Category Archives: Travel

The Amiens labyrinth

Posted on 9 April 2016 by andyq

Considering myself a labyrinth aficionado – a longtime user of the one in Vancouver, where we were married just after Christmas; and having walked the one at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco and Chartres in Paris (the original!); and so … Continue reading →

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Best daytrips from Paris: Amiens

Posted on 6 April 2016 by andyq

Just over an hour outside of Paris, to the north, is the lovely city of Amiens, population of about 120,000. We were expecting, perhaps, that it would be the kind of place with just one tourist attraction (the famous church, … Continue reading →

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Paris Diary: Les Fêtes Galantes

Posted on 22 February 2016 by andyq

Les Fêtes Galantes is a tiny restaurant in the shadow of the Pantheon with an Egyptian chef named Bibi. It is also very very good. This evening, after my very first day back at work in Paris, I thought it … Continue reading →

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Grog Diary: Nordic Liqueurs

Posted on 8 February 2016 by andyq

It’s a bit of an interesting timeline to learn that since we travelled to Sweden, Finland and Denmark in Oct 2013 that it’s taken us basically two years and four months to finish up two different bottles of Swedish liqueur. … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Food Diary: Ichiba Sushi, Tsukiji Fish Market

Posted on 6 February 2016 by andyq

I don’t know what exactly will happen to these sushi restaurants with Tsukiji soon due to move to a new location. So, it was a MUST to take my better half (and myself) to morning sushi at the fish market, … Continue reading →

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Travel advice: Tokyo at New Year’s 2015/16

Posted on 30 December 2015 by andyq

Rather than just hoard these notes to myself, I might as well put them on the blog. It would have been useful for me to read something like this before this short trip… though we were so busy preparing other … Continue reading →

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Restaurant Review: Les Près d’Eugénie, Bordeaux region, France

Posted on 1 December 2015 by andyq

So, sit yourself down for a long read (with some good photos). For the story of my best meal ever, I might as well take my time, no? During our trip in southwest France in August 2014, S. and I … Continue reading →

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Food Diary: La Cuchara de San Telmo, San Sebastian, Spain

Posted on 17 June 2015 by andyq

In August 2014, I had the most stunning pintxos I’ve ever had. This is partly because although I’ve had many tapas, as they’re known in most places, I’ve not spent time in Northern Spain where they call them pintxos. But … Continue reading →

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Food Diary: Gagging for Gaggan, Bangkok

Posted on 9 June 2015 by andyq

Sorry. I couldn’t resist the wordplay. Gaggan was just rated the world’s best Asian restaurant, and is #10 on the world’s best list of restaurants that comes out every year. ‘Progressive Indian Cuisine’ in the Lumpini area of Bangkok, I … Continue reading →

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Relief for Nepal? Debt cancellation!

Posted on 15 May 2015 by andyq

(My friend Sunil is circulating this article in response to Nepal’s crisis, and the second major earthquake to hit. I think it’s worth sharing around.) External debt is a cancer to Nepal: Cancel it now! I would like express my … Continue reading →

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