For our only dinner splurge in Porto, we picked Élebê and it sure was a good choice. It was the best restaurant to have some quiet time and enjoy elevated local food. We took our time and for the first time in this trip finally slowed down a bit as we took little sips from [...] Read More

Away from the river and into the historic streets of this beautiful city, we found this perfect place to hang out with the most friendly staff. Best of all, everything was affordable. We don’t speak the local language but it was still a treat to listen to the chattering around us. At Lareira, we pictured [...] Read More

The food and service was good but what we liked best at Adega do Manel was the view it offered of the Douro River especially during the sunset. There were many other restaurants along the river but we liked that this one was close to the bridge and that there were a lot of things [...] Read More

For our first time in Porto, we decided to do as much for three days so we’ll know better the next time we come and visit again. With that in mind, we decided to book at Vincci Bonjardim 4* because it’s walking distance to almost all of the tourist areas. For example, just meters away [...] Read More

Japanese cuisine is becoming even more popular so it’s highly likely that you will find at least one Japanese restaurant anywhere you are in the world. In Barcelona, the only place for us is AH-UN. We never fail to book at least one meal here usually in the middle or towards the latter part of [...] Read More

Gatekeeping isn’t in our vocabulary so we will always share our best finds during our travels so as chocolate lovers, we can’t help but let you know about the local chocolates in Barcelona that we like to buy and bring home - Bubó and Cacao Sampaka. Both brands have so many interesting flavors and the [...] Read More

There’s a special spot in Calders that we like going to wherever we are in Barcelona. While there are no English books in Libreria Calders, we love checking out all the local titles. Just going through the covers is a thrill on its own. We always make sure to take our time whenever we go [...] Read More

Beaches around the world have a lot of different things to offer and at Sitges in Spain we enjoyed very much our day trip just walking around, soaking in the sights and sounds, doing a bit of shopping and trying out some of more interesting restaurants and small food shops. Read More

In celebration of Lunar New Year, we bring you some photos from one of our Chinese food restaurant discoveries in Singapore. The flavors are different from the usual places we visit which was a welcome surprise. All the food we ordered were on the spicy side. The place also had an unlimited dessert area filled [...] Read More

We love books and reading. It also follows that we love bookshops and we do visit and make features about them but finding a really nice public library is something else. The Gabriel Garcia Marquez Library is situated a bit far from the city center which probably adds to the charm of it. Having to [...] Read More