.Fast forward to now.  I was browsing around on Doordash, and...

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Feast, Sheraton on the Park, Sydney

Um, ouch. You know when people say things like "I'm so full it literally hurts!", and you kinda roll your eyes at them?  Yeah, go ahead and eye roll at me. Because I'm going to say it.  I'm so full it hurts.  Because, I went to Feast, the buffet restaurant at the Sheraton on the Park. "With almost 20 different nationalities in the kitchen, the diversity of flavours is immense. Savour a world of flavours with meats and seafood grilled to perfection,...

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