Saturday night and I’m flying el solo. I kind of like this once in a while, to take my own time and wander along Southbank and you know, eat like five courses of modern Singaporean food on my own. Thank goodness they were itsy bitsy courses, a part of Singapore Tourism’s new campaign to introduce the wonders of Singaporean food to one and all.

Singapore Takeout is basically one big road trip on steroids. One shipping container, 9 countries in 9 months. 9 Singaporean chefs paired with 9 teams of local chefs. And a butt load of delicious food.

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Merry Christmas everyone! To those of you spending it with friends and family, I wish you a fabulous time at home. For those stranded anywhere because of the snow-pocolypse or for any other reason, believe me, this year in particular, my heart goes out to you. I was *this* close to missing Christmas with my friends, but alas, I’m home and grateful for everything.

To everyone, wherever you are, I hope there’s lots of good food involved!

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They call it the Finnish Christmas Fair, but really, who are they kidding? Aside from one table of Christmas ornaments and some obligatory Moomin product, it was nothing but a good old food fair, descended upon by all the Finns (and non-Finns) of London each year to stock up on Finnish snacks and goodies for the coming festive season.

I, for one, am not complaining about that!

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