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Monthly Archives: January 2014
Kopapa…what’s that?
Story and photos by Dr. Michael Lim The Travelling GourmetTM All rights reserved Food photos are of real food with NO photoshop The irreverent and intrepid makes a beeline for London’s West End to catch a mouse… MICE are only … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolates & Desserts, Entertainment, Fabulous Food and Gorgeous Drinks, Fabulous Food, Gorgeous Wines!, Food and drink, Friends & Comrades, Hobbies, Let them eat Cake..., Philosophy, Snacks & Little Bites, Travel, Voyages, Wine Appreciation
Tagged 2008 Craggy Range, 2010 Seresin Estate, a Gewürztraminer, American tourists in London, ‘Fletcher Family’, basil Sorbet, Blue Cheese, Chef Peter Gordon, Creme-fraiche, Dhal Lentil Curry Singapore inspired caramelised coconut, Enoki mushrooms, far from its native origins grown in Marlborough, Female Americans with big hair, Glitz and Glamour of London, Home made biscuits are by MUM, japanese cuisine, King Scallop, Kopapa, Kopapa Cafe and Restaurant, lemongrass sorbet, London, mae pranom Tahi sweet chilli sauce, Montgomery Cheddar, Mousetrap the West End play, New Zealand wines, Noble Riesling, NZ., Oatcakes, out of towners in London, pacific Rim Cuisine New Zealand Style, RATatouille the movie, Romantic rendezvous, Seven Dials, Sorbets, Thai inspired, Ukrainian blond, Wagyu Beef
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Turkish Wines are unique…something ‘label drinkers’ will never appreciate!
MANY have never heard of URLA wines from Turkey…much less tasted them. Turkish wines like Urla Winery wines are unique…made with indigenous Turkish grape varietals many wine lovers have never even heard of…like Urla Boğazkere 2009 and Sultanye. Urla, the … Continue reading
Posted in Fabulous Food, Gorgeous Wines!, Organizations, Philosophy, Travel, Wine Appreciation
Tagged 4th Millennium BC, Chateau Petrus, Greeks, Ionians, label Drinkers, parachutes, parachutes only work when they are open, persians, sassiccaia, Sassiccaia wines, show-off wines, Sultanye grape variety, Super-Tuscans, Urla Boğazkere 2009, Urla town in Turkey, Urla Winery, Urla wines from Turkey, wine snobs
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If you cannot speak French…beware…
The intrepid Travelling Gourmet TM Dr. Michael Lim tells you the plain truth about the Lipp… MANY Americans like to come here…simply because it is a Parisian icon. They want to ‘do’ France and try in some small measure to … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolates & Desserts, Food and drink, Friends & Comrades, Language learning, Let them eat Cake..., News and politics, Nobody's perfect..., Philosophy, Snacks & Little Bites, Travel
Tagged Americans not welcome, Apres cinq...rendez-vous, Brasserie Lipp, Francois Hollande, Francois Mitterand, French elite, French politicians rendezvous, Julie Gayet, L'affaire amour secret de President Hollande, la ville lumiere, Mille-feuille, New Yorkers with bad manners, Paris, Sarkozy, Speak French
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Dented and Damaged DORSET Cereals…for sale in Cold Storage Changi City Point…
Special Report by Dr. Michael Lim The Travelling GourmetTM who was and still is shocked to find… MY favourite cereal imported from the United Kingdom in dented, damaged, defective and bent and creased and torn boxes still FOR SALE and … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolates & Desserts, Commercialism & Hypocrisy, Food and drink, Let them eat Cake..., Materialismus, Nobody's perfect..., Organizations, Philosophy, Snacks & Little Bites
Tagged Cold Storage Changi City Point, Cold Storage Singapore, Dairy Farm, Damaged goods, Dorset Cereals, Dorset Cereals from the UK, Dr. Michael Lim is The Travelling GourmetTM, National Environment Agency Singapore, NEA, NEA rules, Nutrition, Over marked-up, People's Republic of China, Poisoned milk powder from China, Price to quality ratio, The Travelling Gourmet's favourite cereal
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No rules to break at RULE’S…
Story & photos By Dr. Michael Lim The Travelling GourmetTM All rights reserved Food photos are of REAL food with NO photoshop The intrepid and irrepressible Travelling Gourmet goes to the OLDEST restaurant in London called… MAVELLOUS Rule’s. Rule’s even … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolates & Desserts, Fabulous Food and Gorgeous Drinks, Fabulous Food, Gorgeous Wines!, Food and drink, Friends & Comrades, Gourmet cuisine, History, Philosophy, Travel, Voyages, Wine Appreciation
Tagged Dr. Michael Lim is The Travelling Gourmet, Game Season in the UK, Glorious Twelfth, Grouse!, London's OLDEST restaurant, partridge, Pheasant, Rules London, Sir Thomas Rule
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The Travelling Gourmet’s SAS Scallops!
The inspiring Travelling Gourmet introduces his healthy yet very tasteful scallops…simple to cook…superb on the palate… The Travelling GourmetTM’s SAS (Sauteed & Sweet) SCALLOPS All rights reserved 4 Servings Ingredients 12 Scallops or 24 for bigger appetites (quite large about … Continue reading
Posted in Fabulous Food, Gorgeous Wines!, Food and drink, Gourmet cuisine, Hobbies, Snacks & Little Bites, The Travelling GourmetTM cooks..., Wine Appreciation
Tagged Bisol Prosecco di Valdobbiadene, Dr. Michael Lim is The Travelling Gourmet, Japanese salad dressing, Julienne of carrots, Mirin, Prosecco di Valdobbiadene, sake, SAS, Scallops, Soy sauce, Taittinger Rose Champagne, The Travelling Gourmet cooks..., There is only ONE original Travelling Gourmet
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Let’s not talk shop…talk SOUP!
Story and photos by Dr. Michael Lim The Travelling GourmetTM All rights reserved The indefatigable Travelling Gourmet goes to a Market… Market Cafe, correctly named Ellenborough Market Cafe, is the Swissotel Merchant Court’s all day dining coffee house. Yesterday, I had the most … Continue reading
MORE Breaking News! This time it concerns Resorts World Sentosa…
Thursday 9, January 2014 15:20 According to official sources from Resorts World Sentosa, Joel Robouchon will NOT be closing one of its two restaurants later this year. Speaking on conditions of annonymity, the source said, “These are rumours spread by … Continue reading
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