“She’s a real foodie” This was the description one friend told to my new acquaintance, when we met in a noisy alleyway of clamouring cafes. Intended as the summary of my entire life journey, these were the four words that my friend chose to describe my essential personality. Urban Dictionary defines a ‘foodie’ as: I … Continue reading
I think I was on TV the other night. Well, maybe? I don’t have a TV so I guess this post is already going nowhere. Some cold evening in the month of May, I took a tram to Port Melbourne on the vague promise of free beer and food and something about TV cameras. I … Continue reading
Animals are tasty. Cute animals are even tastier. (Sorry, this is not a vegetarian friendly post…) Once a year at La Luna, they celebrate the tastiness of cute animals by putting on an epic Sunday roast as part of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival’s winter series. Who better to be the host of an … Continue reading
Barcelona: the city with that famous building that hasn’t even been fully built yet (Sagrada Familia); home of that painter guy who drew squares and faces and whatnot with a thick brush (Picasso); and location of that super expensive restaurant turned tapas bar (El Bulli turned Tickets) run by that guy who cooks that molecular … Continue reading
This is my first blog entry for food in Melbourne (despite being back home for 5 months already). Most people come back home from a holiday yearning to be back where they were, wishing they were away again, complaining that nothing’s changed. For me, I was excited to come home. And I’m still excited to … Continue reading
I recently read an article on the Huffington Post by blogger Anna Brones, “Why Caring About Food Isn’t an Option, It’s a Responsibility”. Brones discusses whether our heightened awareness of food through social media such as Instagram and blogging has improved global food prejudices. Her summarised answer is that while social food discussions are not … Continue reading
Eating, while seemingly a simple task, can be pretty confusing when you’re hundreds of miles away from home. This article hopes to illustrate the reasons in which deciding what you’re going to eat for lunch can offer you an amazing insight into a country’s history, diversity and values. And our case study is going to … Continue reading
I usually keep this blog pretty delicious and light hearted, but I recently read an article that got me kinda riled up. Bolivia’s foreign minister David Choquehuanca recently suggested in a speech that the new cycle of the Mayan calendar on the 21st of December ought to see the abolishment of Coca Cola in his … Continue reading
A trip to New York will inevitably end up in many encounters with Meg Ryan movie locations. No joke. You can pretend not to notice, but they’re unavoidable. You can also pretend like you haven’t seen a bunch of Meg Ryan rom coms. You know, those quiet nights in…when you decide to lounge in front … Continue reading
Lima can be a heartless city; big, brash and hazy. The epitome of this brash urbanism is the site of Huaca Huallamarca, an ancient pyramid surrounded by the high rise buildings of the sprawl of Lima city. But being the commericial centre of Peru, the abundant mining wealth has resulted in patches of upscale metropolis … Continue reading
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