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Tag Archives: Paris
VINEXPO 2020 Paris
Story and photos by Dr. Michael Lm The Travelling GOurmet TM Copyright all rights reserved The suave and debonair Travelling Gourmet reports on the… MOST cutting edge trends at the… IWSR / WINE INTELLIGENCE CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS Paris, 10 February 2020 … Continue reading
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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DON’T buy Hewlett Packard products ever!
Story & photos by Dr. Michael Lim The Travelling GourmetTM All rights reserved The implacable and indomitable Travelling GourmetTM tells you of the trials and tribulations with his trusty Hewlette Packard laptop computer which is now totally INOPERATIVE>>>> MY HP … Continue reading
Posted in Commercialism & Hypocrisy, Hotels & Resorts, Let them eat Cake..., Materialismus, Nobody's perfect..., Travel
Tagged Hewlett Packard, Hotel Sacher, HP computers, HP computers are no good, HP wanted to throw away my computer, Koeln, No spare parts for HP computers after 5 years!, Paris, Schluessel Brucke Koeln, Threatening letters from HP, Vienna
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SPY – Memoirs of a student spy…continued
This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to any persons, living or dead is purely coincidental. Inspired by true events. Names, dates and locales as well as Standard Operating Procedures and tradecraft have been changed to protect the innocent, … Continue reading
Posted in Food and drink, Friends & Comrades, History, Organizations
Tagged Brasserie Lipp, England, Millefeuille, Newcastle upon Tyne, Paris, Town Moor
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A Black arrow in each black heart…
Story & photos by Dr. Michael Lim The Travelling GourmetTM All rights reserved Beware of imposters MEMORABLE Robert Louis Stevenson wrote in his famed book, ‘Black Arrow‘. This new and very action packed movie which I saw tonight called ‘Now … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Let them eat Cake..., Materialismus, Movies, Music, Nobody's perfect..., Philosophy
Tagged Aria Las Vegas, Black Arrow, Cafe du MOnde, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, France, Hobbit, Las Vegas, Melanie Laurent, MGM Grand Las Vegas, Morgan Freeman, New Orleans, New York, Now You See Me, Paris, Philippa Boyens, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robin Hood, Tim Clemente FBI, United States, Woody Harrelson
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Haute Cuisine at 282 meters high!
The indomitable and intrepid Travelling Gourmet goes to a very high altitude restaurant to… MEET a good friend, 2 MIchelin Etoile Chef Jean-Francois Piege who is in sunny Singapore for the World Gourmet Summit 2013. I can never forget the delectable … Continue reading
Posted in Fabulous Food, Gorgeous Wines!, Friends & Comrades, Gourmet cuisine, Philosophy
Tagged Altitude, Asia, BASE parachuting, Chef Jean-Francois Piege, Foie gras, Food, haute cuisine, Hôtel de Crillon, Mushroom consomme and foie gras, Parachute, Paris, Restaurant, Singapore, World Gourmet Summit, World Gourmet Summit 2013
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World Gourmet Summit 2013 Opening Reception
Story & photos by Dr. Michael Lim The Travelling GourmetTM The suave and debonair Travelling Gourmet goes to the island of Sentosa to… MINGLE with the ‘creme de la creme’ of Gastronomy. Held at the new Maritime Experiential Museum, Singapore’s … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolates & Desserts, Entertainment, Fabulous Food, Gorgeous Wines!, Food and drink, Friends & Comrades, News and politics, Snacks & Little Bites, Wine Appreciation
Tagged Assassination attempts against Castro of Cuba, Boston, Boston Marathon Bombings, Brittany Oyster, Brittany Oysters, Chef Kenny Kong, China, Communist Fidel Castro of Cuba, Foie gras, Gastronomy, Gordon Ramsay, Hôtel de Crillon, Jean-Francois Piege, la ville lumiere, Les Ambassadeurs, Maritime Experiential Museum, Paris, Place de la Concorde, RWS Aquarium, Sentosa, Singapore, South China Sea, Terrorist Bombs in Boston, Tetrodotoxin from Puffer fish
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La grand dame Crillon, when will you return?
Story and photos by Dr. Michael Lim The Travelling Gourmet All rights reserved The indomitable Travelling Gourmet tells you about the impending closure of the renowned Hotel de Crillon…and Magnificent Les Ambassadeurs on the Place de la Concorde for a … Continue reading
Posted in Fabulous Food, Gorgeous Wines!, Friends & Comrades, Gourmet cuisine, Hotels & Resorts, News and politics, Organizations, Philosophy, Travel
Tagged Big Ben, Chef, Crillon, Eiffel Tower, France, haute cuisine, Hôtel de Crillon, Ile-de-France, la ville lumiere, Les Ambassadeurs, Paris, Place de la Concorde, Statue of Liberty
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Fab FLAM’s
Story & photos by Dr. Michael Lim The Travelling GourmetTM All photos are of REAL food with no props or special effects The irascible Travelling Gourmet goes to Orchard Central for a touch of Alsatian cuisine in the form of… … Continue reading
Posted in Food and drink
Tagged 5.56mm bullets, Bacon, Business, Camembert cheese, Cheese, Cooking, Cream cheese, DEVGRU, Emmental, Emmental cheese, Flam's, Flam's Paris, Flammkueche, Halal, Home, Navy SEALS, Orchard Central, Osama bin Laden, Paris, Pork Bacon, Pork-free, Real Food, Rennet, Special effect, Swiss, Wine tasting descriptors
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Pur Delight in the Park Hyatt Vendome Paris
Story and photos by DR. Michael Lim The Travelling GourmetTM All rights reserved The amazing and indefatiguable Travelling Gourmet flies to ‘la ville lumiere” and tells you about… MY favourite place to stay location wise is the Park … Continue reading
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