Category Archives: food

This is a poorly-framed photo, thanks to my new camera phone having a totally unmotivated ‘widescreen’ mode. Nonetheless, behold: A deep-fried artichoke filled with shrimp cocktail. Pretty good! Although, I always thought that the point of ‘a la juive’ was … Continue reading →

This restaurant is famous for having ‘more than 100’ kinds of dumplings.  Of course, no one can eat 100 dumplings, so they have three fixed price options.  I asked what the difference was between the menus, and the server responded … Continue reading →

I mentioned to Tong that Americans seldom eat work animals.  “For instance, we almost never eat horse meat.”  He looked a bit shocked.  “We don’t eat horses here!” “Ok, but you eat donkeys, right?” “Oh, donkey meat, yeah.”

My new favorite street signs:  a sign says ‘0 meters.’  Then 50 meters later another sign says ’50 meters.’  50 more meters and it’s ‘100 meters.’  I guess the idea is that since you’re just driving you may as well … Continue reading →

I thought that I was going to have to leave Rome without eating a proper artichoke, but today came up aces. We were shut out of Da Giggetto, which means another visit and I’ve still never had carcioffe ala guidia. … Continue reading →

I’m back in Minneapolis.  I never cease to be impressed by how very, very far it is from Malaysia to Minnesota. Here’s my last bunch of out-of-context food photos from the last week or so. An ice kacang from a … Continue reading →