Shale Xiong

I was in a work trip to Cascais, a small tourism town by the ocean close to Lisbon. The restaurant is in a relative quiet area in the central Cascais. I was curious, when booking the seat, what an omakase looks like in Cascais. Though it turned out to be... [Read More]

This is a nice restaurant around Institution Nationale Des Invalides. Since it is a lunch serve, I only get menu for a la carte. There are many seafood dishes. I was intriguing to order “Catch of the day”, though I felt it is probably too much for one person. I... [Read More]

It was a fun day in Paris by myself, or not, which I will explain a bit in the post, but the restaurant is just ok. The restaurant is located inside Mandarin Oriental. Since I was walking all day, visiting Chateau de Fontainebleau and Musee Picasso, frankly I was tired... [Read More]

This was the second restaurant I tried with my friend during his visit to london. The restaurant itself has very simple and modern decoration. I can see it is a more restaurant for afterwork, rather than a restaurant for special events, though there was a large group of young professionals,... [Read More]

One of my friend since high school visited London. He was interested in if I want to try some restaurants together and I obviously said “yes”. I should have mentioned his family running several successful high-end restaurants in my home town Changsha. Although it is in a side road to... [Read More]