So far I’ve written about rambutan (funky and delicious) and durian (not so good). I have not even begun to cover the rest of the crazy fruits I’ve come across in (super-)markets. Here’s a brief overview of the ones I have tried so far, no doubt to be supplemented by tons more in a week…
So here’s an anecdote to share at a future party when I don’t have any other verbal trick up my sleeve. I went to the Prince Edwards Square market the other day in search of some crazy berries to feed on and I came across a stand (followed by about 40 identical stands) piled high…
Dai pai dong – long, bustling rows of what are traditionally outdoor market food stalls moved indoors – in the case of Tung Po, above a seafood market in what looks like a cross between a factory and an administrative building in North Point, Hong Kong. One giant, chaotic, intensely lit room full of happily…
First things first…duck. The crispy, crackling golden skinned ones hanging by their neck in the window of 1 out of 5 restaurants on a normal street in the non-glitzy part of downtown HK. Yeah, those. I was determined to have this be my first real meal here and it definitely did not take long to…
After months in Argentina my palate has been coated with cobwebs, my taste buds have shriveled and my tolerance for spice has diminished to the point where jalapeno guacamole brings a few tears to my eyes. This is embarrassing and needs to change, and I’ve suddenly found myself in the perfect place to change it, Hong Kong.…
A few days ago my travel companions and I had a 6 hour layover in Amsterdam so we decided to leave the airport and visit this picturesque little city. Meandering along the canals like zombies after a 12 hour crying-baby-adjacent flight from Buenos Aires we tried to soak in as much of the weird tranquility…
I’ve met some pretty awesome and talented people in BsAs thus far – among them, chefs, my favorite breed of people. In a city that can’t exactly brag about its culinary diversity, a small core community of creative, out-of-the-box-thinking food-makers are united in their shared mission to bring some flavor and complexity onto the Buenos…
Last Saturday I was not feeling so trill. After a relatively long night of…playing too much Scrabble and…drinking too much chocolate milk… I woke up to a world that just didn’t look the same as usual. A lot of things just didn’t seem okay. Now, a lot of people in this situation feel sick to…
Pretty much since I’ve moved here I’ve been hearing all over town about this Poke guy and the fantastic (recently) weekly pop-ups he does at Magdalena’s Party. As I have been trying nowadays to go to all those places I’ve only eyed from afar, last Wednesday I decided to finally try out his stuff. As…
On our last night as CPP’s we decided to hit up Almacen de Pizzas which I’m pretty sure we were both confusing with a non-chain pizzeria also located in Palermo but which eventually did not let us down. Quite the opposite. As we had already sat down and ordered a hefty bottle of Alamos Malbec…
That Best Bite 