SUBANG JAYA:  Should you be around Subang Jaya or the Sunway area, you should check out this coffee shop located on the ground floor of an apartment.

PARIS: Vegan bacon sizzles on a pan in the office of a French startup whose quest to produce the “holy grail” of the growing plant-based meat industry gained the financial backing of Hollywood star Natalie Portman.

Kuala Lumpur: I love how versatile eggs are. You can have them boiled or poached, scrambled or as an omelette. Even when fried, you can have them over easy or sunny side-up. .

LONDON: It's a rosé champagne. It has been aged in magnums. Dom Ruinart 2004 is not only a rare champagne, it is also the very best in the world, according to an international championship that compared more than 1,000 sparkling wines made around the world.

NEW YORK: You often have to show your credentials to get a reservation at some of the world’s most exclusive restaurants.

Kuala Lumpur: Whenever I come across a stall selling gyozas, I cannot resist trying them. That's how I ended up ordering gyozas and much more from these two stalls at Bangsar Lucky Garden.

PARIS: While certain cold soups like gazpacho and vichyssoise are famous worldwide, soup is most often associated with winter, as liquid meals that will help us warm up.

Kuala Lumpur: This place was such a random find. I'm quite familiar with Taman Tun Dr Ismail but I didn't even know there's a hidden spot near the mosque that serves Johor eats. It was only "discovered" when a friend visited and shared it's location.

Kuala Lumpur: Half a month into the New Year and I’m beginning to detect a pattern of sorts in my kitchen. Not sloth, not exactly, but a certain predilection for simpler recipes compared to times before, when I could be counted on to roast whole chickens or bake cakes from scratch.

WASHINGTON: You know the score. Every time you start cooking, your eyes well up uncontrollably as soon as you cut into an onion. Now, you can say goodbye to stinging eyes and tears in the kitchen thanks to Sunions.