flor dos congregados – dining at a restaurant with 160 years of history
our travel budget has seen a lot of ups and downs over the last four months, most notably when we arrived in hong kong as the number of flights and train rides have gone up drastically. we’ve been trying hard…
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…
guilt has overcome me
well the first few months of this trip has seen a pretty vicious intake of fatty pork. i was originally thinking about just the philippines and korea but then i remembered that we also had our share of braised pork…
a breakfast state of mind
maybe the biggest change in culture from japan & korea to taiwan is the inclusion of breakfast as a regular meal. the majority of breakfast options in japan were western style which generally included eggs, toast and minature sausages of…
