Hotel Jen Review – the new "jeneration" hotel

We brought our little one to the new Hotel Jen at Tanglin last weekend and it was one of the most relaxing ones we’ve had in a long time – here’s a Hotel Jen review post! Hotel Jen has recently undergone this extensive $SGD45 million makeover to transition from Traders Hotel Singapore. The now-fresh and contemporary hotel, designed to attract the same highly valued business and leisure traveller, now reflects a modern functional design concept that removes many of the…

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Our Hunt For The Best Banh Mi In HCMC

These 3 are places where most people online recommend we go to. They say it’s the “Best Banh Mi In HCMC”. Well, we, with our chinese tastebuds went on a little banh mi marathon one day and tried them all. Here’s the verdict. First thing to note. Out of the 3 featured here, only 1 opens in the morning and the other 2 opens in the evenings only. So be sure to check the operating hours before going. All 3…

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Day 4: Last Day in Tokyo

This is the last of my Tokyo Travelogue series. This is the 4th Day that we are spending in Tokyo so it’ll be kinda like the highlights! I had tea at a beautiful flower shop, went shopping for cute knick knacks and souvenirs at Harajuku, ate blowfish (and didn’t die), and flew off back to Singapore. It was hectic to say the least but I’d do it over and over again!! So we stayed in an airbnb apartment at New…

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Day 3: Tsujiki / Akihabara / Harajuku / Omotesando (Part 2)

…continued from Day 3 Part 1‘s Tokyo itinerary, Day 3 of my Tokyo itinerary travelogue series brings me to Omotesando and Harajuku for more food (think BEST Tonkatsu in Japan!) and shopping! HARAJUKU ON A SUNDAY Harajuku was next. Last I was here, it came across as a place that has heaps of cutest cosplayish stuff. Not my type. But I had a huge shopping haul from this trip! Especially from Minki (above) and La Foret (below). Starting from Takeshita street,…

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Day 3: Tsujiki / Akihabara / Harajuku / Omotesando (Part 1)

This is a post from my Tokyo Travelogue series. Day 3 will see us through Tsujiki market (before it moved!) and Otaku Town, Akihabara. Check out what we did and ate at these places! Fresh sashimi and maid cafe awaits! TSUJIKI MARKET We’ve long decided that the tuna auction is something we can just watch online and skip having to wake up so early. This trip around, we decided to wake up at our own pace and make our way…

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Day 2: Tokyo Station / Ueno / Shinjuku

Continuing on my Tokyo Travelogue blog series, the itinerary I planned for our second day in Tokyo took us to a ramen eating feast at Tokyo Station, some sneaker shopping at Ueno and then our very first earthquake experience in Shinjuku while eating a really good Tonkatsu! RAMEN STREET The husband has this crazy obsession with ramen. What better place to get good ramen than at Ramen street. It’s a street filled with the top 10 ramen brands in Japan.…

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Tokyo Day 1: Shibuya

I’m back from Tokyo! We had a great time shopping and eating there! Here’s the start of a Tokyo travel blog series where I will share where we went, what we did, where we stayed, where we shopped and most importantly, what we ate! We flew in from Kyoto (1h 15mins via ANA), arrived at Haneda airport and took a limonsine bus to Shinjuku Station – this was where our airbnb is closely located to. There was the train (Haneda…

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Storing Luggage In Tokyo

My recent 2 trips to Japan had me facing the same issue TWICE – how do I store luggage for x amount of time / days?! I don’t know why information on this is so scarce but I have found all the information you’d need on storing luggage in Tokyo! #1: LEFT LUGGAGE SERVICE These are manned counters where you can drop your luggage off without worrying about trying to fit it into a tiny locker. Available at: – TOKYO…

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