In this post I share pics of food at El Nacional in Barcelona. As I wrote in that post my family and I dined at El Nacional three times, respectively in the seafood restaurant, meat grill part and the tapas joint. First, La Llotja, the seafood area. Fresh Oysters from nearby sea. Grilled Gambas and … Continue reading
El Nacional offers two things I love about Barcelona: culinary and architecture. This culinary hotspot is located on the upscale district of Gràcia where world-famous modernista buildings are at. The entry is not really visible for unaware passersby. It is hidden in an alley. Actually El Nacional is an enormous food court of 2.600 square … Continue reading
Two weeks ago I went to Food Truck Festival Trek! in Nijmegen. In 2015 I visited this Food Truck Festival and share the story in Foodie Heaven. Last year I didn’t come due to gloomy weather. Here are some pictures I took with my iPhone. This is The Duck Truck serving duck as burger in … Continue reading
As food is a passion of mine, I would love to recommend you to read In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto by American author Michael Pollan. This book is about nutritionism and Western diet. Western diets have resulted in the so-called prosperous country diseases: cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and obesity. Pollan’s advise: Eat food. Not too … Continue reading
Any five people I would love to have dinner with are the following: My late father. I am anxious to know how our interaction would be like. I wonder how he would see me as who I am today as an adult woman. Reminiscing our conversations in the past, this would be very interesting. He … Continue reading
My second day of Christmas was spent with my in-laws since I have no family here. As a migrant living faraway from home, Christmas can be tough. So it was for me this year, I had this thing called homesick. Homesick to my mother’s house on Christmas day, missing my sisters and the rest of … Continue reading
This is part 2 of my food journal during my Indonesian holiday last summer. Read the earlier published food journal Indonesian travel part 1. So, without further ado, I hereby present you the famous Balinese nasi campur. Nasi campur means mixed (campur) rice (nasi). It basically consists of steamed rice (could be white, red or … Continue reading
