I’ve had a wonderful opportunity to spend the last three months living and working in Melbourne. Melbourne started as an unknown place to me, going from “Where is that place and is it real?” to “I can imagine myself living here.” Before we jump into the best parts of the Melbourne experience, here is a [...]
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To Melburnians, Sydney and their citizens Sydneysiders are the Americans of Australia. Naturally, this amuses me, as we Canadians refer to the USA as Canada’s underwear. Michelle and I arrived a Saturday morning to rainy Sydney, where we were immediately wooed by an expensive $15 AUD train ticket from the airport to the city. By [...]
Paul (Australian coworker/parma affectionado) – By definition, it can’t be a good pub if there is no decent parma. And having a great Parma is serious business. Better known as a Chicken Parmigiana in North America, Parmas are big hit amongst pub eaters in Melbourne. Given Melbourne’s heavy Italian inspiration and roots, a Chicken Parmigiana [...]
For the first weekend in Australia, we (being the North American imports working in Australia) decided to head north east to Yarra Valley. We opted to go on the Epicurean tour, consisting of food and wine pairings in addition to the winery visits – while it was steep at $180 per person, it was worth [...]
I arrived very jet lagged to Melbourne on Saturday, March 13th after spending 18.5 hours over four flights from Calgary! I’ve been fortunate to get an once-in-a-lifetime three month work assignment in the city, which is a mixed blessing since while I get to travel for work, I’m also going into another busy season and [...]
For anniversaries and birthdays, I’m always hard pressed to find something I’d be proud to gift. When thinking of something to give for those big occasions, I’ve always considered an experience to be more thoughtful than a physical good (unless, of course, its an item that will provide more experiences down the road). So for [...]
Unboxing – The Individual Meal Pack
Posted in food on Feb 21st, 2010
Wonder what kind of meal looks as good as the above? It is one of the best, ready-to-eat meals available to our nation’s best – the made-in-Canada Military Individual Meal Pack (IMP) ration! Sans the plate, but nevertheless tasted better than the average boxed meal. We discovered many interesting things as we researched the IMP [...]
The “I Don’t Know I’m Not Sure Yet” Sandwich
Posted in food on Jul 29th, 2009
For those who are looking for a reasonably good sandwich shop outside the city, check out Guy’s Cafe in Cochrane. They’ve got a behemoth of a sandwich called the “I Don’t Know I’m Not Sure Yet”, stuffed with all the cold cuts on their menu. Guy’s Cafe and Bakery 6-201 Grande Boulevard West Cochrane, AB [...]
Well the Hong Kong trip has come and gone, and I’m over my post-vacation-depression period enough to begin writing posts on the blog again. Some quick statistics: Days in HK – 19 Pictures Taken – 3824 (average of 201 a day) Pictures Uploaded – 520 (excludes a few family photos) Pictures with GPS coordinates – [...]
Hong Kong 2009 – HK Style Milk Tea
Posted in food on May 27th, 2009
Hong Kong-style Milk Tea (top right of the picture) is one of those things you must experience in Hong Kong, alongside a good solid bowl of fish-cake noodles and egg-shaped waffles. Milk Tea (奶茶, lai cha) is made up using black tea, evaporated milk, to which you add your own helping of sugar. It is [...]