Sun Moon Lake: hey all, Two weekends ago I made my 3rd visit to Sun Moon Lake in Nantou County in Central Taiwan. This is one of Taiwan’s most popular and famous tourist spots and it isnt surprising to see why. The name of the lake comes from the shape of the lake, one side…
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A Traditional Taiwanese Breakfast, well one of many types.
Good Morning! After two consecutive posts about fine dining, I decided its time to go local on this blog. So for a quick a short post, I shall post about my breakfast this morning. I had one of my favorite traditional Taiwanese Breakfasts. I had rice ball with egg, radish, yu tiao, and minced pork….
Eleven Madison Park, New York City
Earlier this month I was back in New York City and booked a lunch at Eleven Madison Park, located, you guessed it, 11 Madison Avenue, NY. We decided to try this 3 starred Michelin, ranked number 10 of world’s top 50 restaurants, establishment because the menu concept and pictures we saw online felt very similar…
Guillaume at Bennelong at the Sydney Opera House
G’Day Everyone! UPDATE: As of 2013, Guillaume at Bennelong has unfortunately closed and ceased operations. On my 8 day whirlwind tour of Australia, I was fortunate enough to dine at one of the best restaurants in town. It was indeed the best meal we had in our 8 days in Australia. We originally wanted to…
Coast Guard Helicopter Rescue at sea today
Hey Guys, So today a student had a medical emergency, it was said to be apendecidis, her appendix was either swollen or it burst, but either way she needed immediate medical attention and so we sped up and change our course a bit. At 1pm the Coast Guard sent a helicopter and a plane to…
Some photos of Morocco and Las Palmas
Hi All, [Featured image]: Our ship refueling at Las Palmas Island, Spain, couldnt get off but could see the sunshine coast. I finally have some decent internet, thanks to the Kapama Lodge! I will upload some photos from Morocco and our refueling stop in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, these arent all of the photos, but…
Moroccan Food!
Moroccan food is really delicious. I ate Tagine at almost every meal along with couscous and mint tea. Tagine is the stew that is made with either lamb, pigeon, chicken, beef or just vegetables and is stewed with vegetables or dried fruits such as prunes and dates. It is stewed in the Tagine pot, the…
Map Cafe: Bringing a Whole New Definition to “Cafe”
Hola! Peruvian food: is quite delicious, and has a bit of oriental flare to it. They use a lot of natural herbs and spices to flavor the food and a lot of it is corn and potato based, after all Peru did domesticate these two staple foods. Peruvian drinks: two unique drinks I tried were:…
Journey Into the Land of the Inca with Orient Express (now Belmond)
Hi There! Last week, July29th- August 6th, I went on an unforgettable journey into the land of the Incas, Peru. The trip was organized by Orient Express, http://www.orient-express.com. And I must say it was a very well organized trip. It was also very relaxing for my mom which is good given the fact that we were in…
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