Just about every country and culture I am introduced to, I always try discovering them through their cuisine. While exploring markets, local hotspots and trying new morsels around every corner are great ways to do this, taking a cooking class is the icing on the cake. Not only is it the opportunity to taste well-made authentically … More Bali Manggang Cooking Class
Is it just an island from the fantasies of many, perceived as an illustrious jewel of unimaginable beauty? A place of legend, where myths are then born, held dear in the minds of men. A litter strewn has-been paradise sorrowed by the destructiveness of tourism. A playground of liquor and drug induced debaucheries raping the … More My Personal Guide to Ubud, Bali
You may have seen it on t.v. or maybe with your own eyes, but the moment when it’s all over. Skin glistening, juices dripping, the pleasure senses exhausted awaiting this moment. What’s been made is a thing of rarely paralleled beauty. No, I’m not talking about sex… well food porn for sure. The glorious suckling … More Babi Guling, Ibu Oka – Ubud, Indonesia
For 3 years now I’ve been traipsing across the global food trail, following my stomach and tasting the road less traveled. While there are many sides to travel, all the adventures taken, learning experiences and people met and more all in between meals, my focus still tends to often gravitate on my next meal. Every country, whether … More 2016 Edibles Log
27 flights, 9 countries later 2016 disappeared before my eyes as I am sure many people have similar feelings. I found myself sitting around looking back over the year thinking what I have done. It didn’t take long for me to realize that a ton had happened. From Australia to the Arctic, traditional tattoos to memorable … More Looking Back… 2016
Penang, for me has one major reason why I love coming here, but there is a whole lot of other ones that keep me interested. Many people I talk with about Penang tend to treat it as a place to get their Thai visa organized, spend the couple days here as a necessity and move … More Penang in 5 Days – Win a GPSmyCity app
2:30 am came way to fast when sleeping on the cold hard ground. I crawled out of the tent unable to walk yet from my boards stiff muscles. Seized and broken, I did my best to stretch it out and step into a void of temporary painlessness. The stars still shone strong, while the path … More Mount Rinjani – Pain for Pleasure 2
I was packed and ready to go, but ready for what was to come is a whole other story. I emptied my backpack reorganizing with the bare necessities for a couple days. The clothes I was wearing, a change of warm clothes for the top, a few security snacks, camera and most importantly some extra … More Mount Rinjani – Pain for Pleasure
Each one of Indonesia’s islands will intrigue, mystify and stop you in your tracks at their different yet equal beauty that runs across this volcanic archipelago. Each island can easily justify a month of traveling to truly discover all its hidden treasures while I’m sure even then some would be left unturned. While many, myself … More Flores In 7 Days
It’s like the gift that just keeps on giving. Well in this case dish and Nasi Campur is it. In most restaurants they have a selected few dishes that get carefully placed around the rice with a sate, sambal and maybe some prawn crackers. These don’t generally range must past a chicken or tofu/tempeh curry, … More Nasi Campur – Warung Ijo Ubud
