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Monthly Archives: January 2015
Lunch at CIA…
Story and photos by Dr. Michael Lim The Travelling Gourmet TM All rights reserved The indomitable Travelling Gourmet TM goes to CIA for a… MEMORABLE lunch with the MD of CIA in Singapore, Eve Felder, CEC CIA (1988). CIA not … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolates & Desserts, Fabulous Food, Food and drink, Friends & Comrades, Gourmet cuisine, History, Let them eat Cake..., Organizations, Philosophy
Tagged Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, CIA Hyde Park, CIA San Antonio, CIA Singapore, CIA St. Helena, Culinary Institute of America, Dr. Michael Lim is The Travelling Gourmet TM, Eve Felder, National Security Act 1947, Office of Strategic Services, OSS, OSS in World War 2, President harry S. Truman
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A place to eat, drink and read…
Story and photos by Dr. Michael Lim The Travelling Gourmet TM All rights reserved The inspiring and irreverent Travelling Gourmet TM finds a quiet nook far from the… MADDING crowd where one can eat, drink and relax over a good … Continue reading
Wagyu Mania and Uni Revolution in Waku Ghin!
Story and photos by Dr. Michael Lim The Travelling Gourmet TM All rights reserved The intrepid and indomitable Travelling Gourmet TM goes to Marina Bay Sands not to gamble in the Casino BUT to taste the cuisine of… MASTERCHEF Tetsuya … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Chocolates & Desserts, Entertainment, Fabulous Food, Gorgeous Wines!, Food and drink, Friends & Comrades, Gorgeous Wines!, Gourmet cuisine, History, Hotels & Resorts, Let them eat Cake..., Philosophy, Poems, Snacks & Little Bites, Wine Appreciation
Tagged Dr. Michael Lim is The Travelling Gourmet TM, Gourmet cuisine, Grading of Wagyu Beef, Marina Bay Sands, Super Seafood, Tetsuya in Sydney, Tetsuya Wakuda, Waku Ghin
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Best Christmas Fruitcakes of 2014!
Me, Myself and My Little Morsels TM! Story and photos by Dr. Michael Lim The Travelling Gourmet TM All rights reserved The audacious and debonair Travelling Gourmet TM tastes-test some very splendid Christmas Fruitcakes, one of which is… MARINA Mandarin’s … Continue reading
Posted in Castles & Museums, Fabulous Food, Food and drink, Gorgeous Wines!, Hotels & Resorts, Let them eat Cake..., Snacks & Little Bites
Tagged Christmas Fruitcake, Dr. Michael Lim The Travelling GourmetTM, Fondant Icing, Glenlivet Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Hennessy XO Cognac, Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London, Marina mandarin Fruitcake, Nardini Ruta Grappa, Noel!, Rosebery Tea Lounge
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Where else can one dine on Smoked Salmon and watch the Household Cavalry…Mandarin Oriental LONDON!
Story and photos by Dr. Michael Lim The Travelling Gourmet TM All rights reserved The discerning and intrepid Travelling Gourmet TM goes to Hyde Park in London to stay in the… MANDARIN ORIENTAL Hyde Park is truly one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Chocolates & Desserts, Entertainment, Fabulous Food, Fabulous Food and Gorgeous Drinks, Friends & Comrades, Gorgeous Wines!, Gourmet cuisine, History, Hotels & Resorts, Organizations, Philosophy, Shopping!, Snacks & Little Bites, Travel
Tagged Au Pied du Cochon Paris, Boudin Blanc, Boudin Noir, Dr. Michael Lim The Travelling Gourmet TM, Harrods, Harvey Nichols, Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, Mandarin Oriental London, Pool of the Mandarin Oriental London, Rosebery Tea Room and Champagne Lounge, Scones, The Blues and Royals, The Life Guards of the Household Cavalry, The Queen's Household Cavalry
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Delicious Dinner in Keble College, Oxford University!
Story and photos by Dr. Michael Lim The Travelling Gourmet TM All rights reserved Food photos are of real food with NO photoshop The energetic and inspiring Travelling Gourmet TM visits one of Oxford University’s oldest and most famous Colleges … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fabulous Food, Friends & Comrades, Gourmet cuisine, History, Snacks & Little Bites, Travel, Voyages
Tagged Formal Hall Dinner, Keble College, Oxford University
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