Category Archives: food

Dee and I just got back from a 9 day trip in Vietnam. I didn’t have my laptop along, so a big dump of photos will follow. First, food:

The Singapore neighborhood I’m staying in this year is much more modern and upscale than anywhere I’ve stayed before. It feels a bit sterile, and many of the stores and food shops are selling western food — beer, pizza, burgers. … Continue reading →

If the scale I just stepped on is accurate, I have a few extra pounds to account for. A partial reckoning: That last is of cooks at Hill Street Tai Hwa pork noodles work frantically to keep up with their … Continue reading →

Oddly I’ve been getting requests for more food photos.  Mostly I’ve been eating unphotogenic things, and this is no exception. In the US, restaurant biryani is usually like fried rice: pre cooked rice reheated with oil and spices.   In Dum … Continue reading →

Portuguese food, weird coffee equipment, and a custard army in Macau.

Take a number and wait at city hall… Because there’s a dim sum parlor at city hall.

Fried squid ink buns, bamboo pith roll with abalone, chicken and mushroom, porcini mushroom and egg on rice cake, baked pork bun, , scallop rice roll. This place has dozens of new-to-me dim sum dishes, many featuring different wild mushrooms.  … Continue reading →

This tragically fuzzy picture is of Yuvi having his first ever dim sum.  Note that the turnip cake is on a turnip-shaped plate with a little escarole turnip-top garnish

I just remembered that I can post directly from my phone, so… Here come lots of food photos. Fishballs… Usually I don’t like them but this guy is the king so what choice did I have?  Pretty good.

So far I’ve been spending most of my time in Tsim Sha Tsui near the hotel and conference center, but last night I mustered a group of colleagues to cab to the other end of Kowloon to visit the literally-named … Continue reading →