Roti Love: An Addiction to Thai Desserts Thai food is famous around the world for its spicy zest, rich aromas and crunchy ingredients. There’s no doubt about it that for me, one of the highlights of living in the Land of Smiles is the grub I’m treated to every day and the volume I can […]
Asia
Stories of food and culture from our travels through Asia.
Honest Food Tales – Married With Luggage
This is the first installment of our new series, Honest Food Tales, where writers, bloggers, travelers and chefs share their stories about food. If you have a story and would like to share, check out our guidelines page. Treated To Mongolian Fare We stood outside the family ger and watched the evening ritual as the […]
MEATBALL: Where Did You Come From?
Italy, Turkey, Greece or China I wanted to write a quick little blurb about where the meatball originated and post a great recipe. But there doesn’t seem to be a cut and dry answer. It seems like every country has their version of a meatball and a few like to say they invented it. This […]
Autumn Leaves
We felt the need to break the chronological order of the blog to bring you these Autumn views of Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec. Driving to Linden Pond Cottage, I realised it had been six years since I’ve seen nature’s colourful show first hand, 2006 in New York City. The leaves were at their peak […]
Is Tourism Destroying Minority Cultures?
After seeing another news story about a minority tribe being forced to perform for tourists, I wondered whether it was all true or whether it was media embellished. I wanted to ask this question to someone who had visited with minority tribes. That’s when I thought of Caz and Craig of y travel blog. They […]
Drinking Tea in North America’s Tea Capital
Victoria Tea Festival We aren’t tea connoisseurs by any means but we do enjoy a good cuppa once in a while and if you want to learn anything about tea, what better place than the Victoria Tea Festival in Canada’s tea capital, Victoria, British Columbia. North America’s largest public tea exhibition The Victoria Tea […]
On Oysters, A Dive Show And A Chance Meeting
Victoria Tea Festival It was raining and the fog was thick when we drove into Victoria. The Trans-Canada highway going right through the downtown core made the drive easy. Our first stop was the Visitor Centre to pick up our information package. Followed by checking into our hotel. The Gatsby Mansion is comprised of three houses and the main hotel. […]
Dumpling, Pot Sticker, Gyoza
Dumpling Call them what you will, dumplings are delicious! According to Beijingservice.com the dumpling “dates back 500-600 years. As the Spring Festival marks the start of a new year, people choose to eat dumplings to connote their wishes for good fortune in the new year. Perfection China has been perfecting the art of dumpling making since […]