{our weekend} little things - {nuestro finde}: pequeñas cosasold chinese ladies practicing tai qi quan at Flower City Garden, gorgeous peonies, echeveria cactus and little plants at Old Taipa market arrange peonies in vases, scatter them around the house, transplant[...] |
{eating out} A petisqueiraMelt in your mouth Queijo fresco da casa ( fresh cheese), typically unfussy portuguese salad (lettuce, tomatoes, onions, olives, green pepper+olive oil and vinagre branco ), bread and piri piri sauce as starters did[...] |
{homemade} olive oil and honey granola - {hecho en casa} granola con aceite de oliva y mielGranola needs no introduction as a heavenly breakfast. There is something nurturing (beyond food) about a bowl of cold milk and these little crunchy clusters of joy. Perhaps the only thing that can beat granola is the homemade[...] |
{Macau walks} vol1Last February I worked on a photography assignment that led me to endless walks around Old Macau. Nothing to complain but totally the opposite, these walks albeit doing wonders for my health, make me feel renewed. Isn´t it[...] |
{not so wordless wednesday} masala chai time - {casi miércoles sin palabras} tiempo de chai masalaThis might not be a wordless wednesday but the picture by itself, is a wordless one. While I was walking around on my way to Kathmandu ´s Durbar Square, I saw this girl and I felt I just had to posterize the way the light was,[...] |
la plage et les merveillesThe beach and the marvels (what a lovely name for a dough fritter right?) My kind of weekend. I´m definitely day dreaming (too much) about les vacances . Are you already planning yours?. Happy Friday! Mimisan beach[...] |
{la expat vida loca} Qing Ming day - Día de Qing Ming{la expat vida loca} is the recolection of moments we experience, see and taste while we are living the (sometimes) crazy and exotic expatriate life in Greater China. Today in Macau, Hong Kong, Mainland China y[...] |
{eating out} Lai Kei loja de sorvetes [Macau]More for its authentique vintage decor, ambiance and old school charm than for the culinary experience itself. Lai Kei, Loja de sorvetes (sorbet shop) worth the visit. Home made recipes jealousy guarded and transmited from[...] |
A Friday Abstinence lunch: zucchine carpaccio, quinoa and sashimi salmon - Un almuerzo de Viernes de Cuaresma: carpaccio de calabacín, quinoa y sashimi de salmónI would lie you if I tell you I follow Friday Abstinence during Lent, but I did, and I did for long time. All my childhood and teenage years were marked and suffered by Cuaresma ( Lent) :-( . My Mamá, like any good catholic and[...] |
{carnet de voyage} A ferry ride in Shanghai - Un viaje en ferry en ShanghaiBrowsing through my old pictures files I stumble upon on these photos I did last year when we were visiting Shanghai and the World Expo . I remember that particular day was a sad drizzly, breezy and overcast one[...] |