Food the Wong Way

Category: Travel

  • Sunday: Arrival 2

    Sunday: Arrival 2

    On Reykjavik Roasters Reykjavik Roasters was in the university area of town. Early on a Sunday, it had a hushed but not unfriendly atmosphere tinged with a hipster coffee shop vibe familiar to Seattlites. My oat pudding breakfast even had chia seeds served in a mason jar. As we drove out of town, I was…

  • Sunday: Arrival

    Sunday: Arrival

    Dear Reader~ This is the first installment of my #100DaysofAllThingsWater per Day 1/100 of the the #100DayProject kickoff. I’ve got some ideas jotted down, but am working first on the long-procrastinated scribing of my backlogged travel adventures from Iceland. Water-related, per the name, and the landscape. I’m setting a minimum of 5 minutes a day…

  • Pro-Tip Tuesday:
    Waterproof Camping Matches, an Anti-Tip

    When I was a kid in Minnesota, I went to this one summer day camp where they taught us, among other things,* to waterproof regular matches by painting clear nail polish on them. Years later living in Seattle, I diligently painted and dried each match this way. That’s the Dahlia Lounge matches you see in…

  • I learned to bike when I was 18

    I learned to bike when I was 18

    I learned to bike when I was eighteen. I had gone on the University of Minnesota’s excellent study abroad program to Tianjin, China. It’s two hours south of Beijing by train. The first week Charles Sanft, our Program Director took us to buy bikes for $20 apiece and told us that’d be our main transportation…

  • Singapore: Hawker Centre Crash Course

    Singapore: Hawker Centre Crash Course

    Singapore is famous for its food culture, and although there are certainly high-end top-dollar restaurants with 10-course menus that would charm the foodiest ex-pat executive, the heart of that food culture lives in the local hawker centres. Street food is a common cultural institution throughout the world, but has a special place in Southeast Asia…

  • 5 Tips to Get Around Taipei

    5 Tips to Get Around Taipei

    5 Things to Know About Getting Around Taipei – It is SO easy to get around! ..once you take a few steps to get going. Here are a few tips I learned from my trip there.

  • The Tapas of Al Andalus in Spain

    The Tapas of Al Andalus in Spain

    A guest post by Karl: Besides the amazing architecture of Al Andalus (the name of southern Spain during the times of the Islamic rule from ~700 – 1492, the area now known as Andalusia), the area is also known for tapas. Tapas are generally served in most bars and restaurants.  Some only serve tapas, and…

  • Pro-Tip Tuesday: Alt Uses for a Water Bottle While on the Road 2

    Pro-Tip Tuesday:
    Alt Uses for a Water Bottle While on the Road 2

    Here’s one from my significant other’s mountaineering class. I froze my ass off camping in in Bryce Canyon so you don’t have to. While camping, you can fill a large nalgene (or other water) bottle with hot water before bed, and put it in your sleeping bag for extra warmth all night! If you find the…

  • Pro-Tip Tuesday: Alt Uses for a Water Bottle While on the Road 1

    Pro-Tip Tuesday:
    Alt Uses for a Water Bottle While on the Road 1

    Discovery in the desert, Moab, Utah near Arches National Park: While on the road, you can use a large Nalgene bottle (or other water bottle) as a stand-in for a foam roller to roll out your thighs and other muscles, a great plus if you, say, went for a hike while car camping and have sore muscles! For…

  • Southwest Road Trip Correspondence

    Southwest Road Trip Correspondence

    Me (via email): We appear to have entered some anomaly in the space time continuum. Kris’ watch says 10pm, mine says 8, and the car says 9. Who knows what time or what age we will return to after our road trip… My brother: Woah.