Vignettes of the World
The Stories of Food
What’s with me and unmetered taxi’s? The guy came up to me at the airport and quoted đ200,000. I thought that included the airport tax but it was an extra đ70,000. I simply did not have the guts to bargain. On arrival at the hostel …
“This cleaver of yours,” Chef Tong Li began the cooking instruction with displeasure, “is not even good enough for cutting bean curd!” James Li, Chef Tong Li’s son, said that his father was very demanding when it comes down to cooking. Chef Tong Li had …
I asked Chef Tong Li whether he thought that God was always with him, even before he came to know and accept Jesus Christ. The answer was a resounding yes. The first cuisine with which Chef Tong Li would make his name was the snake …
Book Review: Not Giving Up (Trans. Original in Korean, Translated into Chinese), 2017 By Bok Yi Choi The word Bon, in Hanja[1], is first, the character for “man” over a “cross,” then furthermore a “cross” below. Overall, it is an imagery of a man bearing …
Gruyeres (pronounced gree-EYRE) is a town about an hour northeast of Lausanne. It is famous for its cheese, made at La Maison Du Gruyeres. Milk, the Essence of Great Cheese Every cheese starts with the cows that make the milk. The milk farmers of …
There is this idea of a “Hong Kong Style Western Cuisine.” Its roots go back to the late 19th century, when many foreigners did business in Hong Kong. Thus the demand for western cuisine. In the beginning, only foreigners dined at these western restaurants, but …
On Kramgasse I passed by the Confiserie Tschirren before reaching the Albert Einstein Haus. The window display left such an indelible impression that I decided to go back for a visit. Just anything that I could afford from the bakery. Well, a cursory glance at …
You don’t know what you got till it’s gone, and that is the story of the China Café. I visited this old-schooled, Hong Kong styled café on December 28th, 2019. This is one of its very last days before saying goodbye to Hong Kong. …
In our last full day in Tasmania, we visited the Wineglass Bay lookout. Note, though, that we did not visit the beach. The tour guide told us that the hike down the beach was very rigorous, going more than two to three hours each way. …
Launceston presented a first impression quite unlike what I imagined. I thought we were still at the suburbs when the airport bus dropped us off at the Batman Fawkner. I then realized that large swathes of residential areas surrounded the City of Launceston, seamlessly blended …