• the francesinha, porto’s offering to the sandwich gods

    what to eat in porto?  like all other cities i’ve visited on this european leg thus far, the answer has been ‘seafood’ with octopus and cod as some specific meals.  well, i’m out of luck when it comes to shellfish…

  • how to eat balut like a filipino local

    ah yes.  weird food.  i’ve heard much about balut but have never had the pleasure of seeing it up close and personal.  for clarification, balut is a partially formed duck egg that is ideally served at 16 days old.  from…

  • a lazy sunday at sapporo teine

    prior to our recent otaru stay, we ventured back to sapporo for two nights and one of the motivating factors to come back to the city was so i could make a daytrip to teine.  i’ve heard that it has…