Tag: local foods

• How to Know if You’re a Pretentious Foodie

  I’m at a three day work event where I’m sitting right next to my boss, elbow to elbow, in a basically subterranean bunker with practically no cell phone service. So no personal Twitter, no Web surfing for weird blog fodder, not even texting with XFE. This must be what solitary confinement is like. Oh, plus…

  thepoelog

  May 22, 2012

  food (of all types), travel, Trips Down Memory Lane

  Big Green Egg, Food Porn, foodie, house hunting, local foods, souvenirs

• One Night In Bangkok Probably is Actually Sufficient

  Oh Bangkok. I wanted to love you. I adore Thai food. You have such pretty architecture. And, one of my absolute favorite songs of the 1980’s extols your, erm, seedier aspects, shall we say? A song, which Wikipedia tells me, has been covered by a Norwegian singer, a Swedish pop group, a Swiss DJ and…

  thepoelog

  March 27, 2012

  opinions (big book of), travel, trip report

  Bangkok, Jewelry Shopping, Johny’s Gems, local foods, luxury travel, miles and points, Sweat, Temples, Thailand, trip review, Weird smells

• Munching Down in Munich

  We are 20 hours or so into our first of two days travelling to Australia. Honestly, I’m not even sure if that made sense, but I’ve had about 4 hours of really bad sleep in the last 50 hours, so that’s what we’re dealing with here. And we have another 28 hours of travel to…

  thepoelog

  March 1, 2012

  food (of all types), travel, trip report

  Glockenspiel, Lederhosen, local foods, Munich, museums, Sausage

• Unbuckle Your Pants, This is a Long Post About Turkish Food

  I think I must have been Turkish in a previous life. Which I guess would make me an Ottoman. And despite the fact that I don’t believe in reincarnation. But neither do the Turks, who are predominantly Muslim, and not Buddhist. Which is just another fact that reinforces my belief that I must have been…

  thepoelog

  January 20, 2012

  food (of all types), travel, trip report

  ceviz, Istanbul, local foods, manti, sahlep, simit, things that look gross but are really good, trip review, Turkish food

• Istanbul, But Why Not Constantinople?

  This is our last morning in Istanbul and it’s been an amazing and enlightening trip. I had no idea that Turkish history was so, so interesting. Istanbul is modern yet ancient, and completely surprising. We spent the first two days being led around by our tour guide Levon from Melitours. And we’ve had a driver,…

  thepoelog

  January 17, 2012

  food (of all types), travel, trip report

  Blue Mosque, diamonds, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, local foods, mosques, rug shopping, shopping, traffic, trip review, Turkey

• Food Porn: No Such Thing as Bad Wine in Paris

  One of the things I was most looking forward to on our Paris trip was eating. Let me rephrase that slightly, one of the things I most look forward to anytime I take a trip is eating. But in Paris, this was especially the case. It’s just such a foodie town. And this trip was…

  thepoelog

  October 19, 2011

  food (of all types), travel, trip report

  Auberge de la Reine Blanche, Chez Dumont, duck confit, Food Porn, local foods, oysters, Paris, souffle, trip review