Letter From the Editor

Eat well, travel often

At the Yummy HQ, that’s one of our favorite mottos, and it’s such a happy coincidence that I’m writing this letter all the way from Tokyo!

For this particular trip, my husband, friends, and I planned for the agenda to include only four things: a

and food, food, food. In the past week, we’ve feasted on sushi, tempura, katsu, yakitori, ramen, steak, burgers,

pastries, single-origin coffee, and convenience-store onigiri (which is my favorite on-the-go snack). And still, there are restaurants and dishes on our list that we haven’t been able to tick off. It’s the usual case of too many things to eat, not enough meals in a day.

Today, food has become so intertwined with travel that some folks even hop on a plane for the sole purpose of eating and plan their itineraries around food. (That sounds a whole lot like our team, by the way; check out our favorite snaps on this page.) We’re as passionate about travel as we are about food, so we’ve dedicated this issue to exploring new places through their cuisine. Flip to our food-trip special on page 54 for an exclusive look at the travel diaries of some of our favorite food-loving friends; they’ll take you to Mexico, Los Angeles, Hawaii, Taiwan, Amsterdam, and Turkey. Now if you can’t leave town just yet, we’ve got recipes for international takes on fried chicken (page 36), grilled skewers from around the world (page 46), and island-inspired bites that will take you back to the sunny shores of Boracay (page 31).

Summer isn’t over yet and it isn’t too late to take off for a couple of days. So from us at Yummy, bon voyage and bon appétit!

Paulynn Chang Afable Editor in chief paulynn@yummy.ph

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as a break between those meals. —Idge

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