musings of a traveller and food lover

General

Coconut, Lime & Mint Granita

It’s dark at 0730 am when we are about to start our day … and its gets cold and chilly at night. Summer is slowly fading away but at least at mid day we could still feel the heat. ...

Khana Khanu Bhayo? Meera’s Momo

(steaming momos) I asked her for a recipe. She giggled as if I asked for the moon. Then she shook her head sideways… By then I understood that head wobble.. it’s a yes in Nepal , ...

The Art of Plating

I have submitted some photos for food photography competition, winning photos will be announced next week and I have been asked if the photos were set up. I am afraid not, those food were ...

Happy New Year

2011 has been indeed hectic… I am off to travel a bit to discover new things and to “reboot” a little bit. I will be back end of the month and that week too will mark my ...

Hazelnut Chewies…

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 ...

nacatole… prodotti tipici eoliani

The day we arrived in Lipari, one of the seven of the Aeolian islands in north west Sicily, the chef went shopping with out me. Oh sob, but I asked him he better come back with a pastry with ...

kebabs at al charq

I first discovered this place in 1998 when I was based in Golfe Juan, thats just a train stop before Cannes, where all the glamour and glitter is. Few boats down from ours was with Greek ...

Tortang Talong

Growing up in the Philippines, I could never understand my mother’s excitement when she was given aubergines and I would find her grilling them to burn the skin , then see her either ...