My Barcelona Top 5 7 Barcelona is one of my favorite European cities, second only to Lisbon which tops my list. It is vibrant and pulsates with life. Walking around its streets and narrow alleyways, it’s easy to understand why travellers fall in love with it so quickly and so passionately. Here is my list …
Breakfast at the Royal Garden Cafe
Hotel Unizo’s Royal Garden Cafe serves three types of breakfast, all equally pleasing to the palette and delightful to the eyes. The first (and my favorite) is the traditional Japanese set. The set consists of grilled salmon.. miso soup… cold tofu… and pickled seaweed. Of course, there’s bottomless coffee and orange juice. Then there’s American …
Eating Malaysia Part 2
Eating Malaysia continued… 6. Dry Mee Hoon with Minced Pork Chinese noodles served in a pool of special dark gravy and topped with minced pork. Perfect for breakfast, while waiting for the city to wake up; or for a pre-dinner snack eaten while loitering around a hawker stall as you lazily people-watch. Eat with a …
Eating Malaysia Part 1
Since half of our to-do list was comprised of what we wanted to eat (on a budget), I will begin my Malaysia report with a round-up of our gastronomical adventures during our visit a couple of weeks ago. Not in not in any particular order, the following is just a list of the food that …
Pasalubong from the UK: Chococo The Purbeck Chocolate Co.
Last week, some friends of my sis-in-law D and her hubby S, came over to the Philippines for some R&R. One of them gave us a box of chocolate from Chococo The Purbeck Chocolate Co. And I was in heaven! Now, one of the things that I never tire of is opening a …
Craving for Pasteis de Nata
This is just great. My craving for Pasteis de Nata is so enormous that I can just buy a ticket and fly all the way to Lisbon now! Well, if you’ve tasted one of these Portuguese egg tarts, you’ll understand why. I can almost taste them… hot from the oven…smelling heavenly… sprinkled with confectioner’s sugar, …
TOP 10 THINGS TO DO IN VIETNAM (or How to Enjoy Saigon in 3 Days)
Before setting out for this trip, I did so much research online on things that Hubby and I can do in Ho Chi Minh City (still called ‘Saigon’ by the Vietnamese) for a very limited 3 days and 3 nights. I even joined the Vietnam Group of Couchsurfers.com just so I can get a grasp …
