as much for the novelty of authentic East Asian food in northern Europe as anything else. Düsseldorf is said to have the largest Japanese community in Europe (over 8,000), with
it’s a great place for a meal pretty much any day of the week.Asia Asiaserves up a variety of dishes, including sushi, dim sum, noodles, bao, and more, inspired by the ancient Spice Route. Add to that the extensive drinks menu and the super views over the water, and you’ve got...
Located just down the street from where we stayed for the first week when we were in Osaka, we went to Sanshyu Udon (情熱うどん 讃州) for lunch one day.The udon noodles are all made in house, and I chose to order the curry udon, which came with a pile of shredded green onions...
Founded in 1956, this place is an oldie but a goodie. The noodles are still made with bamboo rods and the dish to get here is the shrimp roe with dry noodle. Free of charge and on every table is a jar of picked radish, and those are the most brilliant complement to the noodles. T...
Food and drink to celebrate the Year of the Dragon The Pan Pacific London X Bun House Lunar Afternoon Tea. The obvious advice is to head to Chinatown, the heartlands of London's Chinese community, and home to a slew of places dishing up scrummy noodles, dim sum, cakes and the like. Ma...
always found a way to get that delightful char on the outside of their peppers. I was going for this. The sausage, coated in its Asian style marinade, went on without a hitch. I cut the pineapple into unique shapes just to show off. “Boom” they hit the grill. On to the peppers...
blueberries (one of the best fruits you can eat for your health) and also flax seeds (a great way to get your omega-3’s without eating fish!). Flax seeds are so incredible healthy and they also make the best egg-replacer. If your not on the “flax-train”, its time to buy a ...
I don’t know. Also in the background of that: our movers managed to chip one of the old apartment’s cabinets, which we have to fix somehow or I guess buy the whole crummy apartment. The movers managed to break this glass-fronted drawer: ...
On from here more East Asian flavours with Thai green crispy noodles with daikon and finger lime. The green liquor had good heat and was fragrant with coriander and lemon grass, on crispy noodles and soft earthy daikon. The tomato, smoked bread, and crispy wontons were tasty with tomato swe...
to our gate it was past dinner time and none of us had eaten. We are still new to Asian airlines so I wasn’t sure what our options would be on the plane, but there were no restaurants anywhere near our gate, so we managed with packaged noodles and crackers. Travel is so glamorous...