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Goodbye La Maison

Goodbye La Maison  “We walk about under a load of memories which we long to share and somehow never can.” ― George Orwell, Burmese Days   La Maison Birmane For ten to fourteen days of almost every month for...

Cẩm An Dreaming

Cẩm An Dreaming Cẩm An is a small coastal commune of the Quảng Nam Province in central Vietnam. It sits about four kilometres northeast of the UNESCO World Heritage town Hội An. I have always...

From Perold’s Garden to Papua New Guinea 

  From Perold’s Garden to Papua New Guinea  An Afrikaner in Papua New Guinea I was delighted to find myself in Papua New Guinea on the weekend, one of the most disparate places on...

UPDATE: Canada’s Top Chef is a Cambodian

  And your winner is....Chanthy Yen The Cambodian Vying to be Crowned "TOP CHEF" Canada Chef Chanthy Yen is celebrated for his innovative approach to modern Cambodian cuisine. With a nearly two-decades-long career, Chef Yen has established...

Viña VIK-torious

  Viña Vik-torious I recently had the pleasure of tasting wines of Vina VIK at the Ming Room in Phnom Penh, with the vivacious and perspicacious Caroline Fanet, Export Manager for Europe & SE Asia....

The Smoking Duck

  The Smoking Duck There is smoked duck and then there is what Pepe Alfonso Raimundo does with duck. There is smoke obviously, I imagine there must be some chanting and invocations, possibly some dancing around flames...

Consecration Wine

Consecration Wine " I made Versailles for my Court, Marly for my friends and Trianon for myself. " Louis XIV, The Sun King   Versailles The Grand Trianon is a French Baroque-style chateau set within its own park,...

A Culinary Tour of Southern Japan

  A Culinary Tour of Southern Japan 9th to 17th of November 食い倒れ,くいだおれ : kuidaore   Embark on a culinary tour of Kyushu, Japan's southernmost island, and discover a world of flavours unique to its volcanic landscape and rich...

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