Hunger
Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 11:59 pm # Categorized under Food, Le Blog Event 2009
Mmm.. I could go for some of this strawberry tart right now…
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Toratatsu Japanese Tapas Bistro
Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 11:38 pm # Categorized under Food
A while ago I was looking up restaurants in the Vancouver West End area and came across Toratatsu Japanese Tapas Bistro on Denman, just across the famous Kintaro (which I have yet to visit). I’ve been past this area a couple of times before but I have no idea how I missed it! Apparently the restaurant is owned by the same chef as Shiru-Bay Chopstick Cafe, which is quite a surprise.
The decoration is quite modern, with ceiling lights that look like the Ikea ones, and the daily specials written on mirrors. It’s quite an intimate place, I would guess that it holds 40ish people, with dim lights. Their food was quite creative and special – with good portions. For their rolls, they torch the tobiko on the sushi right at your table!
We had a great meal there, it’s a “definite visit again” restaurant for me!
“Power Roll” and “Dragon Roll”
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Eurotrip Day 7 – Paris
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 11:40 pm # Categorized under Animals, Artistic, Cityscape, Food, Landscape, Night, People, Travel
That was a long sidetrack! I haven’t posted about my adventures in Europe in two months! It’s been a busy summer, but now I should get back to processing those travel photos…
Anyways, this is day 7 of Eurotrip, which corresponds to May 4th. Since the next day had been reserved for some of us to go to a side trip to Versailles, we had to visit the No. 1 landmark in Paris. Haven’t figured it out yet? Eiffel Tower of course! We knew that we were going to spend a fair bit of time at the tower so we only scheduled two destinations for today, the other one being Sacré-Cœur (The Sacred Heart Basilica).
The last time we passed by the Champ-de-Mars-Tour Eiffel station was just en-route to the Notre Dame, but this time, we were excited to hop off the train at 9am. The Eiffel Tower actually doesn’t look too tall from the ground (but from the top, the view is quite something), but is probably one of the most recognized structures in the world. That’s one more location off the “must-visit” places in my lifetime!
The Sacré-Cœur is also iconic, built at the turn of the last century on top of a tall hill in Paris. It gives spectacular views of the city, which is probably why it is another “must-visit” location for many, but you’ll see the “work” required to reach it later on in this post :-P
Paris is special, no doubt. The landmarks were very nice, but it’s the culture I experienced, the people I encountered, the food I tasted, and the language I heard and spoke that still makes it one of my favourite cities on this trip. Photos follow – sorry for its length, but I had a hard time choosing!
Mini Eiffel
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Fresh Produce
Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 11:47 pm # Categorized under Food
Green Beans, Sweet Romas, and Cherry Tomatoes
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Eurotrip Day 6 – Paris
Sunday, July 19, 2009 at 10:17 pm # Categorized under Animals, Artistic, Cityscape, Food, Landscape, People, Travel
There was no sleeping in this morning as it was the first Sunday of May! What does that mean? It means that all the major museums in Paris will have a long line-up waiting the visitors as there’s free admission!
We knew that we wanted to spend quite a few hours (and ended up being most of the day) at the Louvre since it is massive in size, not to mention that it holds some of the world’s most famous paintings, including the Mona Lisa. We had also hoped to visit a portion of Musée d’Orsay.
We departed the temporary hostel we were staying at 8am and had to make our way to our originally booked hotel to put down all our baggage. After a short breakfast at a local bakery, we headed towards the Musée du Louvre.
Boulanger, our source for authentic French breakfast every morning
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