Posted in food on Oct 26th, 2009
Here are the Chinese recipes on World Foodie Guide. They’re mostly for simple, home-cooked Cantonese food (with a couple of exceptions), rather than dishes you would find in restaurants. Some are from my mother of course, while others are from Chinese friends. A few are mine, including the one on steamed and [...]
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Posted in food on Oct 26th, 2009
Here are the food & travel or ‘traveleating‘ posts and restaurant reviews from Portugal.
If you’ve not yet tried the famous pasteis de Belém, they alone are worth a trip to Lisbon. Madeira is recommended for excellent fresh seafood, including the local speciality, black scabbard fish. And don’t forget to leave time [...]
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Posted in food on Oct 26th, 2009
Here are the Japanese recipes on World Foodie Guide. They’re for simple, home-cooked food, rather than dishes that you would find in restaurants. Some are from my Japanese stepmother-in-law, while the others I learnt while attending food writer Kimiko Barber’s cookery workshop. The majority are really quick and easy to prepare, while [...]
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When I went to Madeira last July, I didn’t do much research about where to eat, which I would normally do when planning a trip. Instead, I took it easy and turned to a Lisbon-based Portuguese friend for tips. He spends a lot of time in Madeira, and being a fellow foodie (we’ve been to [...]
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Doca do Cavacas is another seafood restaurant recommended by our Portuguese foodie friend, and given its breathtaking location high up on the edge of a cliff, we couldn’t not eat here. It was relaxed, not crowded or noisy, and we watched the sun go down during dinner at a table on the balcony looking out [...]
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