Tag Archives: Food
Chinese Noodle Restaurant
FADED crimson-coloured plastic grape bunches droop from a plastic grape vine on the ceiling. Colourful woollen tapestries depicting scenes from the Silk Road decorate the decades of tartare building up on the walls. One would think you have entered a … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese, New South Wales, Street Food, Sydney
Tagged Australia, Chinese, Chinese Noodle Restaurant, Food, Sydney
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Wistaria Tea House (紫藤廬)
I’AM sipping tea where scholars and intellectuals tried to shape a new Taiwan and forge democracy during Chiang Kai Shek’s murderous White Terror period. A place which became a secret meeting venue for political dissidents and avant-garde artists during the brutal crackdown … Continue reading
Posted in Taiwan, Taiwanese
Tagged 紫藤廬, Food, Taipei, Taiwan, Tea, Wisteria Tea House
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British Airways, chicken curry and the Mile High Club
PLASTIC and aluminum everywhere. A BA chicken curry with rice. And wow, a Halal banana cake with an expiry date of 29 March 2011 (!) that contains “variety loaf mix”. What the Hell is that? It sure ain’t a Middle … Continue reading
The Hungry Bon Vivant 