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artichokes
I spent my day outside London yesterday to visit a friend and we boiled some artichokes for lunch. The artichokes were from the garden and nothing can compare to homegrown vegetables… freshly harvested and prepared.
But nothing can compare the joy of pulling each leaf off the choke, dragging the leaf between teeth and once all leaves been eaten, comes the heart of the artichoke.
Photo Food Essay
long before i have this blog, i always have a camera with me and always take photos of food.
let the photos speak for themselves….
satay
Just outside the Sheraton Hotel where we stayed in Lombok are where the locals hang around.
The beach was full of kids and I found out that it was a holiday. As we walked farther I could just smell the wonderful grill aroma…. satay!!!
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Sukker Spinn
Another sugar rush for all of you but this time Norwegian way.
I am just busy back home again, taking a break from cooking for crew!
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zucchero filato
On my travels, I always notice cotton candies (evidence of my sweet tooth)… but what I always look for is how cotton candies are named on different places.
Literal translation of zucchero filato is spun sugar. I still like the way the Greeks call their cotton candy.
Varazze, Italy
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… mending fishing nets
After two days of slaving in the galley, I took a train ride to Varazze. It’s 36klms from Genoa and Savona its nearest city. Lost in calculating the klms I travelled it took me nearly 2 hrs to get there.
Wings on feet as usual, I went all the way there to meet this Chinese stewardess who was feeling lonely and homesick. Having met her before I know I would have a great afternoon walking around town.
First I asked her what she wanted for lunch…pizza, oh heaven they make great pizzas there. My idea was seafood lunch but this is my Christmas treat for her (she is a Buddist but she explained in China they put Christmas tree too!)
So I let her have her choice but we had a spicy piquant salami pizza but I could not help ordering spaghetti vongole.
We walked along the sea back to her port…. bless this man still mending nets at his age!!!!
Varazze by the way is classical, a pearl of the Ligurian coast….like Brighton without the pier!
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Travel Photos
travel the italian way
Its either I have no time to post or have no internet, but I managed to upload few photos….click this link here and enjoy …..
lets travel
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Buon Natale
Merry Christmas to All!
I will be working on Christmas day, an elf in the galley will cook for the crew on this day.
Hope you all have a beautiful festive season!
Village Market South Turkey
This was in south coast of Turkey is a small village called Kekova. The nearest town in the map must be Kas.
Here not far from the harbour is a sunken city of the Lycian period.
Eating wise we had it the Turkish way of breakfast, cucumber, tomato and olives.
Grilled seafood at night and few basic fruits from the village store.
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Dirty Ice Cream
Mamang Sorbetero
I took these series of shots on the day the Greeks celebrated the beginning of the Lent.
Remember your childhood days rushing to the streets upon hearing the ice cream bell of a Mamang Sorbetero. The Sorbetero is a vendor who sells sorbetes ice cream, the streets. He goes around pushing a cart with colorful designs that attract the attention of customers. Inside his cart are three cylinders designed to keep the three variations of ice cream fresh and cold.
“Dirty ice cream” its not only in the Philippines but in Athens too.
I am not here in France for holidays but for my work and I am using public internet at 3euro an hour. Hopefully we should get our wireless connection at work soon.
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