http://www.barbraaustin.com Eating, drinking, and writing in Paris Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:26:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.barbraaustin.com/2011/03/monkey-business/ http://www.barbraaustin.com/2011/03/monkey-business/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 23:15:45 +0000 Barbra http://www.barbraaustin.com/?p=1802 Our captain pulled his skiff around, the outboard buzzing anemically. The four of us stepped on and were off, passing a colorful village on one side and a mesh of mangroves on the other. The strait widened to an expanse of tides and currents, the ongoing negotiations between the Sarawak river and the South China Sea.]]> http://www.barbraaustin.com/2011/03/monkey-business/feed/ 2 http://www.barbraaustin.com/2011/03/hong-kong-tim-ho-wan/ http://www.barbraaustin.com/2011/03/hong-kong-tim-ho-wan/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:32:14 +0000 Barbra http://www.barbraaustin.com/?p=1805 I was worried that Tim Ho Wan wouldn't be as good as I remembered, that we would have nothing to show for the commute to Mongkok but two hours of waiting and a completed Sunday crossword. But then the pork buns arrived.]]> http://www.barbraaustin.com/2011/03/hong-kong-tim-ho-wan/feed/ 6 http://www.barbraaustin.com/2011/03/hong-kong-ball-kee/ http://www.barbraaustin.com/2011/03/hong-kong-ball-kee/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 07:16:05 +0000 Barbra http://www.barbraaustin.com/?p=1793 Showing up to a lunch date 3o minutes late and short of cash is probably not the best way to make a good first impression.]]> http://www.barbraaustin.com/2011/03/hong-kong-ball-kee/feed/ 3 http://www.barbraaustin.com/2011/02/kuching-top-spot/ http://www.barbraaustin.com/2011/02/kuching-top-spot/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:50:58 +0000 Barbra http://www.barbraaustin.com/?p=1829 We went to Top Spot for dinner on our first night in Kuching, and returned on our last night because we liked it so much. Perched on the roof of a parking garage, Top Spot is a collection of competing seafood stands facing a sea of tables, a sort of massive food court. It was hard to know which one to choose; they all look more or less the same. In these situations I think it's best to follow the crowd, and the crowd was at stall number 25, Bukit Mata.]]> http://www.barbraaustin.com/2011/02/kuching-top-spot/feed/ 1 http://www.barbraaustin.com/2011/02/kuching-laksa/ http://www.barbraaustin.com/2011/02/kuching-laksa/#comments Sat, 26 Feb 2011 21:31:42 +0000 Barbra http://www.barbraaustin.com/?p=1826 I found myself in Kuching somewhat unexpectedly, which I realize sounds strange. How does one find oneself unexpectedly in a place that requires plane rides to reach? I'm still not entirely sure, but there I was, arrived with my Hong Kong friend via Singapore, where we picked up two others, old friends of his.]]> http://www.barbraaustin.com/2011/02/kuching-laksa/feed/ 1 http://www.barbraaustin.com/2011/02/hong-kong-java-road-cooked-food-center/ http://www.barbraaustin.com/2011/02/hong-kong-java-road-cooked-food-center/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:39:15 +0000 Barbra http://www.barbraaustin.com/?p=1788 I had been here before but was happy to go back, particularly considering there would be ten of us. More people, more food to try.]]> http://www.barbraaustin.com/2011/02/hong-kong-java-road-cooked-food-center/feed/ 6 http://www.barbraaustin.com/2011/01/rome-volpetti/ http://www.barbraaustin.com/2011/01/rome-volpetti/#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 11:43:53 +0000 Barbra http://www.barbraaustin.com/?p=1682 ]]> http://www.barbraaustin.com/2011/01/rome-volpetti/feed/ 8 http://www.barbraaustin.com/2010/09/noma/ http://www.barbraaustin.com/2010/09/noma/#comments Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:29:07 +0000 Barbra http://www.barbraaustin.com/?p=1549 Not in the ideal sense (dream job, dream boy) but in the vivid unlikeliness of it all.]]> http://www.barbraaustin.com/2010/09/noma/feed/ 4 http://www.barbraaustin.com/2010/08/ho-ho-sik-hong-kong-address-book/ http://www.barbraaustin.com/2010/08/ho-ho-sik-hong-kong-address-book/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:11:34 +0000 Barbra http://www.barbraaustin.com/?p=1485 It's too bad I didn't learn this phrase before my trip, because I had ample opportunity to use it.]]> http://www.barbraaustin.com/2010/08/ho-ho-sik-hong-kong-address-book/feed/ 2 http://www.barbraaustin.com/2010/08/hong-kong-bo-innovation-part-ii/ http://www.barbraaustin.com/2010/08/hong-kong-bo-innovation-part-ii/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:41:55 +0000 Barbra http://www.barbraaustin.com/?p=1457 Then again, souls probably taste better when they are well-buttered.]]> http://www.barbraaustin.com/2010/08/hong-kong-bo-innovation-part-ii/feed/ 6