Krapow Muu (Pork Wok Fried with Holy Basil) Bangkok, Thailand – Just a quick word for those of you who follow this as a Southeast Asian resource, I have one last post on Vienna and then I will return to my regularly scheduled programming of chilies, galangal and holy basil. Korp kun kaaa!
Schinken Eisbein (Pork Leg) Vienna, Austria – On one of my first nights in Vienna, I found myself in an Irish pub with my host repeating “Velkommen Wien!” (Welcome to Vienna!) about every fifteen minutes. Later that night, we stopped at one of the city’s numerous stands for one of the region’s great delicacies, a [...]
Punsch Cake and Punsch Bratislava, Slovakia – I had starting considering eating McDonalds. It, and there were many of them, seemed to be the only thing open in all of Bratislava, where I had arrived in the morning on a whim, without a map or a clue. I wasn’t sure what I was going to [...]
Kleiner Brauner at Sluka Vienna, Austria – Despite the lengthiness of my last post on Vienna’s coffeehouses, I failed to explain the different kinds of Viennese coffee. Before going further, I must confess I’m no serious coffee drinker. I may have been turned off to the stuff in high school when I worked in a [...]
Meringue and Coffee Cream Cake at Cafe Diglas Vienna, Austria – World renowned, the unhurried kaffeehaus tradition continues on in Vienna even as fast food operations and Starbucks multiply around the world. Underneath chandeliers and delicately-painted, arched ceilings, Austrians gather in cafes for a leisurely coffee and pastry or perhaps a cigarette, soup or open-faced [...]
Pig Roasting on a Rod Prague, Czech Republic – Admittedly, I didn’t do much research before coming to Prague. I had 11 days in the US and was back in Bangkok for 26 hours before flying to Vienna, where my days were quickly filled with cafes, museums and my host’s social rounds. And then there [...]
Beef Goulash with Dumplings at Deminka Prague, Czech Republic – A short 4.5 hour train ride from Vienna is Prague. Like Vienna, the architecture here is grand, breathtaking and sometimes intimidating. And also like Vienna at this time of year, it is cold, it is windy and it damp. Likewise, the food here is well-suited [...]
Natural History Museum, Vienna Vienna, Austria – One night I’m walking by a live baby elephant next to Lumpini park in Bangkok on my way to pick up some fried noodles and the next day I’m standing in front of an elephant statue in front of Vienna’s Natural History Museum. Cold, grey and rainy Vienna [...]