Corte Sconta, Venice

Last weekend, Jon and I returned to Venice. We were last there five years ago, and despite Venice’s popularity with tourists (and the expensive-but-mediocre restaurants that abound where tourists go), we’ve been itching to go back for a while. A week before our trip, we booked a few rezzies based on Mark Bittman’s roundup from [...]

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Koba, Soho

A few weeks ago, my friend Jane (who introduced herself to me by declaring: “Koreans are the fun Asians”) organized a big group outing to Koba for some Korean food. I wasn’t able to make it, but between Jane’s endorsement and then this positive review by Worldfoodieguide a few days later, I was sold on [...]

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Rockin’ Girl Blogger Award

After getting tagged with this honor herself, Tasty Treats passed the Rockin’ Girl Blogger Award on to me, which was really kind/rockin’ of her (*thanks*, Charmaine!). Who doesn’t love getting a hot-pink button that says “Rockin’ Girl Blogger” on it? [Boy Bloggers, maybe.] And because this is the blogosphere, the Award must travel on, so [...]

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Green & Red Mexican, Shoreditch

There was a time (read: all of 2007) when I couldn’t get enough of Green & Red Bar and Cantina. I must have eaten there five or six times last year. Despite its not-super-accessible-by-public-transport location, Green & Red served, in my (admittedly East-coast) opinion, the best tequila-based drinks, the best quality mole-slathered mains, and the [...]

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Budapest Restaurants

There are lots of foods I love to eat, but even my favorites get boring if I eat it multiple days in a row. So having just come back from Russia (the land of smoked fish, hot soups and hearty stews), I was a little reluctant to dive right into the Budapest food scene, thinking [...]

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Budapest: More Baths, Lots of Beauty

Last weekend, Jon and I travelled with our friends, Russell and Johanna, to Budapest. When we booked our tickets a few months ago, I was a little ambivalent because I’d heard several times that Budapest was “just like Prague,” and honestly, I had an eh time when I visited Prague. (In Prague’s defense, I was [...]

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