World Foodie Guide’s First Birthday!
Sep 17th, 2008 by admin
World Foodie Guide is one year old today. It also recently moved to www.worldfoodieguide.com. Although it was great being with wordpress.com during my first year, I decided it was finally time to move on. Over the next few months, there’ll be more tweaks and improvements, so please let me know if you come across anything that doesn’t work or could be better.
Blogging is about sharing advice and exchanging information as much as it is about writing posts and taking photos. I’ve met some wonderful foodies over the past year, and have learnt so much from them. I’ve even been passed three awards by fellow bloggers! My Blogroll represents just a tiny number of blogs that I regularly read and leave comments on, and I also try to be as active as I can on Flickr, where all my photos are stored, on Chowhound‘s UK/Ireland board and on Twitter. I look forward to making more friends in year two!
All the photos up to mid-July were taken with my Sony Ericsson K800i mobile phone camera, but I’ve now upgraded to the Sony Cybershot W300, which is an amazing point-and-shoot. Some of the old photos have been published on San Pellegrino, Whatsonwhen and Fodors, and since I’ve been using the new camera, I’ve had photos published on Square Meal. Sometimes I think I enjoy taking photos of food more than writing about it!
Finally, a big achievement – I’ve gained more confidence in the kitchen. Vegetarian husband and chef of the house has taught me a lot, while I’ve attended a couple of really inspirational cookery workshops. My plan is to cook more at home and eat out slightly less in London, so that I can traveleat more around the world. In no particular order – Japan, where I’ve been several times but before I started blogging, Argentina, Cuba, Mexico, Vietnam and India. Returning to Italy would be lovely, and I’d like to squeeze in foodie trips to Spain, Scotland and Ireland…I can’t wait. For now though, I have next month’s trip to Hong Kong, Macau and Beijing to look forward to!
Top 5 Posts of the Year:
- How To Make Chinese Hot Pot – 10,384 views
- How To Make Chinese Steamed & Pan-fried Dumplings – 9,141 views
- How To Make Chinese Dumplings or Jiaozi – 6,196 views
- How To Make Chinese Mango Pudding – 6,140 views
- Gloria – Tallinn, Estonia – 3,158 views
Thank you for reading World Foodie Guide!
Helen Yuet Ling Pang
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday!
Lisa & Tess – thank you! WFG feels a lot older than just one year. I’m exhausted, but it’s been worth it. Onto year two!
Helen Yuet Ling
Hello Helen,
Many happy returns foodie guide and keep the great posts coming.
kang – thanks for this, and for reading WFG! I’m particularly looking forward to taking better photos in year 2, and hopefully travelling more…
Helen Yuet Ling
Congratulations on such a wonderful site. I love it and always recommend it to friends. Well done Helen.
Mei – thank you for this! It’s been great having you guys as food testing companions! Let’s meet up after we are back from HK and Beijing…
Helen Yuet Ling