Category: food & drinks
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Mariage Frères, London
This visit to London was made in December 2018. The post has been sitting around for a while. We hope the store survives the pandemic with enough local customers while the tourists who frequent Covent Garden are gone. It was a long weekend. On our last day in London, we booked a place for brunch…
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Maison Acacias, Tissardmine
During our day trip in the desert near our camp, we had lunch at Maison Acacias, a hostel and restaurant situated in a small oasis. African blues by Malian guitarist Ali Farka Touré and Toumani Diabaté suit the mood here – try “Ruby” and “Kala Djula” first – they are all good. spotify:album:14uhq1loNIOTT23aRo4oCi We got…
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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…