Category: food & drinks
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Berlin: Even more KaDeWe sausages
8 (107) KaDeWe’s delicatessen is rumored to sell more than 1000 types of sausages. To test the rumor, I started counting the number of price tags in each display case in my last post. Click here to see the earlier post (and more sausages… ). The fun continues here … the bracketed number is the…
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Berlin: KaDeWe’s 1000 sausages
12 (12) Rumors has it that KaDeWe’s delicatessen on the sixth floor carries more than 1000 types of sausages. I did an estimate to test the rumor. Here is the evidence, presented in two posts. I have counted the number of price tags and put the number under each picture, along with the running total.…
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Berlin: KaDeWe – Gourmet Bouillabaisse
On my last day in Berlin, it was raining and the wind harsh. Stay indoors was the advice offered by the hotel concierge. KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens) is the second largest department store in Europe, after Harrods in London. But the food hall on the sixth floor, in my opinion, is bigger and better than…
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Turkey food porn: Kemer
All-inclusive resort buffet food à la Club Med- nothing special but it was fresh, healthy, well-presented and plentiful. The fruits are exceptional – we had so much watermelon ! I also liked the make-it-yourself salad bar – basically baskets of vegetables and herbs, chopping board and knives … fresh parsley and dill with juicy tomatoes,…
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DC food porn: Sushi Taro
I was in Washington DC for a week of meetings and trainings. The consultant is a foodie and befriended the owner of Sushi Taro, a Japanese-owned restaurant near Dupont Circle. Our group of nine went there and tried the omakase (raw fish tasting menu). While we were there, the food critic at the Washington Post…
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Vevey food porn: La Verrière
Vevey is about 20 minutes drive from where we live, and like Lausanne, also located on the bank of Lake Geneva. It has a food museum, known as the Alimentarium. I believe it is sponsored by Nestle, the world’s largest food manufacturer, the headquarters of which is located there. The museum offers a set lunch…