It’s been a kind of a trip I would say unexpected. We left Rhodes with an instruction from the boss that we should just move up north to Thessalonica slowly and enjoy the ...
She spoke no English and I speak no Turkish word… but who needs words when you only need to smell the aromatic herbs and do sign language for how much. We were dining out in Kas, ...
I was out alone walking around Antalya (Turkey) and was feeling peckish… I did not want to sit and have a full meal, just something I can nibble and fill my stomach. But nothing seemed ...
Hazelnut Chewies …yes we met online thru our love for food. She stumbled upon my website and after going through my archives, she realized that I am in the yacht industry. She was in ...
… or the vine spinach The cook and I continuously had our little disagreements. While I was craving for locally sourced food, she wanted to fry meat which I have a dislike of. Frying ...
Halo halo… literally means “to mix”…. glass is filled with sweetcorn, boiled beans, nata de coco, tapioca , topped with shaved ice and evaporated milk, served with ...
I was in London last week, after not visiting the family for a long long time. Then it hit me I do miss England sometimes… yes I lived there for a short while, and I also visit my sister and ...
I took the bike along the beach here in Valencia last Saturday… it was sunny yet the wind is biting. I dismounted from my bike and paused to hear the surf crashing against the sand and ...
An old student of my mother has left me a message… heard you were home but how come I did not see you? It was hard to explain why I did not tell everyone I was coming home. I grew up ...
… pulled tea in Mandarin. A tea that would take me a while to love. The tea is poured back and forth between two containers ( watched this process when I was in Singapore) to give a ...
To be honest I did not know what to expect from this cake. Stephen was in Italy and was constantly raving about this gooey, so soft a cake their Swiss chef made for the crew. He described to ...
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. ~Lao Tzu Perhaps last weekend’s getaway best described that quote. We had no fixed plans, we could not even rent a ...