Food and drink 
Japan: Delicious white strawberries!(1)
Ever on the lookout for new gourmet taste sensations, I found these white strawberries in Tokyo’s famous wholesale Tsukiji food market. Beautifully packaged, as they should be for the price of 800 Yen for 6 strawberries in early February (that’s about $10 or 8 Euro). Amazingly, they really tasted like strawberries, as did the red [...]
Japan: Tokyo’s “cat cafes”
By now it is a known fact that pets can help to combat stress symptoms. So it is a logical conclusion to combine two pleasurable activities in order to achieve a positive result: have a tea or coffee break and pet a cat to feel relaxed. The Japanese solution: visit a “Cat Cafe”. What can [...]
Berlin: Pret à Diner temporary restaurant
Berlin is known for its temporary installations in out of the way places– boutiques, events, galleries, restaurants. When three top chefs combine forces under the catchy name of “Pret à diner” and present exotic sounding menues for just 35 days in the cavernous rooms of the old mint, I listened up. Sure enough, reservations were [...]
Madrid: Tapa stop at Mercado San Miguel
Sightseeing makes hungry, as we all know. And what nicer way to have a snack than to go to a market, especially a newly restored Beaux-Art period one right in the center of Madrid, off the Plaza Mayor. Built in 1916 and recently restored by private investors, the Mercado San Miguel now offers delicacies in [...]
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