29th May 2019 / Africa & Middle East, Destinations, Jordan / 1 comment

Reaching Beit Sitti requires climbing up one of Amman’s notorious hills to the trendy Jabal Al-Weibdeh district, one of the city’s oldest neighbourhoods. Beit Sitti is Arabic for “grandmother’s house”. I discovered this cooking class […]

7th March 2018 / Asia, Destinations, Taiwan / 3 comments

If you know of only one reason to visit Taiwan, it’s probably the food scene. Food in Taiwan is a national obsession. There are eateries on pretty much every block, and the Taiwanese always seem […]

13th September 2017 / Canada, Destinations, North America / 0 comments

For the fourth consecutive year, Montreal held its big food festival called YUL Eat over Labour Day weekend at the Quai de l’Horloge in Montreal’s Old Port. (If you didn’t know, YUL is the airport […]

23rd August 2016 / Denmark, Destinations, Europe / 0 comments

From the time I entered my first café, it was obvious that finding cheap places to eat in Copenhagen would be a challenge. 77 DKK (about US$12) for a cappuccino and a rather unappetizing half […]

2nd August 2016 / Destinations, Europe, Sweden / 4 comments

I knew little about Sweden when I arrived in the country last month. I imagined it would be pretty similar to Canada, a nordic first world country with good infrastructure and mostly middle-class people. And […]

30th June 2015 / Canada, Destinations, North America, On the road / 7 comments

As the plane made its final approach for landing in Halifax, I couldn’t believe how green everything was. Not only green, but mostly forested, with not a single road in sight. Ten seconds before we […]

8th May 2015 / Food, Save money / 6 comments

After airfare and accommodation, your next largest travel expense will be food. In this Friday post, I’ll cover the fun topic of food and drinks, and discuss several ways to cut costs on grub. You […]