Category: food & drinks
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Former residence of Marshal Zhang 張學良, Taipei – part 3/3
This is the third post on our visit to the former residence of Marshal Zhang 少帥禪園 in Taipei. Part 1 is about the buildings. Part 2 tells the story of the famous resident. This post covers our lunch at the restaurant. Zhang Xueliang 張學良 who was under house arrest over a 40-year period lived here for a…
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Former residence of Marshal Zhang 張學良, Taipei – part 2/3
This is the second post on our visit to the former residence of Marshal Zhang 少帥禪園 located just outside of Taipei. Click here to read the first part. We booked a table for lunch at the restaurant which offered a very limited tasting menu. The restaurant is in what seems to be the main building…
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Lokremise, St Gallen
Back in June, we spent one day in St. Gallen, on our way to Kiev from Lindau. After seeing the Abby and its library (see the post here), we were looking for a place for dinner that was not far from the train station and our hotel. Not really expecting much, Lokal was the restaurant…
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Lindau food diary: Eil.Gut.Halle
While on Lindau, we went to Eli.Gut.Halle for dinner. It is located close to the lighthouse at the end of the promenade. Offering outdoor and indoor seating, it has both a view of the harbor and the lake. Here is a view of the harbor of Lindau – the lighthouse, the lion and the tower…
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Gingerbread architecture, Oslo
In Oslo, with our ticket purchased for the National Museum in Oslo, we could use them to enter the National Museum of Architecture as well. This establishment was opened in 2008. The main building was completed in 1830 as a division office for Norges Bank. It was adapted and extended by Sverre Fehn (1924–2009), who…
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Cube Houses and Markthal, Rotterdam
Cube Houses (Kubuswoningen) are a set of residential houses designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of “living as an urban roof”, i.e., high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level. It is built in the late 70’s over Overblaak Street between Blaak and Oude Haven. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house…