Category: food & drinks
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Passage 53, Paris
Passage 53 is one of several restaurants that our local friends (D & C) made a reservation for the four of us for our week in Paris. The restaurant is quite difficult to find as it is hidden in the oldest arcade in Paris (Passage des Panoramas) among specialty shops that sell stamps and postcards.…
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In and around Emmental
I(Chris) had a 2-day business meeting in the Emmental – a region in west central Switzerland, forming part of the canton of Bern. It was supposed to be a drive that is less than 2 hours from our office, according to an estimate made by Google map. But due to road works near Burgdorf (the…
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La Table d’Edgard, Lausanne Palace Hotel & Spa
We had lunch at this local hotel restaurant in autumn last year. It is one of several restaurants in the Lausanne area that has been awarded at least one Michelin star. The chef M. Edgard Bovier was very friendly and came out of the kitchen to chat with the patrons, including us, in French and English.…
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Annecy restaurants
Annecy is a touristy town in the Haute-Savoie region of France, so there are restaurants and cafes everywhere you turn, especially in the old town area (see earlier post). The local specialties – Savoyard dishes – typically served on black slate, feature cheeses and cured meats (which we had plenty in Switzerland). So we feasted on…
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Annecy, France
Annecy is located about 100 minutes drive from where we live. We knew about the town and had wanted to visit it for the last 2 years. But it was only until June last year when we spent a weekend there. Yeah, this post has been in the draft folder for months. Annecy is the…
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Chiang Mai Thai Cookery School
Sue loves spicy food and I like mine spicy as well as sour – we are manifestly fans of Thai food. One of the things we wanted to do in Thailand was to attend a cookery school. So we booked ourselves a full-day cooking course. The Chiang Mai Thai Cookery School claims to be the first such school…