My visit to Ebisu encapsulates some of the reasons for my recent first time visit to Tokyo: the cultural offerings, the food, and fresh experiences. I daresay the landscape and geography have much to recommend themselves too, but, alas, time cut short my tasting of those. I started my day by once again navigating theContinue reading “A fine afternoon in Tokyo”
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Try these Kuala Lumpur restaurants
These are Kuala Lumpur restaurants I would return to a second time (and especially to Lai Po Heen, pictured above, at the Mandarin Oriental hotel). This will depend on whether they can maintain a consistent standard of service. HoMinSan The choice of KL restaurants and cafes at the Pavilion mall (Bukit Bintang) can be overwhelming.Continue reading “Try these Kuala Lumpur restaurants”
Hobbits, Tolkien, Oxford and Writing
I decided to hot foot it over to Oxford for a dose of literary inspiration, where the Bodleian/Weston Library hosts the J.R.R. Tolkien exhibition until October. The Financial Times published a pre-exhibition review that tells it far better than I can – you can read it here. Writers’ craft But I learned some valuableContinue reading “Hobbits, Tolkien, Oxford and Writing”