Tag: Cuisine

The Delights of Indian Cuisine

Indian cuisine is one of the most popular types of food in Netherlands, with thousands of curry houses in Amsterdam alone. We love Indian food so much that we even have a National Curry Week, which usually runs through the end of November. There are over 10,000 Indian restaurants in the Amsterdam an...

Catalan Cuisine: A Detailed Guide Before Visiting Barcelona!

Planning a trip to Barcelona? Here is everything you should know before tasting the Catalan cuisine! Catalonia is a region of Spain with its own language, culture, tradition and food! Catalan cuisine, hailing from the northeastern region of Spain, is celebrated for its rich, diverse flavors, and ...

SO WHAT IS QUEBEC CUISINE, ANYWAY? THE HISTORY OF QUEBEC’S MOST POPULAR DISHES

The province of Quebec has spent much of the 20th and 21st centuries solidifying a culture that is quite distinct from any other found in North America. It’s thus easy to forget that, at its roots, Quebecois culture is a hodgepodge of various others that were all brought together by historical...

Michelin-starred Korean cuisine on Polk Street gets a facelift

First off, it’s more fine dining, though still relaxed and intimate, a restaurant that would easily fit in with the Michelin-starred restaurants I dined at recently in Seoul, S. Korea. Secondly, they’re an important part of a San Francisco Korean wave that has long been overdue g...

Unexpected Similarities between Spanish & Hong Kong Cuisine

Not many Hong Kong natives know about Spanish anything. Judging by the blank looks I get when I tell Spaniards that I’m from Hong Kong, the reverse is also probably true. As far as I can tell — with basic world history and the almighty Google — there is little shared cultural h...