Category: photos

  • 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…

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  • L’espai Dalí·Joies – objet d’art

    In addition to the wearable jewelry (covered in the last post), Dali also made many pieces of jeweled objet d’art, which are also on display at the L’espai Dalí·Joies, e.g., this flower with petals shaped like grasping hands.  I do not know if it has any function (I somehow doubt it) but it is exquisite…

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