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Hi there! Pickle Deli Square is a collection of my experiences living, eating, and traveling the world. Currently an expat based in Valencia, on the Mediterranean coast of Spain.

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Pickle Deli Square Living, Eating, and Exploring the World Since 2009
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Trip Report: Cathay Pacific A330-300 Economy Class Shanghai (SHA) - Hong Kong (HKG)

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Feb 23, 2025
Trip Report: Cathay Pacific A330-300 Economy Class Shanghai (SHA) - Hong Kong (HKG)
Feb 23, 2025

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Valencia Eats

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Valencia Eats: Casa Baldo
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Valencia Eats: Casa Baldo
Valencia Eats: Bar X in Mercado Colón
Valencia Eats: La Chipirona Menú de Mediodía

Eating Around the World

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Gaselo Eco Lodge: great local food and a bonus monastery visit
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Gaselo Eco Lodge: great local food and a bonus monastery visit
First meal in Nepal: Wo at an unnamed eatery in Bhaktapur
Harbin's Red Sausage and Lieba bread: as big as a dinner plate!

Festivals

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Seeing Harbin Ice Festival (and how to get there by subway)
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Seeing Harbin Ice Festival (and how to get there by subway)
Flower Power! The Festival of Patios in Córdoba, Spain
Sevilla's Feria de Abril in Pictures

Trip Reports

Latest Posts
Trip Report: Cathay Pacific A330-300 Economy Class Shanghai (SHA) - Hong Kong (HKG)
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Trip Report: Cathay Pacific A330-300 Economy Class Shanghai (SHA) - Hong Kong (HKG)
Lounge Review: China Eastern V01 International Lounge, Shanghai Hongqiao Airport T1
A truly “royal” Drukair Royal Bhutan Airlines trip: Kathmandu to Paro Airbus A320neo Business Class

Cooking at home

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Cooking and Eating Adventures While Self-isolating at the Residence Inn
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Cooking and Eating Adventures While Self-isolating at the Residence Inn
Spring paella: sepionet (baby cuttlefish), green garlic, and artichokes
Easy Springtime Spanish Tapa Recipe: baby cuttlefish (sepionet), green garlic, and favas

Design

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Harbin Metro: Maybe the Most User-Friendly Interaction Design?
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Harbin Metro: Maybe the Most User-Friendly Interaction Design?
Kitchen Theory's Gastrophysics Chef's Table
Architecture Pilgrimage: the Weissenhof Estate in Stuttgart, featuring Le Corbusier

Travel

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Bhutan Highlights, Day 3 Punakha: hiking, rafting, and a luxe “picnic”
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Bhutan Highlights, Day 3 Punakha: hiking, rafting, and a luxe “picnic”
7 UNESCO World Heritage Sites and 3 Durbar Squares: Bhaktapur, Patan, Kathmandu
“Trekking” from Nagarkot to Dhulikel

Cooking Classes & Food Tours

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Aum Leki Farmstay and cooking class, Punakha
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Aum Leki Farmstay and cooking class, Punakha
Learning to make orecchiette and other Apulian specialties at Masseria Salinola's cooking class
A Day of Cheese, Vinegar, Prosciutto, and Food Coma!

Sign Language

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Sign Language: Driving the Snowy North
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Sign Language: Driving the Snowy North
Sign Language: No Parking!
Sign Language: Go For It, Doggies!
 

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Rolling out dough for butternut squash manitou 馒头. Now swipe for final product!
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Paella valenciana... y californiana 🤣 In the absence of a paella pan, cast iron makes a pretty great socarrat (crispy rice layer)!
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Garrafón peeled and ready for paella valenciana 🥘 #gradient #ombre .
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Feria de Abril 💃 Can any more kids fit on this wagon? 😄
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Feria de Abril 💃 (This year in May.)
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👀Birds eye view of Fallas, dancing in the street #tbt .
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😱So laborious! Shell-on shrimp 🦐, butterflied, topped with a hemisphere of minced shrimp, decorated with slivered almonds, and then fried. 🙏 Thanks to those in the kitchen who made these tasty morsels for me...🤤
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