Vacation; Vacance; Vacating Your Mind From Worries

I’m still swaying with a heady enchantment over the 4-day Easter weekend spent in Scotland with Will’s family. On Thursday afternoon we left work at 5pm, dashed to King’s Cross with our baggage — mine filled with practical yet presentable clothes, a springform cake pan to make an Easter cheesecake with, a wrapped-up bottle of Laurent Perrier rosé champagne to give as a gift, and a zip-pocket full of anxiety — and just 5.5 hours later we were out of the bustling city and surrounded by fresh soothing scenery of rolling green hills.

My idea of paradise isn’t a beach with azure waters, sandy sand and palm-treeish palms under a blazin’ hot sun. My idea of peace and relaxation is Scotland — idyllic countryside in a sea of fresh green grass, freshwater lakes (or, since we’re north — “lochs”). Woods to roam, hills to hike and drink in the scene below. Just enough of a dewy snap in the air temperature to instigate lots of canoodling under warm fleece blankets near the fireplace, or bundled up on the porch with a tumbler of watered whisky while drinking in the lake view.

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Up in Clunie, Perthshire — north of Glasgow and Edinburgh — we took walks every day, played golf and cooked delicious lunches and dinners. There was too much chocolate, everywhere and in all shapes, bakes and form (that ain’t a complaint).

It sounds like there isn’t much to do, no sights to tick off a jam-packed guidebook. That’s kind of the point — this is a real vacation, one where you can vacate your mind of the stresses of city and work life, which seem so far away and so inconsequential when you’re faced with the beauty of the land. And what therapy could be better than home-cooked meals (and a bountiful pantry and fridge) shared with family, rather than stressful restaurant-h(a)unting?

Having sung my praises, here’s the downside: it’s no fun if you don’t have your own home there or don’t know a good friend who does. Scotland can be really remote — I barely saw another face aside from our group the whole weekend! — an having your own place means having somewhere really comfortable to return to if it starts raining, or if you’ve had enough of the outdoors and just want to sit on the couch with a hot cup of tea, cookies and the U.S. Masters (golf) on the telly. And you need a car. It would be very difficult to wind down as comfortably if you had no car, and stayed at a dinky bed-n-breakfast not near a scenic lake, as Will’s house is.

So the top tip here is: see which of your friends’ parents have countryside houses, get on their good graces, and then move in. That last procedure is my current fantasy. But if you can’t get there, hope you enjoy these photos.

Food and Company : Allow Me to Share….

Hola,

I’ve been terrible at posting but brilliant at documenting. Oh, and, if you were about to guess, I’ll just say that YEAH, it’s a post about food.

It’s pretty obvious if you look through my iPhone’s photo album, my life is documented by pictures of shared meals. This is no surprise to anyone with some semblance of typical social life. When you get out of the office, the evening is yours to convene with friends who are also freed from their shackles. And, oh, it’s dinner time too.

There are always many restaurants on my list that I want to try, and my way of justifying the expenses is to kill two birds with one stone and get my quota for social-time in, too. Wait, is that just wrong of me — which is the means to the end, friends or food? Well, the beauty is how innately tied the two are. While sometimes I do seem to “use” my dear dear friends to be my restaurant posse, food is the medium through which conversation, shared experience and memory join. Also, mmm, mmm.

Below, some memorable meals I’ve shared (and put away, if you will), the experiences and what they have meant to me:

Saturday Night: the 3-hour wait at Burger & Lobster, rewarded. Met old friends and new ones while first bonding in waitlist solidarity at a nearby pub, then bonding over our hard-earned lobster fest (at, finally, 10:30pm), then, recharged, ended up dancing all night at the Playboy Club (strangely not a sleazy place at all — actually a lot more demure than most sweaty clubs in London…). Yumfun.

Sunday brunch at Sandy and Joe’s — and baby Esmé. Met friends-of-friends, a slightly older crowd of still very fun, bright and entertaining expat Americans, so while I felt a bit out of place being 10 years younger than everyone (or was it the massive hangover that was giving me an out-of-body experience?), it was still a comforting and fun circle to plop around the couch with. Oh and, by the way, a fabulous Sunday brunch spread of oven-cooked scrambled eggs (18 eggs in total, for 8 people!), smoked salmon, Mexican barbecoa (braised ox cheeks tacos, a trad Mex breakfast), lemon-rosemary cake, cinnamon buns, scones, lots of clotted cream and jam! Faint. 

Cute sock, babay.

Date Night: The (Formerly) Doomed Carribbean Place!

Ever since BEFORE Will and I were dating, he’d wanted to take me to a this “amazing” Caribbean restaurant in Camden (called the Mango Room). Every time we scheduled it for a Wednesday, but EVERY time, something came up unexpectedly — ie., Contemporary Art Evening Sale at work, for which I had to stay in the office til 10pm. After 4 months it was time to give it another try. And… we got there! Our first date night. I overcame my fear of sweet cocktails with a phenomenal Piña Colada, and had a traditional Jamaican “saltfish and ackeee” to start, goat curry for main. Mm, gamey goat goat. Now that we’ve broken the spell with a successful night out, what’s next?!

Saltfish with Ackee

Goat Curry

Oyster at the Market

My friends Warren and Irene came to visit me at my cake stand at Sloane Square market and grab some good market grub. The current winner is the oscure Peruvian stall shoved behind all the other stalls. Hidden gem — they make a dang good meal of char-grilled chicken and pork and creamy beans, seasoned with cilantro and other spices, atop a bed of fluffy quinoa. How do I know, even though I’ve never ventured there to buy one? They go and buy different lunches, and we reconvene at my stall and share bites with each other. The cakes are on me

Another favourite is a now-ritual we do — get a plate of freshly shucked oysters from the Maldon Oysters truck. W’s favourite is with a squeeze of lemon and black pepper; mine is sherry vinager with tiny diced onions. We clink the oysters’ jagged edges to each others’ and shoot em down — a pre-shooter for potential Saturday late-night fun.

Celebrating La Vie en Londre

A girl from highschool at Lawrenceville, Vicky, was in town so we thought we’d get a little Lawrenceville reunion together. Karl (blonde one), Justin, Vicky and I are only a year apart. We weren’t friends in high school, but now that everyone’s “grown up” it made no difference. It was fun to reconnect, especially in a country far away from where we’d all started — which as it turns out, is for all four of us NEW JERSEY. Four New Jerseyans in London…

I chose the Windmill pub, one of London’s few remaining, absolutely charming and old-school pubs. It’s on Mill Street, right off of Regent’s Street. They supposedly have award-winning pies and I thought it’d be great to celebrate our being here with some classic British grub. My Shepherd’s Pie  was hands-down the winner — served bubbling hot in its own mini casserole dish, topped with broiled cheese and leeks….

I’ll leave at it that for digestive purposes….

What was the last big meal out you had, and how was it enhanced by the friends you had enjoying it with you?

In the pipeline — This Easter four-day weekend I’ll be way oop North in Scotland with Will’s family. I can’t wait to get some me some nature, peace and quiet, fresh clean air and some cheesecake-baking too. Will update for my first Jane-style travel post!

Comfort Songs From Youth

Patience, people, patience.
I just got back from skiing in France this morning and will start writing on Amsterdam in the next few days, but some winding down is necessary.

I wonder what songs you all grow up listening to? For me, its a mixture of Disney tunes, good ol’ sixties tunes which my Mom loves, some Celtic and irish music here and there, and some classic Canto pops.

So while I was lounging in our apartment apres-ski with mes amis, we shared what’s on our iTunes. I remember I had some songs that I hadn’t incorporated. And guess what I digged out, a complete set of  what I call my childhood comfort songs sitting silencely (neglected by me) in one of my music folders.

I remember a young self, who must be no more than 5 or 6 years old, wearing matching T-shirts with my sister, sitting in the back seat of our family car, dozing off to the breeze of the Hong Kong countryside and the warm and upbeat music of our parents’ favourite.

The Sound of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel

Yesterday Once More – The Carpenters

Rivers of Babylon – Boney M

I Swear – All4One

Hotel California – Eagles

What’s your childhood favourites? Do share! And I wish you all a great Sunday evening!

Until then,

xoxo

What’s Coming Next?

Travel posts will be back soon…

What I Love About Amsterdam…

Stay Tuned!

Film Camera: Ditch the DSLR and Back to Basics

Photo courtesy of my sister J who took this while she was in Copenhagen, Denmark in January 2012

DSLR gets a bit overrated these days. Expensive camera and lens are purchased yet I doubt a lot of the owners actually know how to operate them. My sister sent me a set of film pictures she developed recently after her trip to Denmark, and its so lovely.

It’s a habit of us both to sit in the living room and go through books after books of photo albums of our family archive during holiday. The colour on films might have washed out with time, but the vivid bursting colours and sensations remains. This prompted me to think: “Maybe sometimes the simpler the better – I will just use one of those disposable camera on my next trip!”

Easter holiday had started, I’ve been a good girl so far, getting started on my essays. Found some cheap tickets so will be heading to Amsterdam for 3 days (in time to catch the flower show in Keukenhof!) and then skiing in France for a week. Updates might be slow but I assure you a good quality photo/travel post will be up soon!

Why is it still so cold in March? Bring it on, Spring!

Until then,

xoxo

Rituals – and an Amazing Recipe for Chocolate Scones (Scones… but CHOCOLATE!)

You’ll notice that I talk about food a lot, even though I’m not really a big eater. I think about cakes, analyze pastries and mentally masticate all manner of edible arts and crafts — which is how I really see food. I always feel a bit embarrassed at being classified a “foodie” though–cringe! That word scratches me the wrong way like a rusty fork. I guess it’s because I think it gives the impression that I just want food in mah belly; or that it seems gluttonous when there are starving children in the world and, besides, more “important” concerns. Like politics and money; or art and philosophy.

 

So let’s talk art and philosophy here. Making food — or really, crafting it — is something that’s important to me, because it’s creative, it makes me think and learn about other cultures, from British pies and roasts to Southeast Asian spices. It’s also important to me because it makes other people happy.

Food plays a huge role in life which, in every culture, is charted by rituals — from the basics of breakfast-lunch-dinner, to holiday feasts which have their own traditional commandments — turkey and pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving, goose/ham and Christmas pudding for Christmas, lamb and chocolate easter eggs or a marzipan-cloaked simnel cake for Easter.

One of my favourite rituals — which I know we’ll ALL agree on here! — is obviously a regal, so quintessentially English, Afternoon High Tea.

At my office we’ve started doing cream scone Fridays to celebrate our survival of yet another grinding week at the Press Office. At 4pm — just when our last nerve start to frizzle out — the kettle flips on and the scones come out, along with the ABSOLUTELY NON-NEGOTIABLE clotted cream and Bon Maman jam. Three times of the last four scone Fridays we had homemade made-that-morning scones by Leyla and me (last Friday they came from Selfridges, huge and slightly dry but soft and buttery).

I woke up at 6:30am without the alarm even going off — my basest instincts roused me. It was time to whip up some fresh scones to cheer up my colleagues after another long week. I made chocolate scones. Yes, that would be scones, but CHOCOLATE. The recipe, published on the Financial Times Style section two weekends ago (click here!) was by Rose Carrarini of the famed and fab Rose Bakery, whose original scone recipe is the ne-plus-ultra. This was no more difficult than a plain one — all it took was a good scoopful of Green & Black’s organic cocoa powder (the only brand I use now — it really makes all the difference). Fa-boom: an absolutely luxurious treat, fluffy and cocoa-kissed. With a soft mount of clotted cream and raspberry jam, the scones were bites of heaven that lifted everyone’s moods immediately.

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I think about how stressed my colleague had been — many little things that conjoined and conspired, successfully, to foul her mood the past two weeks (and which has gotten me down, too, with the negative vibes it spreads in the small office space). But the scone ritual is also a little thing that makes a huge difference in a positive way. I’m also reminded of my friend Hattie’s humble scone ritual — she studies at Oxford University, where a sweet little tea room called (coincidentally) the Rose serves warm, oven-fresh scones with clotted cream and strawberry jam. Every Friday after her last class of the week, she walks to the Rose for a moment of calm and scones.

Start your own ritual.

Make something and enjoy it. It doesn’t have to be food; maybe a trip to the newsagent’s to pick up the latest fashion or design magazine and a quiet place to read it.

But I definitely recommend a freshly made scone.

Try it — they are so much easier and faster to make than you’d think!

Optical Optimism

RAINBOW CAKE!

So I’ve been feeling down lately. The weather is springing up but let’s face it, we’re within the last few inches of winter and are coming out the other end pretty ragged and worn out by the dark and cold; the grays, blacks and dark-blues. This winter is also the season I’ve just spent settling into my first 6 months of a new first job, and while I’ve adjusted to many new tasks and peculiarities of office life, there are many more that keep challenging me… and, especially, my self-confidence.

I got home this Friday night and sunk into my bed in the fetal position. The only thing that could get me up was the thought of baking — no, not ’cause I wanted to depressingly dunk my face into sweets. Just the act of baking — of transforming simple ingredients into a lovely, beautiful and enjoyable treat — is so therapeutic.

I didn’t get around to it as I didn’t have enough of the ingredients at home, so I indulged in my addiction — googling recipes online to discover new ideas. I started with this rainbow cake. How ridiculously, screamingly optimistic is that?! I’m seriously considering making this for a friend’s birthday soon. Oh, there’s also tie-dye version, which is like the Ben&Jerry’s to the above photo’s Martha Stewart:

Just wanted to put this up as I’ve been oddly lingering over it for a heinous amount of time. It’s 2:30am and I should hop into bed as I’m selling cakes tomorrow at Sloane Square maret — my weekly gig on behalf of my friend’s independent cake company. 

I’ll report from the field, with snapshots, tomorrow as I sell (and occasionally nibble) my way to some extra pocket money (see Jane’s post, below). Spring’s arrival means SAVE UP — you’re gonna need it for good stuff to look forward to: a steady supply of Pimm’s, picnic bounty, a breezy dress, new swimsuit (a girl never has enough, no matter how many she buys EVERY summer), and holiday travel… many reasons to be optimistic.

 

Links to the cakes:

Top, http://www.incrediblethings.com/art-design/rainbow-cake/ 

Bottom, http://cake-decorating.lovetoknow.com/cake-decorating-techniques/tie-dye-birthday-cakes

 

Travel Plans: The Budget Talk

For those who know me personally, some might think its such an irony for me to talk about saving up, considering the disastrous behaviour i have when it comes to retail therapy. I don’t really need to prove your wrong, I don’t really care, but I would like to let you know what I feel about the subject.

We need to talk about money, how to save up for your dream trip and maximizing your satisfaction and happiness.
This method applies to other things you want to do as well, whether its buying a new dress, a new video game, a new car, or hell, even a down payment for a house!

It all boils down to one thing:

If you want it enough…

This entry is not those articles that teaches you how to save up or how to maximize profit. No, it might not even work for you. It’s just me sharing with you what I hope to achieve in hope of completing something on my bucket list that I yet to tick off. It might resonate with you, it might not, but who knows?

I’m seriously working on being disciplined in whatever ways: academia, social, life. I am a believer of plans, but I’m a sucker at carrying out – well, that’s the thing that I hope I can change.

So how does this work?

Let’s say I’m going to Vienna, Austria for a 4 day trip in late April. My budget is £250 all inclusive, but say I only have £150 that I can spare from my bank account right now. And spending any extra just wouldn’t make me happy.

That’s a whooping £100 I have to save up! But it doesn’t mean it’s impossible…

Here’s how my plan works:

1. Firstly work out your monthly spending budget. If you’re a student living out like I am, some essential spendings can’t be spared: accommodation & bills, transport, food – these are the basics. Also identify any particular spending patterns you have, such as eating out, buying monthly magazines, or your daily dose of coffee or cakes. Jot them down.
2. Work around them: You probably can’t spare the accommodation & bills, but how about transport? Is there a cheaper way to get to school? Organize lifts? Walk to school instead of taking the bus? You’ll be saving a hell lot of money if you save on transport (especially in the UK where transport is just so ____ expensive). How about food? What do you usually buy in your weekly grocery trip? Do you buy a lot of junk food, cookies, chocolates, crisps? Swap them with cheaper and healthier options such as biscuits and fruits, instead of going to the supermarket go to your local market which most likely have cheaper options. You might also want to take this chance to cut down on meat if you are a serious carnivore like me, or you can just switch for more reasonably priced alternative. For example, 3 chicken breast fillets in Tesco costs at least £4 (usually £6 when normal priced) – but chicken wings and chicken legs are nearly half the price, about £2 for big box! Challenge yourself to try something different, or change to a healthier eating routine. Buy more veggies instead of meat (not saying totally cut it out), that definitely helps on keeping a healthy figure. For me, there’s nothing much I can cut on transport as I walk to school already, but I do realize I buy a lot of meat in grocery shopping, and I’ve tested myself I don’t actually HAVE to have meat everyday, so changing my shopping pattern a bit doesn’t harm. This probably means I can save about £2 per trip. I usually make 2 or 3 trips to the supermarket per week, so I can save at least £4 per week. So on…
   
3. Identify spending patterns: I’m not a big coffee addict, but I figured out I usually drink a cup of Mocha sort of every other day when I’m in school, which may mount to £4-6 a week. For me, it’s something that can be substituted/ gotten rid of, so instead of coffee, I can substitute it with tea or even better, just water. I don’t usually buy lunch or dinner in school, sandwich is expensive and I can make a much better and filling lunch for myself. Spare the laziness in the morning and the annoyingly long queue at the cafe, make your own packed lunch, healthy and simple! This can save up a lot! I don’t shop for clothes very often, but when I do, I usually end up not buying what I need but what I want, which can be slightly devastating to my bank account. Cut that, think thrice before buying/ clicking your mouse. Or just save the money for the next big thing you want.
4. Stick to your plan. Like all things and all plans, nothing works if you throw them out of the window. If you made a decision to save up, stick with it!

See, the thing is, a lot of people find saving up a chore, an unpleasant thing. But if you flip the coin and think it from another point of way, saving up is fun! How do you maximize your satisfaction and happiness? Create different ways to enjoy the most out of spending the least! Walk to school or work and breathe in the fresh air, explore different seasonal food and recipes, go for free museums/ exhibitions/ concerts, invite friends to eat at home instead of dining out, rediscover the simple joy of gratification. If you think it worths all the effort to save up and enjoy the fruits of your goal (for me, a rewarding trip abroad), by all means enjoy the process of it! It may make you see things differently!

Hopefully by the end of April I can achieve my target. Fingers-crossed!

Until then,
xoxo

P.S. Another exciting getaway coming up in March, stay tuned!

Dream will set you free

You know, I’m one of those kind of people who think a lot, too much, people call us philosophers. Ever since I step foot in the British soil, I’ve been thinking hard, again and again, asking myself:

What is your dream? What is it that you really want? What is the one thing that makes you wake up everyday grinning like an idiot?

I must have mentioned Marthe’s blog The Freedom Experiement before, it was such a big inspiration for me. On that sight there is a Dreambank, where the blogger invites you to share your dream. I think nowadays, especially in our community, success is intrinsically linked to the dollar sign that any slightly crazy/outrageous thoughts we call Dream is often laughed upon. Have you every proudly announced what’s your dream, without worrying someone will laugh in your face?

If you ask me a year ago, I wouldn’t be able to tell you what I want in my life, what’s my passion, what I want to do to make my life FULL. But now I’ve got some idea, I wrote an email to Marthe and shared my dream, and now it is on her Dreambank page too. It may not be easy to achieve them, but there we go, at least I said it, that’s one baby step towards the goal.

My dream, or dreams, is to be able to travel around the world, write and share about them to many others who doesn’t have the chance to see it themselves yet. I hope to be able to work in the Art/Cultural development industry (precisely what I haven’t decided) but I feel really strongly for a need of some different kind of fresh air into my busy financial hub hometown. I want to raise awareness of elderly welfares because I feel like that is really something that connects to my heart.

I think most of all, I want to be free from the burden of family and peer expectations and do what I love, so I can wake up everyday eager to move forward. Don’t know the exact plans, still exploring, but I’m sure God had planned for something good.

I was so lost a few months ago, but I’m so thankful God has put so many angels in my way guiding me, enlightening me, pulling me back on track. I can’t wait to take the next step to make my dream come true, and I really do believe in one way or another, you can really achieve something if you want it enough.

Czech Mate!

People say if you’ve never been to London, Paris and Rome, you’ve never been to Europe properly. I’d say there are so many other countries that one should visit to get a real mingling taste of Europe, and Prague is one of the hidden gems.

Tucked away in the border of Western and Eastern Europe, Prague has an eccentric mix of the flourishing, rich Western Europe style of architecture and also maintaining its own distinctive Eastern European flare. The buildings and streets are so beautiful its just a pure joy wondering around aimlessly. The Castle District, Old Town Quarter and Jewish Quarter are “must-sees”, especially if you are a castle/cathedral/church maniac like me. The city is divided by the Vltava river, but the town is pretty much accessible on foot. Do leave some time, maybe an afternoon to let yourself relax and wonder around the Castle district neighbourhood or the old town square, I guarantee you will find so much peace in it.

Best season to visit?

This was my second visit to Prague and both times I went in Winter. I know, I know, I heard EVERYTHING about the lovely summer garden and beer festivals (Czech beer Pilsner is good and cheap by the way) and I know summer is better for ladies’ skin, but having been there twice I would say one of the best reason is to avoid getting into a situation like this:

Imagine all the sweat and frustration you’ll get from pushing people (or being pushed) around just to have a glimpse of the Astronomical Clock or the St Vitus Cathedral. If you get to the spots early (say before 10am), most likely you can find yourself owning pretty much the whole square.

Where to stay?

Last time I went to Prague (February 2006), I was with my Mom and Dad so my parents obviously had a bit more to spend than me on the budget. We stayed at the really cute boutique hotel, Neruda Hotel that has a light pistachio green wall with Art Nouveau decor, very chic. It was conveniently located, just below the Prague Castle and within 10 minutes walk to Charles Bridge. If you have some extra cash to spend, i would definitely recommend this. Oh, and their hot chocolate in their cafe is heavenly!

Where to visit? 

If you’re a “to-do list” freak (like I am), check out the following “must see” sights!

1. The iconic Prague Castle and St. Vitus Cathedral is a place you simply CAN’T miss. Go early in the morning before the place is swamp with tourist to enjoy the simple solitude of soaking in the magnificent interior and peace within the Cathedral. Take a close look at the stained colour glass windows, you can find some of them are works of the famous Czech artist Mucha, whose Art Nouveau style feeds in perfectly with the richly composed colour. The place is rich with History so if you have the spare time and money, do join a guided tour or get yourself an audio guide and just wonder around the Cathedral. Hike upthe flight of stairs to the watch tower of the Cathedral to enjoy a panoramic view of the city, 150Kc well spent.The Golden Lane, which used to be servant quarters when the Prague Castle housed its royalty, is also an interesting place to visit. There are reconstructions of how people lived back in the 19th century which was a really different experience.

    dont you think it looks like Hogwarts here? 

2. Walk from Prague Castle to Charles Bridge, you will see a lot of colourful houses on hilly cobble road, whats better than sitting in a small coffee shop sipping hot chocolate watching the world go buy? Turn around and you may find a small surprise here and there… The best time to visit Charles Bridge is before Sunset, make sure you get there to see the beautiful transition of the skyline!
3. The Old Town Quarter and the Jewish Quarter are on the other side of Charles Bridge, all major festivities, celebrations or big events take place in the Old Town Square. You won’t miss the Astronomical Clock, many free walking tours are on offer and in my opinion they are quite good! A 2 hour condense Czech history lesson with all the major sightseeing places checked, and you might even have time for a coffee break in a French style patisserie, what’s more to ask for? Spend 2 hours before dinner and visit the Jewish Synagogues, these sights are sometimes overlooked, but the stark presence of history and the suffering of those innocent people should always be reminded. You might find the Jewish Quarter a bit familiar to Paris, but surprise surprise! When reconstruction of the much damaged Jewish Quarter began the architects were actually inspired to copy the architecture in Paris, that’s why you see such similarities!
   
4. Don’t miss out on the great offerings of cultural experience the city gives you! Check out their monthly performance schedule, I managed to see an Opera and a Swan Lake ballet performance on both nights for tickets around GBP10 (around HKD120~130) each! You can’t find any of that in Hong Kong, London, Paris or NYC!

What to eat?

Prague is probably the new “it” place for gastro-lovers! Be it authentic local Goulash and Bread Dumplings or extravagent up-market Czech-French fusion, the city offers it all. Try Lokál, which is a local chain restaurant that serves hearty Czech nationalities for very reasonable price. On another side of the spectrum, try V Zátiší, an upmarket Czech-French restaurant that offers exquisite 4 or 5-course Degustation menu. I tried the Bohemian Degustation Menu  for 1350Kc (about GBP45/HKD560, can’t do the maths) Their Crispy Duckling was particularly impressive, also the barley risotto. In between the spectrum there are tons of other restaurants that offer all kind of different cuisine at very reasonable price for their quality. Prague is certainly taking its toll on improving the culinary scene, catch the current before it goes big people!

*****

Big shout out for my buddy Margaret who made this trip very enjoyable! Two food lovers and amateurs playing with camera wondering around Prague was such a pleasant experience (despite the cold was really getting me). Keep warm everyone! I shall update again soon! Just spent another long weekend in Dublin and Edinburgh which was really fun too!

Until then,
xoxo