Editor’s Note We visited Sarkies for its buffet lunch during our stay at the Eastern & Oriental Hotel in Penang in 2019. This review describes the food and service we personally experienced. We refreshed the article in September 2026 with […]
Traveling abroad is usually super enjoyable and inspired, which can go wrong very easily. You need to understand that you are interfering with other cultures, where their habits might be to our western eyes odd, …
Battery coffee is the alarming name attached to a Vietnamese food-fraud case uncovered in April 2018. Authorities found coffee waste and other material darkened with powder from used batteries; subsequent reporting traced the mixture to …
Editor’s Note: Updated September 2026. We visited Macalister Mansion in 2019, so the food, presentation, and service described in this review reflect that experience. The mansion currently offers a different seasonal set called …
Editor’s Note: Updated September 2026. This review was first published in 2019 and recounts our original visit. The drinks, photographs, and ratings reflect that evening; current jazz hours were checked separately with Shanghai Mansion. Red Rose …
Kuala Lumpur has two very different Autograph Collection hotels under YTL Hotels. The Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur is the grand colonial lady; Hotel Stripes is her younger, less formal counterbalance. We found a hotel with …
Trigona honey, known in Malaysia as madu kelulut, is stingless bee honey with a tangy flavor that surprised me from the first taste. Ian and I discovered it in cocktails at Bar Trigona, inside Four …
Editor’s Note: Updated September 2026. This article combines our original two-part history of The Oriental into one chronological story and adds the hotel’s modern chapter, including the restoration of the Authors’ and Garden Wings, the …
Editor’s Note: Updated September 2026. This review records our 2019 visit to Cafe Botanica at the Museum of Floral Culture. The museum and café closed in 2022, so the food, prices and service …
In Hoi An we got some great tailor experience, and our clothes are still like new. Of course, we did some great photos with our new tailormade stuff. What can be better than having fun …