Lunch at Gordon Ramsay Hell's Kitchen @ Las Vegas, USA

The atmosphere is nice with a competing kitchen working in view of everyone. The staff are very informative and willing to make sure you are happy. The decoration is good but the restaurant is a bit noisy as quite crowded and this is a tourist attraction. You need to make a reservation using OpenTable apps as this place is quite high in demand even for lunch.

Taste:9/10(Delicious. The famous burger were good and spicy. The fries which comes with the burger were seasoned very well and tasty. Eggs in purgatory were good as well).
Price:3/10(Expensive. Eggs in purgatory at USD19.00 and burger at USD23.00).


Eggs in purgatory. spicy tomato sauce, valbreso feta cheese, sourdough toast

hell’s kitchen burger. bacon, avocado, fresno pepper jam, crispy onion, ghost pepper jack cheese,
seasoned fries

Excellent fine dining dinner at Michelin star Gramercy Tavern @ New York, USA

Gramercy Tavern is a famous restaurant which has earned a Michelin star. Having a dinner even at bar area since I was solo were fabulous. I came here around 6.00pm for early dinner. The restaurant has great atmosphere, creative menu and good service. I chose the 4 course dinner. Without understanding in detail of the menu, the meal came out as a surprise. The ingredient pairing were perfect and very thoughtful. The bartender was attentive and made good wine suggestions. I do suggest for those without reservation to come early as by 7.30pm the restaurant is crowded.

Taste:10/10(Excellent. All the meal in the 4 course set were done perfectly with right combination of ingredient and flavour. The smoked Arctic char toast is the most memorable meal. So delicious and crunchy).
Price:2/10(Expensive. Although the price is at high side but it is quite reasonable for fine dining in New York city. The price of the four course dinner at USD45.00. Plus wine was USD55.00).


Before the four course meal start, I was asked to drink this cocktail. It was sourish with pine nuts.


Appetizer of marinated beets with summer berries, Ricotta and pecans. Really amazed that beet can be made with such great flavour.

Start with bread and butter.


Smoked Arctic char toast with corn and shishito peppers. Very tasty and crunchy.



Grilled corned beef with caraflex cabbage and pickled peaches. The meat were cooked perfectly.


Dessert. Corn cake with sorghum, corn custard and black berry buttermilk sherbet.

Moscato sweet wine.

Gramercy Tavern. A one star Michelin restaurant in New York.

GPS/Coordinate: 40.738454, -73.988498
Address: 42 E 20th St, New York, NY 10003, United States
Public transport: 8 minutes walk from Union Square Subway via 4,5,6,L,N,Q or R train.
Opening hours: Daily 12.00pm to 11.00pm.

Delicious breakfast of Taylor Street Coffee Shop @ San Francisco, USA

We had our breakfast at Taylor Street Coffee Shop due to near proximity from our hostel. The little coffee shop also gets quite crowded and a line forms outside the shop if you gets a bit late for breakfast. That's shows that this shop must be serving good breakfast. Coming to San Francisco without trying a good breakfast is something missing. The shop is quite small. Do come early for breakfast to beat the queue. We were lucky no need to queue as we reached here around 8.30am.

Taste:9/10(Delicious. Do order their Millionaire's bacon as it is unique compared to other bacon that you had in USA. The bacon is thick and have slight tint of spiciness which makes the bacon sweet, spicy and tasty. The egg benedict with bacon and mushroom were a good combination as well).
Price:5/10(Near expensive. The price for our breakfast were reasonable by San Francisco standard as everything in San Francisco is expensive. Two person with the food shown below were less than USD40.00. The portion were big and we are able to skip our lunch by having the breakfast here).




Scramble eggs with Millionaire's bacon. Consist of toast, salad, bacon and eggs.

Amazing leather clothing at The Real McCoy's @ Tokyo, Japan

The Real McCoy's is an amazing company which produce many high quality great military fashion gears. The fun thing about Japan is they have many shops selling Real McCoy's product which consist of cool leather jackets and jeans. The items produced by The Real McCoys are of high quality but of course you need to pay for the price. Their leather jacket can easily priced at 180,000 Yen to 240,000 Yen. And the shop does not participate in Japan duty free programme. So at that price, you still need to top up another 8% for the tax. The Real McCoy's leather jacket is branded as Buco. The Buco jackets especially the J24 and J100 model are the dream of leather jacket lovers. The jacket made from horsehide, have harder texture and smooth appearance makes this product well sought after and it does produce a beautiful patina when wear for a long time. The leather product does age as more you are wearing it. Anyway, all the stuff here are very expensive and it is for the serious fashion freak only. Enjoy the photos below.


The dream of leather jacket lover. Buco J24. Amazing jacket but price of over 200,000 Yen.

Huge stock of A2 leather jackets. You can basically get any size on the spot.

Japanese are fascinated with Amekaji style (American guys fashion).

A2 jacket in a cage. Wild Children.


Like in a dream world. Army Air Forces A2 flight jacket.

This is old vintage A2 flight jacket on display.

Amekaji fashion on display.

Cool J24 Buco jacket.

The J24 Buco jacket at the centre. So nice.

Many high end boots. High quality and made from high quality leather. Be prepared to spend around 100,000 Yen for one pair of these shoes.

Amekaji fashion on display. Leather bag, jackets and pairing with khakis pants.

Belts, hats, boots and shoes. Mostly leather products.

Awesome vintage settings.

Amazing collection of J24 and J100 Buco jackets.

Vintage J100 Buco horsehide cafe racer jacket. You can see the aging effect of this jacket. Nice brown patina colour.

Beautiful dark brown horsehide A2 Real McCoy's jacket with red satin lining.

Flight gloves. Horse hide.

Don't forget to visit The Real McCoy's shop if you visit Tokyo.

The Real McCoy's. Its time to go now. Bye.

GPS/Coordinate: 35.666160, 139.703346
Address: 6-25-8 Jingumae Shibuya-ku Tokyo
Public transport: Meiji jingumae Station via Tokyo metro Chiyoda or Fukutoshin line.

New American dinner at Olea @ San Francisco, USA

Olea is a small restaurant in Nob Hill San Francisco which serve good New American cuisine. The style is more of combination of American, French & Italian cuisine. The restaurant environment is upscale but yet casual setting. The food here emphasis more of local fresh organic produce. This restaurant serves new items each week and making changes to the meals to suit the seasons. The meal shown in this blog may not available but you can use this a guide and what to expect when dining at this restaurant. Fortunately, we reached this restaurant early in the evening around 5.30pm. Else without reservation, its hard to eat dinner here. By the time we finished the meal, the restaurant already full. The seats are limited here.

Taste:10/10(Excellent. The way they prepared the meal is unique. For example the sauteed kale in lamb shank is well prepared with a degree of crispness which I never had before. The lamb shank was also grilled to perfection. Pork stewed pasta were fantastic as well).
Price:4/10(Near expensive. Lamb shank with sauteed kale priced at USD18.00, pork stew pasta at USD16.00 and orange tiramisu at USD9.00).



Lamb shank with sauteed kale. With half tomato and mash potatoes.

Lamb shank medium well. Soft and taste great.


Pork stewed pasta.


Orange tiramisu as dessert.

Bread with extra virgin olive oil.

GPS/Coordinate: 37.791000, -122.418995
Address: 1494 California St, San Francisco, California 94109, United States (located between Hyde St & Larkin St in Nob Hill).
Public transport: Cable car on California street or bus no 19 from Fisherman's Wharf.