musings of a traveller and food lover

PEOPLE, PLACES & CULTURE

Palitaw

After a very Filipino lunch with mung beans my sister went craving for a Filipino sweet or dessert. My sister makes the wonderful leche flan, but she said too much calories but she even ...

Global Pinoy Food Bloggers

Blog o Rama The Global Pinoy Food Bloggers This week, Manila Bulletin’s Blog O Rama continued with their feature on Pinay food bloggers who are scattered all over the world and yet ...

Oxtapodia Octopus

LastJune 29th,Market Man of Manila posted on his wonderful food blog about Inihaw na Pusit – Grilled Squid I asked him if octopus is popular in the Philippines as I could not even ...

Mezopoleion Naxos- Psirri , Athens

Last June 7th the day I finally met Bayi and his wife, I decided to take them around Athens which is not on the tourist guide list. For almost a week in, they were toured to the key ancient ...

Summer Fruits

Just came back from my walkabouts here in Athens and went to check the farmer’s market on the other side of my area. After my shock with the food prices in Oslo and the availability of ...

Maroulousalata

Lettuce SaladWell M kept saying he feels like going to Greece soon for a short break and we have been looking for tickets. Well we both MISS GREECE and the food.The other day, I sent him to ...

Apple Turon

When we first move to Greece in 1984, there were hardly any Asian shops. There is a supermarket in Psyhico where most of the diplomats live and there AB supermarket has a small selection of ...

A Fishy Lunch

That’s what M called our lunch today. After the gym I just wanted something light. A bowl of salad with cervelat. The guilty person admitted he ate all the cervelat in the fridge. ...

The Resurrection Table

KALO PASCHA CHRONIA POLLA… GREEK EASTER Fasting is over. Last Thursday, the Orthodox Maundy Thursday, the preparation for the Easter celebration begun when the women started baking ...

An invitation for tea… just in UK!

My friend Bea whom I share my love of animals, plants and… COOKING sent me a text today.They live in Bricket Wood, Herts and when they moved we were worried about Ginger and ...

Ravioli with Mushroom and Ham

Such hectic schedule, M and I either buy a sandwich for lunch or eat out. But today on our lunch break we went to the supermarket. For the first time didn’t translate the value of the ...

Beans

Saw some beans today at the Vietnamese store and with hectic schedule we are happy to have simple food yet healthy. I told M I cook today but it must be something quick and simple. Beans ...