Caryn Liew

As the sun sets behind Mt Fuji, the neon lights of Tokyo flicker to life: izakayas, restaurants and bars fill; beer, umeshu, highballs, chuhai and sake are raised to cheers of ‘kanpai!’, and the scent and sounds of nightlife fill the air. Tokyo’s night scene – outside of the reserved, hallowed dining establishments – is […]

This gorgeous cookbook captures the vibrant heartbeat of a city obsessed with food. It’s the chicken-skin yakitori you eat at 2 a.m. in a bar the size of a cupboard. It’s the pork curry you devour after having to line up for 45 minutes with a bunch of excited teenagers. It’s the yuzu ramen you […]