I never expected to fall down a rabbit hole about Japanese Christmas cakes. But here we are, and I’m completely charmed. A Japanese Christmas cake is traditionally a single style of cake: milk sponge ...

No, we insist — you take the first bite. An animator and amateur baker from Japan has created the world’s most literal interpretation of a sponge cake — and yep, we’re probably done with sponge cake ...

Over 10 years after starting his first restaurant in Kuala Lumpur, serial F&B entrepreneur Kota Furuya has stealthily carved out a small but burgeoning Japanese culinary empire in the city.Furuya is ...