Category: news&misc

Wikio Gastronomy blogs April 2011 Preview

It’s that wonderful time of the month again to take a sneak peek at the Top 20 food blogs, as according to the good people at Wikio. The photograph above was taken at Queen’s Park Farmers Market, on a rather pleasant Sunday morning. 1 Maison…

Wikio Gastronomy Feb 2011 Preview

Happy Chinese New Year folks. I took this picture yesterday, at my parents’ house in Brunei. It’s a lion dance to usher the new year in, and I think the lion had peeled three satsumas to make the chinese character of ‘Wang’ , which is…

Wikio Gastronomy Top 20 Preview Jan 2011

It’s that time of the month once again to look at the movers and shakers as according to the good folks at Wikio. And this month, we have yet another new leader at the top of the heap, Maison Cupcake who has jumped 38th since…

Wikio Gastronomy Dec 2010 Rankings Preview

The last Wikio rankings preview of the 2010… and we have a new leader this month (again). These guys blog about the very cutting edge in the world of chocolates. Exciting how this list shifts every month no? Assuming you are still into these stats…

Introducing Meals in Heels 2.0

Over the last couple of months, I’ve been busy helping Jennifer Joyce, food writer, stylist and a cracking chef with the redesign of her blog, Meals in Heels – an extension of one of her many very cool cookbooks of the same name. I’m not…

Wikio UK Gastronomy Nov 2010 Preview

Well this is interest, plenty of new names breaking into the top 20 this month, including the brand new entrant Food stuff finds making its debut at top spot..! Refreshing really, some new blogs to trawl through. and it is nice to especially pleasing to…

Taiwanese Food Festival…This Sunday!

21/10 UPDATE – There appears to be a youtube video preview for this event here. Now, I don’t usually announce events on my blog, but I went to last year’s version of this food fest through my very Taiwanese extended family, and was totally impressed

Wiko Gastronomy Preview Oct 2010.

And here is a sneaky look at the Top 20 belly shakers for October, rankings put together by the chaps over at Wikio. They measure blog influence by how well networked they are, in relation to one another and to the rest of the interwebs,…

In between chewing.

A long long time ago, I used to write these weekly round-up posts which I called ‘eat & read’ . They were more useful to me, than to readers, it was a place which I linked to pieces I bookmarked. I’ve always wanted to resurrect…

Eastside Inn: Love just ain’t enough.

Having to update my list of favourites is the least of my worries, and this is probably the only time, in my time as a blogger, that I feel devastated enough to compel me to write a few words about the closing of a restaurant,…

Two years old.

Yes I cannot believe it too. It is two years ago today, that I assaulted the internet with my barrage of hot air and vulgar food photography, which may as well be classified as taboo, and I would just like to start by saying Thank…

Living restaurant guide v2

I updated my little list of favourite restaurants today, and just wanted to let you know about this… Released to the wild on 12-08-2010. Read version1. I love food blogs for the personality behind them, and for its ever-evolving nature. However keeping up