Category: food & drinks

  • 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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