=j(oe) + (l)izz + travel
we had scheduled five days in prague since we had known we’d have j-lo as our trusty guide (who’s basically a local by now) so the general plan was that we’d do our laps of the must-see attractions in prague but he also had his local watering holes to take us too. our first day […]
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q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. zagreb (3 nights), prague (5 nights) q. favourite meal a. our last dinner in zagreb. pork spring rolls, beef empanadas, mixed greens and panko breaded pork tenderloin at street food mukoaka. not local in the least but after a month of eating pizzas and […]
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it’s been years since i’ve had a sichuan meal. matter of fact, i think the last time i had one was here in hong kong five years ago. there was only two of us that time and we ordered 3 dishes including the chili boil soup, a must have, and that was waaaaay too much […]
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maybe the truest sign of me being a vancouverite at heart is that i miss a good ipa more than anything else. what i wouldn’t give for a cold glass of driftwood’s fat tug, brassneck’s passive aggressive or even powell street brewery’s white ipa. craft beer is taking off in asia but i think it’s […]
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our second day in tokyo was a lazy day after all the walking around we did. we woke up late and ate breakfast at home thanks to our (drum roll)… TWO burner stove. yeah we did. seeing as how we skipped both the asahi and sapporo breweries in hokkaido i felt it was only right […]
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i miss a lot of things from home and at the risk of sounding like an alcoholic, beer is definitely on that list. i love an icy cold sapporo after a day on the mountain as much as the next person but sometimes you want something with a little bite. being sapporo and all, macrobrews […]
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