a guide to 'traveleating'
Posted in dining out, food, food & travel, restaurants, Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwanese, traveleating on Oct 22nd, 2009
My first guest blogger is fellow foodie and über-photographer Kang from LondonEater, who kindly agreed to write about his recent (and first) gastrotrip to Taipei, Taiwan. When I visited Taipei, I fell in love with the food, but I’ve written very little about my visit, as I wasn’t blogging back then. Taipei is also on [...]
Posted in awards, cookery, cookery books, cooking, dim sum, dining out, food, Hunan, Japanese, London, Michelin star, pizza, restaurant review, restaurants, Taiwanese, traveleating on Jun 30th, 2009
I suppose I had better start with the Guild of Food Writers 2009 Awards party, which I attended last Thursday as a shortlistee for the New Media category. I didn’t win, but I did get the opportunity to meet some fantastic people, including my two ‘rivals’ for the New Media award, Tim Hayward from the [...]
Posted in Chinese, dim sum, dining out, dumplings, food, London, restaurant review, restaurants, Taiwan, Taiwanese, traveleating on Jun 19th, 2009
[UPDATE - October 2009: I've returned to Leong's Legend for dim sum and it's turning into a reliable Chinatown dim sum spot for me. Apart from more xiao long bao (such good value and very soupy), I again ordered the Taiwan mini kebab with pork. It's very filling and most delicious. The pork belly rice [...]
Posted in China, Chinese, dining out, food, Hunan, London, restaurant review, restaurants, Taiwanese, traveleating, wine on Jun 8th, 2009
Background: For about the last two years, ever since she discovered it, my London-based Taiwanese friend has been trying to persuade me to eat at Hunan. I knew very little about it until I finally decided to go with her and her partner. It’s a Taiwanese family-run restaurant, located near Sloane Square, and has been [...]
Posted in Beijing, China, Chinese, cookery, cooking, food, Hong Kong, recipe, Taiwanese, traveleating, vegetarian on Mar 24th, 2009
On our traveleating trip to Hong Kong, Macau and Beijing last October, I was reminded of how much I enjoy the unique taste of thousand year old egg (if you don’t know what thousand year old egg is, it’s all explained in this earlier post). I had it first at Yung Kee in Hong Kong, [...]
