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Will I survive my fugu experience!? (大阪第2番)
So on the Saturday of the Osaka trip, we ended up meeting a couple other colleagues and had a full fugu course experience. If you didn't...
Tommy Lam
Aug 1, 20233 min read
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A Night in Osaka! (大阪第1番)
Alright, maybe from the Nagoya series you've heard me complain about drinking too much. While I definitely had stuff to drink during the...
Tommy Lam
Jul 27, 20232 min read
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The people we met along the way... (名古屋第3番)
To finish the three-part saga about my time in Nagoya, I should probably talk about the people and the overall experience. You can maybe...
Tommy Lam
Jul 22, 20233 min read
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Ultimate Nagoya Food Guide (名古屋 第2番)
Okay, I'm going to front load all the Nagoya food topics in this post to have a full comprehensive guide to what you should look for in...
Tommy Lam
Jul 13, 20235 min read
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Moments of solitude in Nagoya (名古屋第1番)
As teased in the previous post, one of hte nice reasons why there was a made dash to head to Japan is for a collaboration meeting in...
Tommy Lam
Jul 8, 20232 min read
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Returning to KEK (but again... 2023 edition)
So due to some proposal writing and lots of edits, I find myself back in Tsukuba, Japan to do more work at KEK. But this time, for a...
Tommy Lam
Jul 1, 20233 min read
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Gen Yamamoto, Round 2
Disclaimer: I wrote this back in October 17, 2022. and forgot to publish it. Oops.... Gonna publish the backlog slowly before new stuff...
Tommy Lam
Jun 26, 20233 min read
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Flying Fish Ramen from Ginza! (Ramen Takahashi)
Disclaimer: I wrote this back in October 2022. and forgot to publish it. Oops.... Gonna publish the backlog slowly before new stuff comes...
Tommy Lam
Jun 25, 20231 min read
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Tsukiji Outer Fish Market (築地除外)
Disclaimer: I wrote this back in October. and forgot to publish it. Oops.... Gonna publish the backlog slowly before new stuff comes out....
Tommy Lam
Jun 25, 20232 min read
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Hakone, Part 3
Disclaimer: I wrote this back in October. and forgot to publish it. Oops.... Gonna publish the backlog slowly before new stuff comes out....
Tommy Lam
Jun 24, 20234 min read
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Hakone Trip!!! (Feat. Fuji-san and Friends) (Hakone part 2)
Since my focus is usually on food, let me show off some of the rose themed items they had. The drink in the back was rose juice. So...
Tommy Lam
Oct 28, 20223 min read
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Roasted Duck Hakone Ramen (Hakone part 1)
A couple of weeks ago, a couple of colleagues and I decided to spend some time in Miyanoshita, Hakone. After settling into our ryokan,...
Tommy Lam
Oct 19, 20221 min read
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Chuka Soba
When visiting Katsuryu after a couple of months, the my first instinct is that I wanted to try and finish trying everything on the menu...
Tommy Lam
Oct 17, 20221 min read
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Random Convenient Sights
One major thing I've been trying to do this time is to eat in a bit more to save money for travels to other cities (like Tokyo, Hakone,...
Tommy Lam
Oct 17, 20222 min read
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My worst Ramen experience
First day landing in Japan and while waiting for the bus, the first thing I search and look for is dinner. Thinking I might be feeling...
Tommy Lam
Oct 13, 20222 min read
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I'm back!
After a bit of a hiatus from Japan, I am some how back for the month of October! To start off, I'll cover some of the lunches I've had on...
Tommy Lam
Oct 6, 20222 min read
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Last Supper In Japan
After some deep thought and consideration, I thought that Coccolino would be very satisfactory. I convinced a few other colleagues to...
Tommy Lam
Jun 30, 20222 min read
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First taste of Korea in Japan
I had a day where a former VT colleague visited me in Tsukuba and we went to this Korean restaurant to catch up. From the google reviews,...
Tommy Lam
Jun 30, 20221 min read
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Best Cocktail Course Menu of my Life
I had received this tip from a very trust colleague so I visited Bar Gen Yamamoto, a nice cocktail bar that takes reservations up to 7...
Tommy Lam
Jun 29, 20226 min read
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A little taste of Iran in Japan
From interacting with some colleagues, it seems that a Pakistani colleague frequents this Iranian restaurant named Ali Baba Halal near...
Tommy Lam
Jun 28, 20222 min read
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