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So Long Turkey
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2010-07-05 07:34. In a few hours we begin the long journey back to Kuala Lumpur. Posting has been light while we've been in Turkey. We had great plans for lots of on-site updates. But honestly it's been difficult to tear ourselves away...
Hello from Canada
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2010-07-01 16:30. Hello from Canada, where not much has changed since my last visit except the size of the TV (bigger than...
Our Esnaf Lokanta
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2010-06-30 16:03. We're approaching the end of our third week in Istanbul. Some advice: if you're parking yourself here for more than a few days, find 'your' esnaf lokanta. According to Istanbul Eats, a go-to site for much that is tasty in...
Vegetable Conundrum
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2010-06-29 15:54. The market is for shopping. I go with a notebook and a camera. Sometimes a shopping list. I never know what's going to eventuate, what I'm going to see or buy, who'll be shouting, whether someone will be taking to...
Oysters – 3 ways
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2010-06-28 03:10. Whilst the weather is not quite so friendly during this time of year, I always get excited in the colder months because the oysters are back in season and are spot on the money at this time. During the summer months, oysters spawn and can become a bit too soft and fatty. During the colder [...]
Duck Soup Breakfast
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 2010-06-27 16:04. This morning I disappeared up a crack in the wall for duck. And when the crack opened up into a courtyard jolly with family atmosphere, I knew I was on track for a pleasant Sunday. My fellow patrons assured me...
Biwa Jam
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 2010-06-27 01:58. This is a basket of biwa, a fruit I'd never heard of until I came to Japan. Called "loquat" in...
RagingYoghurt
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 2010-06-26 21:48. more infirmary pudding. i was in surry hills yesterday, to say goodbye to an old friend. well, ok, to be exact i was in east redfern, to divest myself of the flat i used to live in. i have not been inside my old building for about five years, but it was scrubbed clean and [...]
RagingYoghurt
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2010-06-25 12:37. i thought i’d escaped the cold that the kid brought home from school the other week, but i was fooled. it was just biding its time, and when it finally struck last thursday, it gave little indication that it would be sticking around for more than a week, and certainly no warning at all that [...]
RagingYoghurt
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2010-06-24 02:28. ok, fine. we watch “masterchef“. even though i hate the clunky musical cues, the repetitive editing, the explanations and narrations by the contestants even as the very events unfold right before our eyes… the kid does not really mind — she usually gives her own running commentary over the top of the soundtrack anyway, though [...]
