Couscous in Paris yesterday
I was craving couscous yesterday so we went to Le Petit Bleu in the Montmartre area of Paris. (Near the Sacre Coeur AKA the place featured in Amelie, the film.) […]
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Dinner with Virginia Woolf and Tilda Swinton
Had a nice dinner with the woman from Amsterdam and the woman from England via Berlin. Amsterdam was grilling aubergines and courgettes when I walked in. England-Berlin was making a […]
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They’ve gone and done it. (Duck tongue, that is. )
Just spotted on Twitter: The Beast Restaurant is serving pan-fried duck tongue with favas, cherry tomatoes, and kimchi. Photo here. And as one commenter wrote: Respect. The thing is, I […]
Today I made an important new discovery
On Wednesdays, the resource centre is closed for an hour at 1pm so when I was booted out at lunch today I went for a walk. South (?) of the […]
no Facebook or Twitter in Shanghai
A lot of websites blocked. But I am eating well. This is a picture of some steamed noodles I had last night. You take a bundle out, dip it in […]
last dinner in HK with almond dessert soup
See the full gallery on Posterous Last night’s dinner. Wish I could make almond dessert soup with egg whites perfectly like this. Wish many things.
We’ve got tonight off! Going to search for Taiwanese shaved ice dessert
This HungryforHK blog has some good photos of the famous Taiwanese shaved ice. It’s been family function after family function after family function since arriving in Hong Kong. Grandpa just […]
I am eating the most amazing almonds from China
See the full gallery on Posterous So fragrant, I didn’t even recognize them. “Try one,” someone said to me. “Mmmmm! So good! What are they?” “Almonds!”
Of bulots and oysters (and mussels, comte, galettes, and shrimp)
I insisted on accompanying the chef to the market today. “It’s just a supermarket, you know that right?” asked Ronnie the chef. “Si!” And off we went.
Ate stinky tofu in Mong Kok yesterday
Mmmmm…
