London

Went to London for a short break. We enjoyed very sunny and mild weather. And great food, as usual.

Ahh, the pleasure of a gin-in-T at the local...

After that, you may imagine seeing foxes roaming the neighborhood, but this one was for real

We went for a nice curry at the South-Indian restaurant Rasa in Stoke Newington, with mango lassi

and fish cakes for starters



We also had Japanese food at Aki Japanese Bistro. London is the place where I had the best Japanese food ever, and we weren't disappointed on this occasion.

My favourite Japanese dish: beef teryaki

Another favourite is brunch at the Giraffe in Islington, where you can have smoothies such as Mango Mama

or Groovy Muesli Smoothie

and my all time favourite cooked breakfast - aahh, still smacking my lips -

but you can also have pancakes with maple syrup

Look at the weather we had:

Memories from Süd-Tirol

Lots of hats...


and lots of prosecco!


Jerusalem-artichoke/topinambour soup, with small pumpkin dices


and pasta with seppie, a type of squid


Walking in het mountains


Eating in het mountains: speck-knödel with salad and noodle soup with beef. Speck is a type of bacon which you find everywhere in this region. The bread is also very typical, with cumin seeds.


Apfelstrudel with vanilla sauce, of course!


Nice tyrolian architecture




You can get apple-carrot juice, freshly made, just about anywhere. There are loads of apples in this region and their taste is delicious. The 'white' (Hefeweizen?) beer from Bavaria tastes good too.


In this season you can eat many dishes with chestnuts, such as chestnut parfait, a type of semifreddo.


Nice design, by Matteo Thun


Great wine


Fantastic mignardises


and don't forget the grappa!


Perfect cappucino



Food lovers, Süd-Tirol is definitely a place to go ;-)