Guide to Vietnam – Day 2 in Hanoi
Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot … there would be much pavement pounding yet ahead… It is surprising how quick your mind adapts, and stops worrying about the potholes ahead of you or darting your eyes frantically to avoid traffic catastrophe. It all slowly blends into the backdrop of your mind, as you … Read more
Guide to Vietnam – Day 1 in Hanoi
Have you been wondering where has Almost Always Ravenous been since April (aka my last post)? I have taken a breather away from blogging and given myself a little headspace to reshuffle and rationalise my career calling. Of course there would be no moping around feeling depressed; rather there is no better way to get … Read more
Driving through the Italian countryside
Driving through the northern Italian countryside we bask in the warm spring sun, and take in the rolling hills and lush greens. On our way to Venice we pass through the little town of Sirmione residing on the southern shoreline of Lake Garda. For a long time, Sirmione was a favourite resort for rich families … Read more
Photography #19 Aus Open 2013
Testing out my new lens – Canon f1.4 50mm – at the Australian Open 2013. Check out Murray, Azarenka and Federer in action!
East-side brunch series: Breakfast-thieves versus Robyn-hood?
Part 3 of east-side brunch series… I remember I used to follow quite a few more brunch-oriented blogs trying to keep up with the never ending new kids to our food scene, but with so little time to spare, I have been doing much less of the scouring and gravitated instinctively towards a select few … Read more
Postcards from Liechtenstein to Munich
A very quick and sweet postcard post driving through a tiny landlocked German-speaking country of Liechtenstein stopping briefly for a pitstop, before then heading for the second time into German terrain - the capital of Germany: Munich. We last saw Germany at Cologne and the small town St Goar on the Rhine. Munich is home to the … Read more
Unblogged 2012: return visits that I loved
In the days leading up to the end of 2012, I will shower you all with food envy from my infinite compilation of unpublished food photography. Once upon a time in the early days of this blog there was much enthusiasm to re-blog restaurants, but now return visits are partially sanctified opportunities to purely enjoy … Read more
Postcards from Swiss Alps!
Switzerland is an incredibly picturesque country, with its beautiful towns, mountainous terrain, lush vegetation and very deep blue skies. Everything ticks like clockwork, yet everything seems to inspire relaxation. I could really live here. A quick pitstop at the lakeside city of Lucerne and a sip of coffee, before heading up to Engelberg – one of … Read more
Snapshot of Europe: Barcelona!
In line with the string of Spanish themed posts this month, I shall dislocate the chronology of my Europe travel posts and bring on the Barcelona series. It was only a very brief few days in Barcelona, but felt like I ate a tonne of food, walked a million miles under the warm-almost-sweltering Spring weather, … Read more
Snapshot of Europe: Cologne & St Goar
To give myself a little break from writing and showcase how pictures truly can be worth a thousand words, here is a reel of the beautiful German metropolitan of Cologne and small town Sankt Goar seated on the breathtaking tide of the Rhine river. Inside the beautiful Kolner Dom. German pretzels anyone? And schnitzels of … Read more
Snapshot of Europe: Brussels & Amsterdam
One of the first stops after London, would be a short ferry ride across the English channel to Brussels and Amsterdam. Part of this trip I took was with a tour, so things were a little rushed and I may not have eaten all the things or all the places on my checklist, but there … Read more
Snapshot of Europe: Stonehenge & Bath
More than 150 kilometres drive out of London, this old city was built by the Romans in early AD60′s as a luxury retreat. Though only ruins of the early Roman baths now remain, this is nonetheless a beautiful city with stunning Georgian architecture and a bounty of quirky little shops and markets scattered across the city. … Read more
Snapshots of Europe: London, UK
This is meant to be a snapshot of my time in Europe, and no doubt a very, very small snapshot of all the photographs I have taken (approximately 6000 photographs, at about 100GB of data, not counting all the ‘clicks‘ I had culled on the way). I will try my best to recommend places that … Read more
Eating through Japan – Tokyo Day 1
It is 9am in local Tokyo time. It has been more than 10 hours of flight time across land and ocean. A little disoriented, we fumble around Narita airport to organise a one way trip to Shinjuku on the Narita Express. The language barrier is not immediately apparent … but will soon realise otherwise. Travel … Read more
Postcard from Japan #5
Light, delicate and absolutely moreish tempura lotus. I think I had way too much at this one sitting… For more postcards from Japan >>> 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 6
POSTCARD FROM JAPAN #4
Guess where this is? And can you guess what I ate here? I’ll give you a clue – its long, thin and sits in a bowl of soup. For more postcards from Japan >>> 1 / 2 / 3 / 5 / 6
POSTCARD FROM JAPAN #3
Kiyomizu temple at the edge of a cliff. For more postcards from Japan >>> 1 / 2 / 4 / 5 / 6
POSTCARD FROM JAPAN #2
Tofu is unbelievably smooth and velvety in Japan. For more postcards from Japan >>> 1 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
Postcard from Japan #1
Hello all. Hope all is well. It has been some time since I last posted. This was supposed to be a “hello from Japan”, being a series of postcards intended to be shared with everyone whilst travelling across Japan, but have taken much longer to edit and publish than I had anticipated. There will be a … Read more
