We had originally planned a trip by motorbike from Phnom Penh along the bank of the Mekong to Kompong Cham then onwards to Kratie. Unfortunately no one in Phnom Penh wanted to rent us a small bike for the trip. Instead they offered us 250cc trail bikes. I didn’t feel far enough into my motorbiking [...]
From Hoi An in central Vietnam down to Sihanoukville in southern Cambodia our diet has consisted almost exclusively of seafood. Very good seafood too.
Highlights have included: excellent fish cooked in banana leaf and served with lime sauce in Hoi An; a great fish hot pot eaten with the locals in Vinh Long; fantastically fresh and [...]
We had initially planned to spend one month in China. Sometime in our second week we realised that this was going to be nowhere near long enough to make the most of such a huge country. We eventually got a visa extension which allowed us an extra thirty days.
Our China trip started in Beijing and [...]
Xi’an’s Muslim quarter provides a fantastic opportunity for hunting down great street food. The narrow streets here come alive after dark. The open fronted restaurants spill out onto the pavement with tables and chairs and huge barbecues for the grilling of mutton skewers. I ate a fantastic meal perched on a plastic stool sharing a [...]
One of my main motivations for this trip was to sample some strange and usual food from around the world. We’ve had some very interesting things to eat on our journey so far.
Russia was as expected, the food is generally average. The best food to be found is the home cooking which can be sampled [...]
Eating on a long train journey can be a source of great excitement. There are three options as far as obtaining food is concerned. You can bring provisions with you, you can buy food on the platform during the longer stops (some are up to 40 minutes) or you can eat in the restaurant car.
The [...]
Rhian and I spent a week chilling out on the Costa Brava.
Rene and Michael were kind enough to let us stay in their flat in Platja d’Aro. We also joined them for a days sailing on their boat which they keep in the attractive town of Palamós.
We enjoyed some great food, lots of delicious [...]
Spent the weekend in Italy. Stayed in Brescia which, despite it’s billing, turned out to have an attractive city centre with some good restaurants and bars.
Enjoyed a ten course ‘tasting menu’ on Friday night. About eight of the course included polenta, which is preferred in Lombardy to rice and pasta.
On Saturday we took the train [...]
Rhian and I spent the weekend in Paris. We watched the Ospreys put in a respectful performance at the Stade Jean Bouin against Stade Français. It was certainly a more competitive match than the last time I watched the Ospreys in France.
For Sunday lunch at we ate at the Bofinger brasserie. It was the first [...]
Rhian, Mam and I spent last week in the Languedoc region of France. We stayed in the village of Capestang which is the Hérault département north of Narbonne and west of Béziers.
While we were there we visited Béziers, Pézenas, Carcassonne, Narbonne, Sète, Agde, Marseillan, Oppidum d’Ensérune and the Haut-Languedoc (Parc naturel régional du Haut-Languedoc). We [...]
