If there’s one person in the world who doesn’t celebrate Christmas but loves the colors and food, it’s me. For years I would envy so much the chill that the month of December brings with it, the snow, the lights. It’s not so much the massive present shopping or opening the gifts, it’s the food!.
Christmas has its tradition in Europe and brings simple things like baking THE best christmas cookies (or buying them to the majority of us) to the top of the list of important things right about 2 slots below finding a solution to the global warming. Read more...(669 words, 1 image, estimated 2:41 mins reading time)
Not really sure about you guys but when I usually go abroad, all the chasing around after monuments, historical houses and museums is not for me.
Not that I think of myself as an ignorant person, I actually like history and quite frankly enjoy hearing the stories, but heading to a new country brings a whole new adventure to it – a culinary one. Read more...(491 words, 1 image, estimated 1:58 mins reading time)
Over the last 2 weeks I was wondering around the Philippines. Doing some Island hopping, diving and off course searching for gastronomic treasures.
There’s a good chance that I didn’t reach any ‘culinary enlightenment’ of any sort in the Philippines (and trust me, I tried real hard to find great, unique or tasty food
But that’s irrelevant. Read more...(443 words, 1 image, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)
Now Doubt about it ...Thai sweets are wonderful!
Today I had an incredible experience, I found a little shop not too far from the northern gate of Chiang Mai, Thailand that’s been doing authentic thai sweets close to 3 decades.
I spent there over 1 hour, tasting, experiencing and listening to stories about the making of these desserts. If you get to Chiang Mai, Thailand…..don’t even think about missing out on Mrs Kwanta’s shop.
