Stuff unrelated to food, wine & spirits that I just feel like posting.
I turned 60 yesterday, hard as it is for me to believe! Honestly, 20 years ago, I never thought I’d see it, in fact I was quite assured that I never would, that 40 might well be my last. (No, I’m not going into any more detail than that.) I spent my 40th in Rome,… Read More The Big Six-Ohhhhhh
Let’s continue (like it or not) on yesterday’s post… moving on to the places that came in in the actual top 50 spots on this year’s list. Two that I’m not going to expound on – Le Bernardin at #26 and Eleven Madison Park at #4 – as it’s been 20 years since I’ve been to either… Read More The 2018 List – Part 2
It’s that time of year again, the annual, over-hyped, San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards. You know, the 50 best list with 100 on the list. You’d think by now they’d just change it and either not offer a listing of #51-#100, or change the name to 100 Best…. I always get asked my… Read More The 2018 List – Part 1
I have, over the years here, visited the Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur many a time, and written it up twice – here and here. It’s a lovely way to spend a good part of the day wandering “in nature”. I’ve also been to the Reserva Ecológica Costanera Norte, but for some reason never wrote it up –… Read More Northern Reserve
Just an overload on fusion cooking, at two top nikkei sushi joints, and I finally found a place serving Italian-Peruvian fusion cooking! And a quick market visit, of course. I’m going to more or less post those in reverse, let’s cover the market visit and Italian, and then just overload you with beautiful sushi pix! A… Read More Fusion Sushi & Pasta!
? While Trujillo has a public transit system of small buses and vans, it’s not a coordinated effort. Pretty much every vehicle is individually owned (Henry’s older sister owned one for years), and runs whatever route they choose – to some extent there are official routes that they can bid on, but many, especially the… Read More A Very Moche Day (or 2)
Each morning here starts with coffee in the kitchen, and fresh bread. There’s a woman who lives somewhere here in the neighborhood, who stays up all night baking slightly sweet bread rolls, and then early morning delivering them, via bicycle. She has standing orders, like for here, and others call out their orders as she… Read More Bread.Duck.Chinese
According to Google Maps, all the streets around here have names, and the buildings have addresses. That would be a surprise to anyone who lives here, there certainly aren’t street signs or numbers on buildings. Everything’s done by reference to landmarks, well known stores, etc. Perfect place for the techno addressing system of what3words (if… Read More Food & Sorcery in the North