Pickle Deli Square

Feb 10

Feb 10 Stockholm Eats: Johan & Nyström Konceptbutik

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Learning about natural coffee processing on a quick coffee break...

Feb 4

Feb 4 Tasting fideuà in the home of fideuà

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The paella of noodles and seafood: fideuà at Parsifal, Gandía

Mar 30

Mar 30 Marrakech Food Tour

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I came across Marrakech Food Tours online, and thought that in my limited time in Marrakech, it might be more eye-opening to do a food tour than a cooking class, to be exposed to new dishes I'd not heard about, and wouldn't think to try...

Mar 24

Mar 24 McDonald's Burger by a 2 Michelin Star Chef

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Trying the "Grand McExtreme de McDonald's Ramón Freixa"...

Mar 22

Mar 22 Sevilla Eats: Andaluz piñonate - the long lost twin of Chinese 薩其馬 saqima!

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How surprised I was to find 薩其馬 in Sevilla!

Mar 21

Mar 21 Sevilla Eats: Reyes Antonio Romero

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Last meal in Sevilla! I had to go for two of my favorite discoveries in Sevilla...

Mar 21

Mar 21 Sevilla Eats: Pastries of Semana Santa

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One of the fun things about going to Sevilla during the time of Semana Santa is being able to try all of the typical sweets of Semana Santa...

Mar 20

Mar 20 Sevilla Eats: El Rinconcillo

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Near the Sevilla Setas is El Rinconcillo, an old school tapas bar. I just loved the interior!

Mar 20

Mar 20 Buying Sweets from a Convent in Sevilla

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Before coming to Sevilla, I had read about buying sweets from convents. The nuns in the convents make sweets to sell as a way to generate income...

Mar 20

Mar 20 Sevilla Eats: Las Golondrinas

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Across the river in the Triana neighborhood, I had one of my best meals of my Sevilla trip, at a tapas bar called Las Golondrinas...

Mar 19

Mar 19 Sevilla Eats: Taberna Coloniales

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Huge portions of Sevilla specialties...

Mar 19

Mar 19 Sevilla Eats: Casa Moreno

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On my list of places to eat was Casa Moreno. I walked round and round the block searching for this one! I had been expecting a bar or restaurant like all the others, but Casa Moreno is actually an "ultramarinos," or grocery store...

Mar 19

Mar 19 Sevilla Eats: Bodega Santa Cruz

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After a couple hours of touring in the morning, I headed over to this tapas bar, Bodega Santa Cruz, aka Las Columnas. Here I had my first typical Sevilla tapa, a serranito...

Mar 19

Mar 19 Sevilla Eats: Café Bar Taquilla

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One of the spots on my map of Sevilla highlights was Cafe Bar Taquilla, I supposed named after the ticket office ("taquilla") across the street for the Real Maestranza bullfighting ring...

Dec 27

Dec 27 San Diego Eats: Shaved Ice at Iceskimo

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Shaved ice has arrived in San Diego!

Nov 8

Nov 8 San Sebastian Eats: Three Michelin Star dining at Akelarre

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San Sebastián supposedly has the densest concentration of Michelin stars in the world, and I wanted to try one of the three star restaurants around town...

Oct 15

Oct 15 Barcelona Eats: Japan Fever

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In my weekend in Barcelona, I got the sense that all things Japanese are really hot now in Barcelona...

Oct 15

Oct 15 Barcelona Eats: Gyoza roundup

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Coming from Valencia, I was really craving good Asian food. Asian Asian food, not Asian fusion which is quite popular in Valencia. So it turned out that in three days, I had gyoza three times...

Aug 22

Aug 22 SF Eats: House of Prime Rib

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House of Prime Rib has been on my list of places to go SF since nearly when I moved to the city, and finally I made reservations to go!

Aug 21

Aug 21 SF Eats: Ferry Building Farmers Market

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I do try to make a point of visiting the Ferry Building Farmer's Market on Saturdays. Yes, it's popular with tourists and can get crowded. But it's still where I've had revelatory encounters with fruits and vegetables, and the location on the bay is just beautiful...