Just an ordinary person with a full-time corporate job who has a bottomless pit appetite for good food and likes to spend her free time day-dreaming about traveling the world
Welcome to the first post of my “Hamburg Restaurant Guide” series, where I will write about some of my favorite restaurants in Hamburg which offer good food with huge bang for your buck. Tucked away in the quiet and cozy neighborhood close to Harvestehude and Grindelhof, Yaku Restaurante (https://www.yaku-restaurante.de/menu) prides itself as a Peruvian and …
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This is not your typical travel guide about Luxor, Egypt. Rather, I would like to talk about the Scorpion House which has a special place in my heart. If you are travelling to Luxor independently without following a group tour, you may require a driver who can drive you around to the touristic attractions due …
Following my first post on where to find authentic Asian food in Munich https://foodieadie.com/where-to-find-authentic-asian-food-in-munich-germany/, I present to you Part 2 of my Asian food guide in Munich. 1. Campanula (unfortunately, they are permanently closed as of 2025) I believe Campanula is run by an old Japanese couple, where the wife takes charge of serving the customers …
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Fine dining and I usually do not see eye to eye with each other. But there is a first to everything, right? When my partner and I registered our marriage in Copenhagen, Denmark, the so-called food capital of the world (at least in the context of fine dining), we decided to jump onto the bandwagon …
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Following my first post on where to find authentic Asian food in Munich https://foodieadie.com/where-to-find-authentic-asian-food-in-munich-germany/, I would like to introduce to you the one and only restaurant that offers the full-blown authentic Dim Sum experience in Munich, perhaps the whole of Bavaria. I have to be honest with you. The Cantonese food scene in Munich is …
The food mecca, the food paradise – Penang, Malaysia. After 5 long years, I finally had the chance to return to the food paradise! Here’s the link to my previous Penang food hunting trip: https://foodieadie.com/food-hunting-in-georgetown-penang/ This trip was extra special as I travelled with my fiancé to Malaysia for the very first time and it …
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After coming to Germany, I realized the Germans have their own version of Asian food, also known as Germanized Asian food. One of the classic examples of Germanized Asian food is deep fried crispy duck in some sweet curry sauce or sweet and sour sauce. Yep, you read it right, deep fried duck not roast …
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1. Brotzeit “Brotzeit” literally means bread time. Native to the Bavarian cuisine, it is typically eaten in a beer garden as a snack or at home as dinner for those who are too lazy to cook a full meal. Typical ingredients or items that could be found in a “Brotzeit” include bread, butter, cheese, salami, …
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Being in Malaysia, we are blessed with an abundance of affordable and amazing street food of huge varieties. One of them being Nasi Lemak. Touted as the national dish of Malaysia, it comprises fluffy aromatic coconut rice, sweet, savoury and spicy anchovy spice paste (sambal), crunchy and salty fried anchovies, fried peanuts and topped with …
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Owing to its former glorious days during colonialism, especially the Great Navigations, the Portuguese had adopted a diverse range of ingredients in their cuisine. Ranging from coriander, ginger, black pepper to sugar cane, these foreign influences had a great impact on Portuguese cuisine, injecting new flavours and aromas. I was surprised to find out that …
