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Jan 26

Milan and province: Asian guide - where to eat

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Dec 16, 2022

Bergamo and province: Asian guide - where to eat

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Apr 20, 2022

Genoa: Asian travel guide - where to eat

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Mar 8, 2022

Varese and province: Asian travel guide - where to eat

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Dec 3, 2021

Paris: Asian travel guide - where to eat and what to see

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Sep 24, 2021

Turin: Asian travel guide - where to eat

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Jul 14, 2021

Santorini: Asian travel guide - where to eat

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Jul 9, 2021

Venice: Asian travel guide - where to eat and what to see

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Apr 11, 2021

Tokyo: travel guide to Ginza - what to see and where to eat

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Apr 10, 2021

Tokyo: travel guide to Toyosu - what to see and where to eat

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Apr 10, 2021

Tokyo: travel guide to Tsukiji - what to see and where to eat

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Apr 10, 2021

Tokyo: travel guide to Ueno - what to see and where to eat

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Jan 8, 2021

Kamakura: what to see and where to eat

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Mar 31, 2020

Tokyo: guide to Nakano Broadway - what to see and where to eat

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Mar 30, 2020

Tokyo: travel guide to Akihabara - what to see and where to eat

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Mar 18, 2020

Tokyo: travel guite to Shimokitazawa - what to see and where to eat

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Mar 18, 2020

Tokyo: travel guide to Shibuya - what to see and where to eat

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Mar 18, 2020

Tokyo: travel guide to Shinjuku - what to see and where to eat

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Mar 18, 2020

Tokyo: travel guide to Ikebukuro - what to see and where to eat

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Mar 18, 2020

Tokyo: travel guide to Harajuku - what to see and where to eat

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Mar 11, 2020

Osaka: travel guide - what to see and where to eat

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Mar 6, 2020

Nara: travel guide - what to see and where to eat

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Mar 2, 2020

Hakone: travel guide - what to see and where to eat

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Feb 27, 2020

Kyoto: travel guide - what to see and where to eat

GUIDES

Best Korean fried chicken in Milan - delivery and restaurants

Fried chicken in South Korea is a real institution, no getting around it. If you've seen a K-drama or traveled to Seoul you'll know it's...

Nolo guide: Asian restaurants and shops

Nolo (crasis of North Of Loreto) is the term invented in 2012 by architects Francesco Cavalli, Luisa Milani and Walter Molteni joking...

Specialty coffee: Japan in cool caffee shops of Milan

It is now a fact: Milan has been invaded by the fashion for specialty coffees, i.e. those high-quality coffees selected according to a...

Japanese restaurants with home cooking in Milan (no sushi)

Sushi is somewhat the symbol of Japanese cuisine, the quintessence of goodness and refinement. In the collective imagination it is the...

Chinatown and Paolo Sarpi guide

What we now call Chinatown, before the arrival of the Chinese, was called Borgo degli Ortolani, a district located between Porta Tenaglia...

The best Chinese dumplings in Milan

After a few years from the first time you asked me for a list of the best Chinese dumplings in Milan, here is finally the long-awaited...

Gluten-free Asian restaurants in Milan

Among the requests that you have made the most, especially in recent months, stands out that of an article on Asian restaurants in Milan...

The best accessible sushi restaurants in Milan (according to me)

If you often consult this blog it is because you love Japanese cuisine of course and, among the specialties that you certainly most...

Street food in Chinatown in Milan

Street food is one of the most popular formulas for eating lots of different, practical, fast and cheap good food. In Milan there are...

Authentic and cheap Chinese restaurants in Chinatown in Milan

Chinatown is probably my absolute favorite neighborhood in Milan, you know it well by now. Over the years I have eaten in practically all...

Where to drink matcha tea in Milan

Many of you know my passion for Japanese matcha green tea. I am constantly looking for places and tea rooms where I can taste it and...

The best ramen in Milan (according to me)

By now ramen has literally depopulated in Milan: if until ten years ago in Italy almost nothing was known about this delicious dish,...

The best Japanese restaurants in Milan (according to me)

How many times have I been asked which are the best Japanese restaurants ever? So many, for this reason after countless dinners, lunches...

Chinese pastry shops in Milan

For some years now in Milan Chinese pastry shops have been gaining ground in which the tradition (mostly linked to the holidays, as...

The best Korean restaurants in Milan (according to me)

As you well know, Korean cuisine is one of my absolute favorites: nutritious, tasty, varied and spicy, it is simply irresistible. Thanks...

Chinese breakfast in Chinatown in Milan

Breakfast is now considered by everyone the most important meal of the day, it seems to be a fact, but few populations take it as...

Shops with Asian food and products in Milan

Milan is full of small food shops that sell dozens and dozens of international products. Many of these shops mainly sell Italian, often...

Chinese-Italian cuisine in Milan

Italians have only learned about China more closely in recent years, yet they have had to deal with this population on many occasions...

BOOKS - FASHION - CULTURE - CINEMA

Mubi: Japanese movies

The best Japanese movies on Mubi. Sexual Drive Kôta Yoshida (2021) Divided into three parts, at the center of which there is always...

John Galliano for Dior: China and Japan

John Galliano, born Juan Carlos Antonio Galliano Gullén, was born in Gibraltar on November 3, 1960. He is an English designer with...

Irresistibile Giappone: the Corriere della Sera and IO Donna book series

During the summer of this year, Corriere della Sera launched a series of essays entirely dedicated to Japan: Irresistibile Giappone. Over...

Beautiful Japanese movies

This is probably the most personal article I've ever written. My visceral passion for Japanese filmography is known to you who have been...

BEAUTY

Princi Chic

In XXII Marzo area there is Princi Chic, a very well-kept and relaxing beauty center, whose name derives from the pretty chihuahua that...

Warew

In the heart of Cinque Giornate area, the first Warew flagship store in Europe has opened, a heavenly corner where you can take care of...

Soul4Skin

Soul4Skin is a concept brand that has been open for about a year and a half in Porta Venezia area totally dedicated to Korean cosmetics....

MiiN Cosmetics

Opened in 2018 just behind piazzale Cadorna, Miin Cosmetics is the first store in Italy that offers exclusively Korean cosmetic products....

JAPANESE RECIPES

Soba with avocado and cherry tomatoes

Soba is a Japanese buckwheat avocado noodle. It is usually consumed in version zaru soba version or toshikoshi soba, but in reality there...

Maguro zuke don - marinated tuna on rice in bowl

Maguro zuke don (マグロ漬け丼) is marinated tuna on rice bowl. For this recipe you need very fresh tuna: if you are not good at cutting it you...

Hanetsuki gyoza (Japanese dumplings with wings)

Gyoza (餃子) are Japanese dumplings descended from Chinese jiaozi. Appreciated all over the world, they are never lacking in Japan in...

Nama Chocolate

Nama Chocolate (生チョコ) was invented in Japan by chef Masakazu Kobayashi in the 1980s, probably inspired by Pave de Geneva (a Swiss...

KOREAN RECIPES

Pajeon - Korean savory pancake with spring onion

Pajeon (파전) is Korean savory pancake with spring onion. In South Korea it is usually eaten at home during rainy days, being considered a...

Kongguksu - noodles in cold soy milk soup

Kongguksu ( 콩국수 ) is a recipe for noodles in cold soy milk soup. It is a Korean dish that dates back to the 19th century and is still...

Mul naengmyeon - Korean noodles in cold broth

Mul naengmyeon (물냉면) is the famous Korean noodles in cold broth, perfect for hot summer days. Compared to the recipe that I propose here,...

Gaji namul - soy eggplant

Gaji namul, soy eggplant, is an excellent Korean banchan (side dish) that is perfect both hot and cold. The original recipe calls for...

CHINESE RECIPES

Lo mien - Chinese stir-fried noodles with meat and vegetables

Lo mien (撈麵 - "mixed noodles") are Chinese stir-fried noodles with meat and vegetables. This recipe involves the use of egg noodles and...

Grilled baozi with meat and eggplant

Baozi (包子) is a steamed stuffed bun typical of Chinese cuisine, eaten for both breakfast and lunch. It is also prepared in different...

Cantonese fried rice

Cantonese fried rice is a version of sautéed Chinese rice best known and appreciated in the West, as well as one of the most common...

Peanut butter udon

This recipe is an American take on the Chinese Shaxian noodles recipe. I used Japanese udon, because I love the texture, but they can be...

TRAVEL

Milan and province: Asian guide - where to eat

It is said that the real (and best) Asian restaurants are in Milan and that outside, even a few kilometers away from the city limits,...

Bergamo and province: Asian guide - where to eat

Bergamo is a very ancient and evocative Lombard capital: the Upper Town, which houses the fascinating Cathedral of the city and...

Genoa: Asian travel guide - where to eat

Genoa is the capital of the Liguria region, a port city famous for its maritime trade over many centuries. Part of its historic center is...

Varese and province: Asian travel guide - where to eat

https://www.cookingwiththehamster.com/varese-e-provincia-dove-mangiareVarese is the chief town of the Lombard province of the same name,...

The first guide to Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Hong Kong restaurants Asian recipes, fashion, beauty, cinema, books, travel Tour, events, travels to Japan The most followed blog on Japan, China, Korea and Hong Kong Asian food restaurant consultant and social media manager cookingwiththehamster

Milan and province: Asian guide - where to eat

Bergamo and province: Asian guide - where to eat

Genoa: Asian travel guide - where to eat

Varese and province: Asian travel guide - where to eat

Paris: Asian travel guide - where to eat and what to see

Turin: Asian travel guide - where to eat

Santorini: Asian travel guide - where to eat

Venice: Asian travel guide - where to eat and what to see

Tokyo: travel guide to Ginza - what to see and where to eat

Tokyo: travel guide to Toyosu - what to see and where to eat

Tokyo: travel guide to Tsukiji - what to see and where to eat

Tokyo: travel guide to Ueno - what to see and where to eat

Kamakura: what to see and where to eat

Tokyo: guide to Nakano Broadway - what to see and where to eat

Tokyo: travel guide to Akihabara - what to see and where to eat

Tokyo: travel guite to Shimokitazawa - what to see and where to eat

Tokyo: travel guide to Shibuya - what to see and where to eat

Tokyo: travel guide to Shinjuku - what to see and where to eat

Tokyo: travel guide to Ikebukuro - what to see and where to eat

Tokyo: travel guide to Harajuku - what to see and where to eat

Osaka: travel guide - what to see and where to eat

Nara: travel guide - what to see and where to eat

Hakone: travel guide - what to see and where to eat

Kyoto: travel guide - what to see and where to eat

The first guide to Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Hong Kong restaurants

Asian recipes, fashion, beauty, cinema, books, travel

Tour, events, travels to Japan

The most followed blog on Japan, China, Korea and Hong Kong

Asian food restaurant consultant and social media manager
cookingwiththehamster