Lunar New Year is one of my favourite times of the year because everywhere I turn I see my favourite things: noodles, dumplings, rice cakes, red bean that and matcha this. Credit: Betty Liu This year, ...

The high end Japanese sweets shop sells their authentic wares to curious connoisseurs on the Peninsula From left: A shopper at Stanford Shopping Center takes a peek into K. Minamoto, a Japanese sweets ...

If you've ever tried traditional mochi, you've tasted the sweet, reddish-brown paste at the center of the little balls of rice flour. Known as anko, or red bean paste, it's a staple of Japanese ...