A bag of Swiss porcini turned into one of the most comforting bowls I’ve made all year. Silky garlic cream broth, earthy mushrooms, springy ramen noodles, and jammy eggs proving that fusion cooking is often just curiosity meeting opportunity. Creamy porcini ramen with garlic, mushroom dashi, wood ear fungus and...
Fresh noodles tossed in rich beef gravy and topped with tender braised brisket, garlic, vegetables, and aromatic spices. Two Filipino comfort food legends collide in one plate. Tender braised beef, rich sweet-savoury gravy, and stir-fried noodles create a combination that disappears fast whenever I serve it. Some of the best...
Traditional Okinawan Tebichi Soba with pork trotters, bonito broth, soba noodles, fish cake, and kombu. Silky pork trotters, rich broth, chewy noodles, and all the comforting flavours of Okinawa in one bowl. Deeply savoury, nostalgic, and collagen-rich comfort food at its finest. #tebichisoba #okinawancuisine #porkhock #japanesefood #noodlesoup After our last...
Filipino / Fusion / Vietnamese
Fusion noodle soup combining pho aromatics with rich bulalo beef shank, marrow bones, herbs, and rice noodles. A steaming bowl where Vietnamese noodle soup meets Filipino bone marrow obsession. Fragrant, beefy, comforting, and unapologetically loaded with meat. #pholalo #fusionfood #pho #bulalo #noodlesoup #filipinofood #vietnamesefood Let me tell you the story...
Chewy rice noodles tossed in chilli crisp, sesame paste, garlic, soy sauce, cucumber, and fresh coriander. The upgraded version of every instant noodle obsession from university days. Chewy noodles, crunchy chilli oil, fresh cucumber, and that addictive sesame-garlic hit in every bite. #chillicrispnoodles #noodles #comfortfood #asianfood #sesamenoodles If university food...
Vietnamese rice noodle salad with vermicelli, herbs, vegetables, fish sauce dressing and crispy dried shrimp topping. Fresh herbs, crunchy vegetables and bright flavours come together in a bowl that instantly brings back those Vietnam cravings. #vietnamesefood #bunnoodles #ricenoodlesalad #freshflavours #asiancuisine There are dishes you cook because they are easy, and...
Glass noodles with shrimp, eomuk, gochujang, tomato paste and cream in a spicy, tangy Korean style rose sauce. Creamy pink sauce clinging to bouncy noodles, juicy prawns and savoury fish cake in every bite. This is comfort food with a Korean café twist. #ShrimpRoseGlassNoodles There are certain flavours that instantly...
Filipino lomi fused with Japanese udon, made with pork belly, prawns, cabbage, egg, dashi, and sesame for a thick, comforting noodle soup. The last pot cooked on Swiss soil. Familiar flavours, borrowed noodles, and a bowl that quietly worked when we needed it most. #switzerlandseries #lomiudon #comfortfood #angsarap This is...
Swiss-inspired budae jjigae with cervelat, nussschinkli, Emmentaler, kimchi, Shin Ramyun, tofu, and gochujang in a hearty fusion stew. A pot born from cold nights, long hospital days, and whatever the Swiss pantry would give us. Korean comfort, Alpine survival, one bubbling jjigae. Our last few days in Zurich felt strange....
Chicken and prawn sotanghon soup with cabbage, carrots, glass noodles, fish sauce, and saffron-infused chicken broth. Winter cooking in Zurich means adapting with what’s on hand. A familiar Filipino comfort soup, gently transformed by circumstance, care, and a pinch of something unexpected. #sotanghon #switzerlandseries #comfortfood #filipinocooking I’ve been here since...
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