Dec 05, 2016 – [Monday] Anything Goes: Big meal

Glasgow, Scotland, taken on December 4, 2016

Very early Christmas meal with a bunch of guys and gals from the GU fellowship – and it was a big delicious Chinese meal! Always a good time eating with friends – bon appetit!

Nov 14, 2016 – [Monday] Anything Goes: Chirashi

Glasgow, Scotland, taken on November 5, 2016

The chirashi, or raw fish on rice, is one of my favourite things to order at a Japanese restaurant, even though a good bowl of chirashi is usually rather expensive. Dining at a Japanese restaurant with some friends recently, I noticed the addition of chirashi on their menu since my previous visit and ordered it without a second thought. I didn’t have high expectations but what arrived on the table impressed me. Not only was it beautifully presented (please excuse the poor quality of the photo – the lighting was horrible for photography and I already tried my best with Lightroom!) but the fish was so fresh and the fish eggs were so huge! Of course the variety of fish was a little limited, but at least you’ve got the classics – salmon, tuna, and mackerel. After this meal I craved sashimi daily…again soon?!

Oct 12, 2016 – [Wednesday] Travel Favs: Black Linn Falls

Dunkeld, Scotland, taken on October 8, 2016

The Black Linn Falls at the Hermitage near Dunkeld is so far the most beautiful waterfall I’ve seen in Scotland, and if you know me well, you know that I love waterfalls! Of course this was the perfect chance to add to my “Food and the Scotland hikes” collection…except that McDonald’s forgot to put cream cheese in my bagel!

Oct 02, 2016 – [Sunday] WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Nostalgia

Guangzhou, China, taken on April 8, 2015

To me, nothing screams “nostalgia” more than food from my childhood, especially the cow offals (internal organs) – we call them “ngau jap” in Cantonese – that were ubiquitous on the streets of Guangzhou. Nowadays I can get this in Canada as well, but the ones sold at food carts in random corners or alleys in Guangzhou are still the best because they’ve retained the original taste and smell that fill the streets before you even reach them. And it’s the taste and smell of long-forgotten childhood that restore all of those buried memories, so precious and so nostalgic.

Sep 16, 2016 – [Friday] Patterns: Am I a cake?

Glasgow, Scotland, taken on September 10, 2016

If I didn’t tell you this was a cake, would you think it was? Maybe just a massive block of marshmallows topped with blackberries (very sour ones) and strawberries…but indeed a cake hides underneath!