a guide to 'traveleating'
Posted in Portuguese, cookery, cooking, food, food & travel, recipe, traveleating, vegetarian on Dec 9th, 2008
Caldo verde, or Portuguese green soup, is what we have been eating for the past two days! It’s a simple and much-loved soup in Portuguese cuisine as well in this household, and perfect for the chilly winter months. The way the vegetarian husband makes it is quite hearty, so if you have a large bowl [...]
Posted in Beijing, Cantonese, China, Chinese, Hakka, Hong Kong, Macau, Portuguese, Taiwanese, Yunnan, bakery, cafe, dim sum, diner, dining out, food, food etiquette, restaurant review, restaurants, travel, traveleating, vegetarian on Nov 19th, 2008
After returning from our 16 day traveleating trip to Hong Kong, Macau and Beijing, I wrote a series of thirteen ‘Postcards’, filed under Restaurant Reviews – China. The Postcards are long, but contain detailed information about food, sightseeing and travel tips. If you want to just browse through food photos, click here for the entire [...]
Posted in China, Chinese, Hong Kong, Macau, Portuguese, bakery, cafe, dining out, food, restaurant review, restaurants, travel, traveleating on Oct 25th, 2008
This is the third in a series of Postcards from the recent Hong Kong, Macau and Beijing traveleating trip. Rather than writing up each food experience in separate posts, which would have taken me up to Christmas, I thought it would be more fun to outline the trip in diary form, to include travel and [...]
Posted in Cantonese, China, Chinese, Portuguese, bakery, cafe, dining out, food, 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 [...]
Posted in Portugal, Portuguese, dining out, fish, food, restaurant review, restaurants, seafood, travel, traveleating on Aug 17th, 2006
Restaurante Valdonas came recommended by my father-in-law, who travels regularly on business to Guimaraes, a beautiful medieval town and UNESCO World Heritage site in north-western Portugal. Located in a 17th century building, the restaurant is simple but contemporary. It was quiet at lunch, so we chose to sit outside in the cool, covered courtyard. While [...]
