Rice. Banana. Coconut. Egg. Sugar. Five simple ingredients which are combined and prepared in what seems like infinite ways in Thai cuisine to form an array of mouthwateringly delicious and texturally interesting sweets. Sickly sweet, sticky and creamy are descriptors of most Thai desserts. Subtlety is not. Delicious is. Street vendors carry a shockingly vast…
The MBK Shopping Center in downtown Bangkok is definitely a must-see and, honestly, one of the only things I liked about what I saw of this city in the 3 days I spent there. A 6 story shopping mall where every price is negotiable, every brand name product is fake but truly very well done,…
As soon as we got to Phuket, we couldn’t seem to shake the craving for fresh seafood. It’s kind of just what you get there. After searching for no more than 5 minutes, a bit off the beaten path but still, honestly, within the tourist bubble of Patong Beach, we found a street lined with…
An island cruise. A package deal because nothing else exists. Clever tourism. For 1000 baht each (34 USD), we took it. We figured shuttle transportation from our hotel in Patong to Phuket Bay would itself be worth that much as taxis just don’t exist in Patong and not finding one at 7 in the morning…
Summertime near Boston brings back some pretty fond memories, one of which is the weekend trips with friends to Hampton Beach, New Hampshire. This is one of those places, similar to the Jersey Shore, where one really does not have to watch one’s behavior and etiquette. There is no dress code on this boardwalk. Hampton…
One of my favorite places to eat around the Cape is Baxter’s in Hyannis, a wonderful cooked-to-order seafood restaurant sitting literally right on Hyannis Harbor with a great view of the Harbor and the boats constantly floating past. The place has a pretty cool history too. The current location was purchased originally by a local sea…
One of my all-time favorite places in London is Borough Market, located under the London Bridge near Southwark Church. This place has absolutely everything, fresh produce, delicious fish, cakes, cheeses and even prepared food. One stall, in particular, caught my eye. The curries. GINORMOUS round pans of them (a bit like some of the largest…
I visited my friend in Dublin a while ago and it was my first trip to Ireland. I had a number of delicious treats there, including shepherd’s pie and some of the best clay-pot mussels I’ve ever had in my life. I also went to the Jameson Distillery and correctly selected Jameson out of 5…
In the autumn of 2009 I lived in Chile for a few months and I traveled within the country and to neighboring ones (Mendoza, Argentina and Bolivia) quite often. I really wish that I had documented the food I ate in this versatile land, the late night chorrillanas (stack of fries with chunks of beef sirloin,…
Hungary for me automatically means family and home-cooking. Uncles, aunts, grandparents, cousins seated around tables dressed hours before for this occasion. Little things to nibble on before the main course reaches the table. Talking, drinking my grandfather’s pretty terrible wine, cracking jokes about it behind his back. Telling stories in an attempt to describe my…
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