La Dolce Vita
The beginning of our journey starts on familiar territory, a country we both love and know well – Italy. Cruising into the Santa Lucia train station in Venice just as the sun rises over the lagoon, does make the 12 hour train journey from Paris worth it. Still sweaty and sleepy from time spent in […]
Eki’s Fabulous Moin Moin
It is slightly ironic that this dish is called “Moin Moin” which means “less less” in french, when all you want is more and more of it once you’ve had a sniff and a taste. A dish originally hailing from Nigeria, the name is actually pronounced “Muy Muy” like “very very” in spanish, so I […]
Cabin Fever Apple Delight
When someone tells you they will spend a week in an isolated cabin where you have to carry all your own food in a backpack across a frozen lake on skis, you may think that would imply deprivation. But not if you add in some creativity, resourcefulness and the strict Norwegian rule of not letting […]
東 Journey to the East
“One Year, 20 countries, 50 chefs.” It is politically incorrect to say I love flying nowadays, especially since we will be avoiding any flights on our “big trip” and even though I hate a 12-hour flight in cramped economy seats like anyone else; I can never contain the excitement I feel when walking into an […]
Bring on the Brussels
The rise of “foodie-ism” is increasingly evident around us – the popularity of reality TV food shows is sky-rocketing, with professional and home cooks competing in the kitchens of Top Chef (with multiple international versions including an Arabic version, Canada, Finland, France, Greece, Indonesia, Portugal, Romania, Spain & Poland!) Iron Chef and Master Chef. Does […]
The Marco to my Polo
“How very odd that one bends one’s own twig and it stays bent. Who could have foreseen the permanent effect of childhood journeys on streetcars? No other manner of living would have interested me so much and so long and I will surely go on until I drop trying to see more of the world and […]
The matchbox maharagwe thief
“If I could choose one dish to eat every day, it would be maharagwe.” “As a child, I used to sneak up to the boiling pot with an empty matchbox, choosing this over a spoon because I could fit more maharagwe into a matchbox!” Idi tells us with the biggest “tabasam” (smile in Swahili) you […]
All that is good comes wrapped in Pasta
“Nonna, hai fatto i cappelletti?” I whispered 23 years ago as I urgently gestured for my grandmother to come join me down the narrow hallway towards her bedroom so that the critical presence of cappelletti on the lunch menu could be confirmed. Growing up in Hong Kong and travelling to Italy every summer to visit […]
