Posted in bakery, cafe, Cantonese, China, Chinese, cooking, dim sum, dining out, food, Hong Kong, restaurant review, restaurants, Shanghai, Sichuan, traveleating, vegetarian on Sep 5th, 2008
[NB All Postcards from my China trip can be found under Restaurant Reviews - China, and the entire set of food photos on Flickr. A summary of my recommendations AFTER the trip can be found at A Short Guide To Eating In Hong Kong, Macau & Beijing. And all food photos have been subsequently added [...]
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Posted in bakery, cafe, Cantonese, China, Chinese, dining out, food, Portuguese, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating on Aug 19th, 2008
[NB All Postcards from my China trip can be found under Restaurant Reviews - China, and the entire set of food photos on Flickr. A summary of my recommendations AFTER the trip can be found at A Short Guide To Eating In Hong Kong, Macau & Beijing. And all food photos have been subsequently added [...]
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Posted in afternoon tea, bakery, breakfast, cafe, dining out, food, Italian, Italy, restaurant review, travel, traveleating on Jun 29th, 2008
Although we drove past the beautiful lakeside town of Salò several times to and from Limone sul Garda, where we were staying, we didn’t actually stop there until we were on our way back to the airport. We knew little about Salò at the time (although I did keep wondering if it was connected to [...]
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Posted in bakery, Bologna, breakfast, cafe, dining out, food, Italian, Italy, restaurant review, restaurants, travel, traveleating, wine on Jan 13th, 2008
Zanarini, an elegant cafe and pasticceria, was very close to where we were staying in Bologna, Italy, so we would walk past it several times a day. It always looked so inviting, whether in the morning for a quick breakfast, a coffee break, lunch or aperitifs in the evening with limitless buffet snacks. As it [...]
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Posted in afternoon tea, bakery, cafe, food, Portugal, Portuguese, restaurant review, restaurants, travel, traveleating on Aug 15th, 2006
Since 1837, this famous bustling pastry shop and cafe in Belém, Lisbon, has been churning out its sensational speciality made from a secret recipe – Pasteis de Belém, a custard cream tart with a slightly burnt crust on top and a flaky edge, with a cinnamon sprinkling on top. It’s unlike any pasteis de nata [...]
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