Category: International Travel & Photos
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Hanoi: Ginger Chicken
This post is a continuation from Hanoi: The Food. To print a hard copy of the recipe in this post, use the Print button at the top right, then select the font size and whether or not photos are required. A four-hour session at the Hanoi Cooking Centre was included as part of our…
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Hanoi: The Food
This post is a continuation from Hanoi: The Sights. We name certain restaurants and establishments in some blog posts simply because we enjoyed them, not for promotional reasons. While the traffic is one dominating feature of Vietnam, food is another: there seem to be food outlets and street-sellers everywhere. And there are markets, of…
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Hanoi: The Sights
This post is a continuation of our Twelve Day Food Tour Of Vietnam. When you arrive in Hanoi you are more likely to experience bedlam – heaps of it – before you find peacefulness. Friends who have visited Vietnam will have warned you about the traffic, the extraordinary number of motor scooters and the wave…
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Twelve Day Food Tour Of Vietnam
In late October 2017 we embarked on a food explorer tour of Vietnam organised by Peregrine Travel. There would be eight of us in the group. We started the trip in Hanoi in the north and then travelled south, finishing in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and the Mekong Delta. For the type of trip…
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Semolina Gnocchi – A Cinque Terre Experience!
This post is from an article we wrote for Club Marine magazine in 1997. The food shots date from that period too, while the scenery shots are more recent. (Use the Print button at the top of this page for a hard copy or pdf of the recipe in this post.) Monterosso al Mare –…
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Is Flying Business Class Worth It For The Food And Wine?
We use a recent business class flight experience to make a judgement. Why no blog posts for some weeks? In the second week of March, 2017, a group of 16 of us, all friends, headed off to South America, flying in and out of Buenos Aires, for a four-week tour of Argentina and Chile. It…
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Mont Saint-Michel – The home of a very famous omelette!
This post is from an article we wrote for Club Marine magazine in 1998. Except for the food shots, the photos date from that period too. (Use the Print button at the top of this page for a hard copy or pdf of the recipe in this post.) Remarkable site Mont Saint-Michel is one of…
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European Delights and Challenges
We have had the good fortune to be able to visit Europe numerous times over many years. Of course there are marvellous experiences to be had, but there are also frustrations. Here is a compilation of what we see as some of the delights and challenges of travelling in Europe; many experiences fit both criteria.…
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Europe 2016 – Part 10
Continued from Europe 2016 – Part 9. Alba: Its food and wine The Alba region is known for: Its food, especially truffles, hazelnuts and salamis High quality wines, Borolo and Barbaresco The Slow Food movement which began in the nearby town of Bra. We were staying in an apartment in an Agriturismo property right in the…
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Europe 2016 – Part 9
Continued from Europe 2016 – Part 8. Alba and its remarkable landscapes Alba is one of THE foodie destinations. It is renowned for its truffles and hazelnuts, for its Barbaresco and Borolo wines, and for the Slow Food movement. We will look at the wine and food in more detail in the next post. Here…