Category: photos
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Suburban mall hopping, part 1
Last month, we visited Los Angeles and spent a long weekend in Las Vegas meeting friends who came down from the Bay area. Rather than sightseeing (most sights in LA had been seen already), we were just chilling in the suburb. Unlike NYC, LA is not known to be welcoming for pedestrians. So, it was…
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My ic! berlin
On my last day in Berlin, while wandering in Mitte, it came to me that my eyeglass frame by ic! berlin must somehow be related to this city. After googling the brand on the street, I discovered that their original store was located at Max-Beer-Straße, which is only two blocks from where I was. So…
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Summer fun: Weber BBQ
When I came back from vacation in Southern California (19C), I was shocked by the 28C difference – apparently Switzerland just had a cold snap (-9C). Under such circumstance and after the post about hotpot/fondue for winter, I have to say something about the warmer season. This past summer we got ourselves a BBQ. We…
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Hong Kong cuisines in miniatures
My cousin J is the proud owner of these three sets of miniatures of Hong Kong cuisines. Since I have been posting pictures of real food here for a long time (for example, 2M* dim sum lunch), how about some plastic food for a change. Dim sum, first. They are all placed in a display…
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Winter comfort: Hotpot / Fondue
There is nothing more inviting in a frigid winter or a lunar new year feast than a hotpot 火鍋 ? Known also as a steamboat as my Malaysian or Singaporean friends might call it or a fondue locally. While in the US, we had one made in Japan and the pot consisted of two compartments. Soups…