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Wildair

Sometimes, I distinctly remember how I hear about a restaurant, and what possesses me to visit. Other times, I just forget! Wildair is one of those restaurants where I don’t remember exactly how I came to know the name. It was probably via Instagram or something. However, I do know why this place got my interest. It was contemporary, experimental, fun looking, and more importantly, walk-in friendly. I like keeping a list of interesting restaurants that don’t take reservations, or at a minimum, have the possibility of accommodating for walk ins, because I don’t like having strict plans when travelling, so I want to keep my food options open. The downside is that I have to decide within 30 minutes to an hour of the restaurants’ opening time, whether or not I’m going to go there.

Wildair is actually the baby sister of Contra, which is owned by the same people and is a more formal, degustation, bookings essential restaurant. I have a strong preference to restaurants that have the same calibre food in a more casual setting, so Wildair was my must go to non-reservation place.

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Shanghai – November 2017

Finally, some time off to continue posting! I’ve not had a blog backlog this extensive before. Good thing instead of bashing away at my Surface Pro 3 keyboard, I’m going full speed with my Cherry Blue MX Ducky. Woohoo! Hopefully I remember everything that’s supposed to go into this post.

To start off with, this was a necessary trip that wasn’t my decision, so it was a super short stay where I didn’t plan too much for myself in case there wasn’t any time to explore. That being said, yes, there were backup plans. Just in case I could roam free…. Continue reading

Hong Kong – October 2017

Circumstances lead me to take a relatively unplanned holiday, and one for visiting relatives instead of exploring by myself. However, my brother managed to suggest that we stop by Hong Kong first, and that way, I could tick off another country that I’ve been too!

I was quite looking forward to it since I heard about the efficiency of Hong Kong, and I figured it’d be easy to navigate and communicate since the people there could speak English.

But first, plane wings!

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Japan, April 2017

Time to post about my second visit to Japan. While I was still pretty clueless, my brother had been living in Tokyo for a while now, so I pretty much had a guided tour, which was pretty cool. What I didn’t expect was for it to still be so cold the first couple of days! That was mainly because it was also rainy; the last few days were nice and warm.

I had wanted to book a nice restaurant while I was here, but alas, the ones I wanted were all closed! It wasn’t until afterwards that I realised that it was because the San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best awards were on. Then I didn’t mind so much that I missed out. Maybe next time!

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