let them eat cake

no. 122: the biggest river in london

This isn’t really my beat, but Isaac Rangaswami’s, or Jonathan Nunn’s, you should go read what they have to say after finishing this.

May 30 • TW Lim

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no. 121: a short list of almost perfect bars

When we opened our restaurant, we changed the menu every week, sometimes more than once.

May 16 • TW Lim

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no. 120: great american

I’ve written much about the Singaporean food I ate growing up: lou arh, chicken curry, kueh. I have not written about the American food.

May 3 • TW Lim

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March 2026

no. 119: a month

This is another chapter of the first book I wrote.

Mar 28 • TW Lim

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no. 118: quarterly

This substack might be turning into the Quarterly Review of Sandwiches and I’m OK with that.

Mar 14 • TW Lim

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day tripping

Hullo to readers old and new!

Mar 13 • TW Lim

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no. 117: one kind of bread

If you’ve been reading a while, you’ve probably seen a picture like this.

Mar 1 • TW Lim

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February 2026

no. 116: really sharp pencils

An interview with the folks at Balthazar

Feb 14 • TW Lim

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no. 115: how many loaves they need on wednesday

An interview with Jeffrey Hamelman

Feb 7 • TW Lim

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January 2026

no. 114: or not?

Yesterday Nathan asked, with his usual perspicuity:

Jan 31 • TW Lim

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no. 113: something recognizably new

I write about old dishes a lot, dishes whose origins are unrecorded.

Jan 24 • TW Lim

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no. 112: scraggles

Vaughn is secretly a very good cook.

Jan 9 • TW Lim

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