Category Archives: Travel

Short Cuts, Volume 1

I promised myself that I wouldn’t be so negative, and yet here, in the very next post, will be negative. First, I am combining reviews here, so that I might avoid doing three negative posts. I can call this the … Continue reading →

by senrik Posted on 7 January ’11
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Sequim, or the search for farm fresh

Sequim (pronounced SKWIM) is a town in Western Washington, about 2 hours west of Seattle. Nestled between the straits of Juan De Fuca and the Olympic Mountain range, as well as on a patch of US 101, between the Hood Canal, and Forks (yes, that Forks) it is a scenic town on the way to… Somewhere I suppose. Farming is big here, while cold and windy, its in the rain-shadow of those Olympics, and the Dungeness Spit, a large sandbar attached to the shore, that protects the shoreline. Continue reading →

by senrik Posted on 30 December ’10
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Sushi Shin

I’d heard a lot about Sushi Shin – my friend, a long-time Tai Hang resident who’s watched the area morph into one of the hippest, local (read : not filled with kwai lohs, or foreign devil expatriates!) eating areas in Hong Kong, was surprised that I even knew about it, since its uniqueness lies in the fact that it’s owned and run by locals who trained at Sushi Kenjo, long-recognised as one of the best sushi restaurants in Hong Kong. Continue reading →

by Smallie Posted on 21 April ’10
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California Dreamin’ – Part II

I love San Francisco. I love the fact that you can arrive at 10 a.m. in the morning and be in the city by 10:30 a.m. I love the fact that you can park right next to the restaurant where you want to eat. And I love its devotion to the best, highest-quality ingredients you can find Continue reading →

by Smallie Posted on 24 March ’10
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Vancouver Spice

When the first place you head to after you’ve stepped off a 13-hour flight from Asia (granted it was cattle-class but still…) is a jazzy, buzzing, crowded almost-disco whose hostess cheerily tells you that, at 6:00 p.m. in the evening, “You’re looking at an hour and a half to a two-hour wait” for a table, it’s got to be decent – and the sister restaurants, Vij’s and Rangoli, certainly are. Continue reading →

by Smallie Posted on 27 August ’09
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