There are few places in the world where cuisine is an interesting juxtaposition of sweet, sour, hot and salty all in one. Thailand is one of those places. When Dan and I go back to the land of smiles, food is a big reason why. Here are 10 classic dishes to eat when you travel to […]
Fair Trade Coffee with a Real Barista
One of the first small, local roasters and third wave cafés to open in Prague has given new energy to European coffee. Since 2008, Mamacoffee founded six locations, a coffee NGO, and a coffee festival with the main goal of showcasing to the rest of Europe (and the world) that coffee can be both good and fair. I […]
Coffee Cupping: The Art of Tasting Coffee
Most people press the start button and pour their morning brew from a pot. Others have a favourite café or a neighbourhood Starbucks they frequent. You might order a venti latte, add in a few spoons of sweetness and call it a morning. For the average coffee lover, it usually doesn’t go beyond that. But […]
Courageous Kitchen
A place normally filled with kids learning to cook, it was a bunch of new travel friends and expats on a Saturday night getting together, nomming over tasty South East Asian recipes and talking about an uneasy topic. Dwight played Chef for the night. Chopping, slicing, mixing, stirring. But this is not your traditional cooking school. Two years […]
A Rainforest B&B in Chiang Mai
We absolutely loved Northern Thailand and if we had to choose a city in South East Asia to live in it would be Chiang Mai. You can go on a meditation retreat, learn to cook Thai, take up muay thai training, volunteer with elephants or wake up at dawn to give alms to monks. We spent our first couple of nights staying in […]
Guide to Prague Coffee Culture and Third Wave Cafés
In Czech Republic, breweries and beer gardens are a dime a dozen. Understandably so, since here beer is cheaper than water. But Prague also happens to be one of the best places in the world for a different kind of drink. Coffee. The average Czech actually drinks 400 cups of caffeine a year and it has created a cool […]