musings of a traveller and food lover

PEOPLE, PLACES & CULTURE

Captain Ben’s Spaghetti alla Vongole

Ben said we have been eating too much meat lately…. hmm and I said we are in Italy lets enjoy as much as we could the seafood after all when the family comes, we dont have the luxury ...

Greengrocer at Vibo Valentia, Italy

After another ride over the swells when we left Naples, we arrived at Vibo Valentia of the Calabrian region of Southern Italy. As soon we were done with the wash down and clean up, I told ...

La Maisons des Desserts, Namur, Belgium

and yet another story that has been sitting on the draft charming post box Whats Namur? A town or village?I kept saying I really do not know, but my husband went on asking.. What made you ...

oh sunny day @ plage keller

certain posts have been lying dormant on my drafts that are worth posting. this restaurant we visited last june 2005 but hey I passed the place last summer and its still packed! so ...

pranzo prefissato -leciri, italy

The first few weeks after I arrived in La Spezia last October and was literally talking to the cranes for days, the boat was out of the water and outside the yard is just darkness. After 6pm ...

a very tuscan lunch

One first word I learned when I joined the yacht in La Spezia was mangiare: to eat!!! Eating is considered one of life’s great pleasure in Italy. And what about eating somewhere above ...

I tre merli

I was having lunch with close friends in Genoa at the restaurant called I Tre Merli when I thought how much I wished I can blog again. I have not have not stopped cooking nor discovering the ...

Isole Eolie o Lipari

time to clean those sword fish!!!! It is now confirmed that we will be cruising Amalfi, Capri and the Aeolian Islands for 3 weeks this coming July. We (just the crew) will travel for 3 to 4 ...

Can you follow a recipe?

marinated artichoke hearts over egg white, cherry tomatoes stuffed with mozarella, parmessan, olives and capers Well that’s what my boss asked me over lunch while anchored at San Fruttuoso ...

Dinuguan: Pork Blood Stew LP#9

Pabumum our host for the Lasang Pinoy 9th edition had chosen the theme Lamang-loob: Odd Cuts and Guts. In Tagalog, laman [la’man] translates to “contents,” and loob [lo’ob] means inside–I ...

Rouge Thon

The day before I joined the yacht for 2 weeks trial, I went to Cannes and met up a friend. Cannes as some of you know was my base last year. I arrange to meet my friend at the gare – ...

Dirty Ice Cream

Mamang Sorbetero I took these series of shots on the day the Greeks celebrated the beginning of the Lent. Remember your childhood days rushing to the streets upon hearing the ice cream bell ...