Seoul & Taipei 2024 retrospective
I was off on my first holiday since going to...
Read MoreSeptember 18, 2024Seoulista, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea
I was back in Seoul for a day before flying...
Read MoreAugust 28, 2024BeerCat, Taipei, Taiwan
BeerCat is an interesting place. It’s a small bar that...
Read MoreJuly 24, 2024BravoCafe, Taipei, Taiwan
After getting back to Taipei station I had a quick...
Read MoreJune 23, 2024Jup Jup Craft Beer Bar & Bistro, Taipei, Taiwan
After a very wet afternoon in Taipei, I braved the...
Read MoreJune 16, 2024Daily Beer, Gongdeok, Mapo, Seoul, South Korea
After my curry I wanted to try the Daily Beer...
Read MoreMay 26, 2024MysterLee Brewing Co., Seoul, South Korea
On my last Monday in Seoul I headed out to...
Read MoreMay 19, 2024Goose Island Brewhouse, Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea
Where to go for Sunday lunch in Seoul. I decided...
Read MoreMay 15, 2024Daily Beer Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea
On the Friday I decided to take a tour of...
Read MoreMay 8, 2024The Hand and Malt Brew Lab Yongsan, Seoul, South Korea
To close out the evening around Yongsan I wanted to...
Read MoreMay 5, 2024Tap Public Gwanghwamun Granseoul, Seoul, South Korea
It was the afternoon of my first full day in...
Read MoreApril 28, 2024Kiwa Taproom, Seoul, South Korea
For my first day in Seoul I decided to head...
Read MoreApril 24, 2024Benchwarmer, Melbourne, Australia
With Melbourne out of the third COVID lockdown I decided...
Read MoreMarch 14, 2021Wasn’t 2020 a crap year!
The alleged old chinese proverb says “may you live in...
Read MoreDecember 31, 2020Benchwarmer, North Melbourne, Australia
With Melbourne in stage 3 COVID-19 restrictions looking at stage...
Read MoreAugust 2, 2020Dikstein’s Corner Bar, Melbourne, Australia
Half way between The Mitre Tavern and The Irish Times...
Read MoreMay 13, 2020The Mitre Tavern, Melbourne, Australia
The Mitre Tavern is touted as the oldest building in...
Read MoreMay 10, 2020The Irish Times, Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne has some really good Irish bars, and The Irish...
Read MoreMay 3, 2020Boilermaker House, Melbourne, Australia
Biolermaker House up near QV in the Greek Quarter is...
Read MoreApril 26, 2020Rooftop at QT, Melbourne, Australia
The QT Hotel on Russell St, where the Greater Union...
Read MoreApril 15, 2020Temple Brewing Company, Melbourne, Australia
A couple of kms up Lygon Street, about 25 minutes...
Read MoreApril 8, 2020Beer DeLuxe Fed Square, Melbourne, Australia
Beer DeLuxe is, as the name suggests, a bar for...
Read MoreApril 5, 2020Imperial Rooftop, Melbourne, Australia
Another good rooftop bar in the Melbourne CBD is on...
Read MoreApril 1, 2020Bourke Street Green, Melbourne, Australia
For as long as I remember the forecourt of the...
Read MoreMarch 29, 2020Goldilocks, Melbourne,Australia
Apart from a little sign high up towards the awning...
Read MoreMarch 25, 2020Transport, Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne summer weather… you have to love it… 10 degrees...
Read MoreMarch 18, 2020Hopscotch, Melbourne, Australia
Hopscotch is a bar and restaurant in Melbourne’s Southgate precinct...
Read MoreMarch 11, 2020Prudence, Melbourne, Australia
North Melbourne has a very good selection of small, but...
Read MoreMarch 4, 2020Town Hall Hotel, Melbourne, Australia
Errol Street in North Melbourne is a short, but interesting,...
Read MoreMarch 1, 2020Father’s Office, Melbourne, Australia
Father’s Office in the QV building at the corner of...
Read MoreFebruary 23, 2020Troika Bar, Melbourne, Australia
Another excellent little bar in the city is Troika Bar...
Read MoreFebruary 16, 2020The Coopers Inn, Melbourne, Australia
It was the Thursday before Christmas and The Coopers Inn...
Read MoreFebruary 12, 2020Melbourne Central Lion Hotel, Melbourne, Australia
Up on level 3, near the cinemas, is the Melbourne...
Read MoreFebruary 5, 2020Tooborac Brewery, Tooborac, Australia
After a day at the Heathcote Food and Wine Festival...
Read MoreFebruary 2, 2020Pinball Paradise, Melbourne, Australia
If you like pinball then you will like this place...
Read MoreJanuary 29, 2020Chuckle Park Bar, Melbourne, Australia
Where else but Melbourne would you find an old caravan...
Read MoreJanuary 19, 2020The Drunken Poet, Melbourne, Australia
The Drunken Poet is an Irish pub just north of...
Read MoreJanuary 12, 2020Bar Americano, Melbourne, Australia
If you’ve been to Melbourne you’ll know that the centre...
Read MoreJanuary 8, 2020The Lincoln, Melbourne, Australia
On rubgy world cup semi-final night The Lincoln seemed like...
Read MoreJanuary 5, 2020Trunk, Melbourne, Australia
Trunk is a restaurant bar on Exhibition Street that was...
Read MoreJanuary 1, 2020Workshop, Melbourne, Australia
Workshop is another place I’d walked past many times but...
Read MoreDecember 22, 2019The Rainbow Hotel, Melbourne, Australia
After Naked For Satan we headed to a bar closeby...
Read MoreDecember 15, 2019Naked For Satan, Melbourne, Australia
Today a friend suggested we venture out of the city...
Read MoreDecember 11, 2019Captain Melville, Melbourne, Australia
If you went to RMIT in the ’80s or ’90s...
Read MoreDecember 8, 2019La La Land, Melbourne, Australia
Another place I’d walked past many times and never ventured...
Read MoreDecember 1, 2019Bobbie Peels, Melbourne, Australia
A couple of minutes out of the city on the...
Read MoreNovember 27, 2019Europe 2019 retrospective
For my Europe trip this year I decided to head...
Read MoreNovember 17, 2019Le Pub, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
It was my final full day in Amsterdam, and Europe,...
Read MoreNovember 3, 2019Cafe Gollem Raamsteeg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
I’ve mentioned Gollem on Amstelstraat many times and this evening...
Read MoreOctober 27, 2019Café de Sluyswacht, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Last year when I was in Amsterdam I visited Café...
Read MoreOctober 23, 2019Beer Tasting Room In The Wildeman, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
I wanted to visit the Beer Tasting Room In The...
Read MoreOctober 20, 2019Cafe Gollem Amstelstraat, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
After around 6 hours on the train travelling from Lyon...
Read MoreOctober 9, 2019Les BerThoM Fousseret Lyon, Lyon, France
After my long, and might I add superb, lunch at...
Read MoreOctober 2, 2019Les Clameurs, bar fédératif, Lyon, France
On my way back to my hotel I jumped off...
Read MoreSeptember 25, 2019Nomade MicroPub, Lyon, France
I’d arrived in Lyon early afteroon for my last stop...
Read MoreSeptember 18, 2019Fitzpatrick’s Irish Pub, Montpellier, France
About a 200m walk from The Beehive is Fitzpatrick’s Irish...
Read MoreSeptember 8, 2019The Beehive, Montpellier, France
After Bar Palace I retired to a bar closeby called...
Read MoreSeptember 4, 2019Bar Palace, Montpellier, France
After Chez Ouam I started on a little bit of...
Read MoreSeptember 1, 2019La FaBRiK, Montpellier, France
The area around Place de la Comédie has some really...
Read MoreAugust 21, 2019Les BerThoM Montpellier, Montpellier, France
After my disappointing crepe I went looking for a beer...
Read MoreAugust 11, 2019The Black Lion, Toulouse, France
This morning I walked around Toulouse through the Grand Rond...
Read MoreJuly 28, 2019The Frog & Rosbif, Toulouse, France
For Sunday evening I wanted to try a nearby pub...
Read MoreJuly 24, 2019Tchin, Toulouse, France
After a walk around the area near Basilique Saint-Sernin de...
Read MoreJuly 21, 2019Le Péry, Toulouse, France
After my drink at La Mécanique des Fluides I wandered...
Read MoreJuly 17, 2019La Mécanique des Fluides, Toulouse, France
After Bordeaux I jumped on the train for the two...
Read MoreJuly 14, 2019The Frog & Rosbif, Bordeaux, France
It was time for a pre dinner drink and maybe...
Read MoreJuly 3, 2019The Charles Dickens, Bordeaux, France
After getting back into central Bordeaux from the Cité du...
Read MoreJune 19, 2019London House, East Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
I think I’ve been here several years ago when the...
Read MoreJune 9, 2019Melbourne Whisky Room, Melbourne, Australia
After our disappointing laksas we walked to Russell Street and...
Read MoreJune 5, 2019Bomba Rooftop, Melbourne, Australia
I’ve been to Bomba rooftop a number of times now...
Read MoreMay 19, 2019Cookie Rooftop, Melbourne, Australia
Cookie Rooftop has been through a refurb of late which...
Read MoreApril 28, 2019Whitehart Bar, Melbourne, Australia
Whitehart Bar is on Whitehart Lane in the centre of...
Read MoreApril 24, 2019Section 8, Melbourne, Australia
Section 8 in Tattersalls Lane is the original container bar....
Read MoreApril 21, 2019Loop Roof, Melbourne, Australia
Loop Roof is another great little laneway, rooftop bar in...
Read MoreApril 17, 2019Beneath Driver Lane, Melbourne, Australia
Beneath Driver Lane is a funky little bar with a...
Read MoreApril 14, 2019Penny Blue, Melbourne, Australia
Down a little laneway called Driver Lane off Little Bourke...
Read MoreApril 7, 2019Japan 2018 trip – a retrospective
My fourth trip to Japan took place in the northern...
Read MoreApril 3, 2019The Lower Right, Hamamatsucho, Tokyo, Japan
After Barley Wheat I wandered over to the Hamarikyu Gardens for...
Read MoreMarch 17, 2019Barley Wheat, Hamamatsucho, Tokyo, Japan
My final full day in Tokyo became a bit of...
Read MoreMarch 13, 2019Craft Beer Bar iBrew, Shimbashi Station, Tokyo, Japan
On the ground floor of the building immediately outside the...
Read MoreMarch 6, 201982 Ale House, Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan
In the early evening I headed back into Akasaka looking...
Read MoreFebruary 24, 2019Yona Yona Beer Kitchen, Akasaka-Mitsuke, Tokyo, Japan
After exploring some more of Akasaka in the morning with...
Read MoreFebruary 20, 2019Craft Beer Base, Osaka, Japan
I’d decided to head to the observatory at the top...
Read MoreFebruary 6, 2019Beer Belly Tosabori, Osaka, Japan
After a 13 minute Sunday afternoon shinkansen trip from Shin-Kobe...
Read MoreFebruary 3, 2019HOPSTAND, Kobe, Japan
After a quick subway ride from Shin-Kobe to Sannomiya station...
Read MoreJanuary 27, 2019Crowne Plaza ANA Kobe, Kobe, Japan
I’d gotten to the shinkansen platform at Himeji station early...
Read MoreJanuary 20, 2019Public House Hosanna, Himeji, Japan
Another hidden gem! A 10 minute walk south of Himeji...
Read MoreJanuary 6, 2019BEER PUB Takumiya, Kyoto, Japan
BEER PUB Takumiya is a place you MUST go to....
Read MoreDecember 16, 2018Hub British Pub, Kyoto, Japan
I’d spent the morning doing a bit of sightseeing. First...
Read MoreDecember 12, 2018Beer Komachi, Kyoto, Japan
This was my third visit to Beer Komachi and it...
Read MoreDecember 5, 2018Nagahama Roman Beer, Nagahama, Japan
I headed a little bit out of Kyoto to Nagahama...
Read MoreDecember 2, 2018Craft Man, Kyoto, Japan
To finish off my Saturday evening I knew of another...
Read MoreNovember 28, 2018BeerBar MIYAMA162, Kyoto, Japan
Early Saturday afternoon I’d jumped on the Shinkansen at Toyama...
Read MoreNovember 21, 2018Craft Beer Market, Toranomon, Tokyo, Japan
I’d arrived in Tokyo the previous evening for my 4th...
Read MoreOctober 24, 2018Mingle Mush, Den Haag, The Netherlands
I’d jumped on the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Den...
Read MoreSeptember 5, 2018Café Mooy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
I was originally heading to the Beer Tasting Room In...
Read MoreSeptember 2, 2018Café ‘t Monumentje, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
For Sunday brunch I headed into the western part of...
Read MoreAugust 29, 2018Cafe De Sluyswacht, Amsterdam, The Netherland
A magnificent building built in 1695 as the home for...
Read MoreAugust 19, 2018Bar Langendijk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
After walking around East Amsterdam for a couple of hours...
Read MoreAugust 15, 2018Beer Temple, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
After my morning walking tour of Amsterdam conducted by Free...
Read MoreAugust 8, 2018Cafe Gollem Amstelstraat, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Gollem is a chain of 4 beer cafes in Amsterdam...
Read MoreAugust 5, 2018Three Sisters Pub, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Another pub looking out on Rembrandt Square is Three Sisters...
Read MoreAugust 1, 2018The Old Bell, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
I was still getting my bearings around Rembrandt Square when...
Read MoreJuly 29, 2018Corcoran’s Irish Pub, Saint Michel, Paris, France
In Saint Michel there’s an Irish bar called Corcoran’s Irish Pub....
Read MoreJuly 8, 2018Frog XVI, Trocadero, Paris, France
Frog is a chain of English Pub-like bars in France....
Read MoreJune 20, 2018The Bombardier, Paris, France
In the morning I’d gone on a Hemingway’s Paris walking...
Read MoreJune 10, 2018Bull’s Brothers Pub, Saint-Michel, Paris, France
After a day out being a tourist you need somewhere...
Read MoreJune 6, 2018Fatt’s Place, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
Just down the road from The Hart hotel is Fatt’s Place,...
Read MoreMay 20, 2018Fremantle Seafood Market, Singapore
Fremantle Seafood Market is a restaurant at Clarke Quay on...
Read MoreMarch 21, 2018REDDOT Brewhouse, Singapore
After visiting Little Island Brewing I got off the train...
Read MoreMarch 18, 2018Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney, Australia
I’d attended a seminar at the Sydney Shangri-La before but...
Read MoreMarch 14, 2018Little Island Brewing, Singapore
Out by the northern end of the western runway for...
Read MoreMarch 11, 2018Alchemist Beer Lab, Singapore
Close to the Swissotel Stamford and across the road from...
Read MoreMarch 7, 2018TAP Craft Beer Bar, Singapore
If you like pints of unique beers, at a price...
Read MoreFebruary 28, 2018Beer Deluxe, Sydney, Australia
At 7:30pm on a balmy Wednesday evening Beer Deluxe was...
Read MoreFebruary 11, 2018Opera Kitchen, Sydney, Australia
As the name suggest Opera Kitchen is a restaurant at...
Read MoreFebruary 7, 2018Customs House Bar, Sydney, Australia
I’ve been doing a bit of travel to Sydney every...
Read MoreJanuary 24, 2018Rigoletto Bar and Grill, Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan
During my 3 trips to Tokyo I still had not...
Read MoreJanuary 17, 2018Craft Tap Beer, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan
For my 2nd lunch after the yakitori at Kanoya I...
Read MoreJanuary 14, 2018Craft Beer Market, Toramonom, Tokyo, Japan
During my previous stays at the Tokyo InterContinental I’d not...
Read MoreJanuary 3, 2018Yona Yona Beer Garden, Ark Hills, Tokyo, Japan
For the second year running I was in Tokyo in...
Read MoreDecember 24, 2017Craft Beer Market, Kanda, Tokyo, Japan
After TAP x TAP I proceeded to the Kanda outlet...
Read MoreDecember 17, 2017TAP x TAP, Kanda, Tokyo, Japan
After the 90 minute Shinkansen trip from Nagano I was...
Read MoreDecember 13, 2017James Nagano Beer Market, Nagano, Japan
Central Nagano is relatively small and easily walkable as I...
Read MoreNovember 26, 2017Torisyoumaru, Kanazawa, Japan
My last night in Kanazawa after a busy day out...
Read MoreNovember 19, 2017Hyatt Regency, Sydney, Australia
I’ve stayed at a lot of hotels, and I mean...
Read MoreOctober 26, 2017Beer Komachi, Kyoto, Japan
I visited Beer Komachi on my first visit to Kyoto...
Read MoreOctober 8, 2017Garden State Hotel, Melbourne, Australia
I don’t normally walk along Flinders Lane but have now...
Read MoreMarch 26, 2017The Elysian Whisky Bar, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia
Are you a Whisky fan? Do you like tasting gems...
Read MoreMarch 19, 2017TAP Craft Beer Bar, Singapore
TAP Craft Beer Bar in the Capitol Theatre in Singapore...
Read MoreFebruary 8, 2017The Mint, Melbourne, Australia
The Mint is a reasonable bar and restaurant situated in...
Read MoreFebruary 1, 2017Eastside Tavern, East Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
It seems that this bar has changed hands since I...
Read MoreJanuary 29, 2017Aux Bacchanales, Ark Hills, Tokyo, Japan
Ark Hills in Tokyo has a good selection of restaurants...
Read MoreJanuary 18, 2017Craft Beer Tap, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan
It was my penultimate day in Tokyo and had decided...
Read MoreJanuary 11, 2017Bier Central, Antwerp, Belgium
This is a very interesting place for beer lovers. It’s...
Read MoreJanuary 1, 2017Le Brosella, Brussels, Belgium
What’s the one thing you need to do if you...
Read MoreDecember 25, 2016Alt. Pizza, Suntec City, Singapore
Another revisit for a restaurant I tried last time I...
Read MoreDecember 14, 2016O’Conway’s Pub, Gare Lyon Part Dieu, Lyon, France
With the week at the chalet in Villard Reculas over...
Read MoreDecember 11, 2016Harry’s, Chjimes, Singapore
Harry’s is a chain of bars in Singapore. One is...
Read MoreDecember 7, 2016L’Alaska, L’Alpe-d’Huez, France
L’Alaska is a very relaxed restaurant / bar with a...
Read MoreDecember 4, 2016SQUE Rottisserie & Alehouse, Clarke Quay, Singapore
I’ve been to SQUE a number of times during my...
Read MoreNovember 30, 2016The Hair of the Dog, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Just around the corner from Fatt’s Place is another small...
Read MoreNovember 20, 2016Fatt’s Place, Kowloon, Hong Kong
We were in Hong Kong for our last evening and went...
Read MoreNovember 13, 2016Caffe Leffe, Grenoble, France
About an hours drive from Villard Reculas is Grenoble at...
Read MoreNovember 6, 2016Danish Tavern, Brussels, Belgium
On Sunday morning, my first full day in Belgium, I’d...
Read MoreOctober 30, 2016Molly Malone’s, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Yes, I know its sacrilege to go all the way...
Read MoreOctober 23, 2016TAP Craft Beer Bar, Singapore
I’ve been to TAP Craft Beer Bar before and managed to...
Read MoreOctober 19, 2016Wurst & Schnitzelhaus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
As the name suggests Wurst & Schnitzelhaus is sausage and...
Read MoreOctober 16, 2016La Terrasse De Pomone, Paris, France
You can’t fault the location of this cafe under the...
Read MoreOctober 9, 2016Lavinia, La Defense, Paris, France
After spending the morning at The Eiffel Tower I’d headed...
Read MoreOctober 2, 2016ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Grand Court Nagoya, Nagoya, Japan
After landing at Haneda Airport around 5am and finding I...
Read MoreSeptember 9, 2016DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Centraal Station, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The last stop on my European adventure was Amsterdam. For...
Read MoreJuly 31, 2016Crowne Plaza Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
Antwerp is about 70 minutes north of Brussels by intercity...
Read MoreJuly 31, 2016Hilton Brussels City, Brussels, Belgium
After the train trip from Lyon to Brussels Central station...
Read MoreJuly 31, 2016Hilton Paris La Défense, Paris, France
Landing in Paris at around 7am I was heading to...
Read MoreJuly 20, 2016Magic Mountain Saloon, Melbourne, Australia
I didn’t even know that place existed until a friend...
Read MoreJune 22, 2016Cornish Arms, Brunswick, Melbourne, Australia
I have a mate living up in Brunswick, and rather...
Read MoreJune 22, 2016TAP Craft Beer Bar, Singapore
For many years the Capitol Piazza in Singapore was being...
Read MoreMarch 25, 2016JC Cafe and Bar, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
I was looking for Fatt’s Place on Hart Avenue in...
Read MoreMarch 25, 2016Eastside Tavern, East Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
Another good little bar that’s close to the InterContinental Grand...
Read MoreMarch 25, 2016Brotzeit, East Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
I’ve been to Brotzeit in Singapore a number of times here and here....
Read MoreMarch 25, 2016Alt. Pizza, Suntec City, Singapore
After deciding that the service at Brotzeit was in decline...
Read MoreDecember 12, 2015Harry’s @ Chijmes, Singapore
After the less than average Nachos at Paprika and Cumin...
Read MoreJuly 26, 2015Paprika and Cumin, Chijmes, Singapore
It was a Friday evening and my sales training event...
Read MoreJuly 26, 2015Octapas, Clarke Quay, Singapore
It was a hot and humid Singapore Saturday afternoon (lol,...
Read MoreJuly 26, 2015SQUE Rotisserie & Alehouse, Singapore
I stumbled upon the SQUE Rotisserie & Alehouse a couple of...
Read MoreJuly 26, 2015Brotzeit, Raffles City, Singapore
Another year, another trip to Singapore which means I need...
Read MoreMay 17, 2015Mody’s Bar, East Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
After the pretty crap service at Roccos Pizzeria I decided...
Read MoreNovember 1, 2013Hairy Canary, Melbourne, Australia
I’d planned to head off to the Melbourne Comedy Festival...
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