Compared to the glittery metropolis of Tokyo or the ancient sublimity of Kyoto, it’s easy to forget the more grounded and working class city of Osaka. But that would be a mistake. The second largest metropolitan area in Japan…
Bitterballen, hotchpotch stampot, jenever, and haring. Hunting down traditional Dutch food in Amsterdam.
May 10, 2018
Honestly, when it comes to northern European food, I hadn’t heard good things. But I have to say I fell in love with traditional Dutch food. Tasty bar snacks, hearty home-style meals with long simmered meats, a variety of cured…
The West Virginia hotdog and other sandwiches of my youth. A tour of classic diners and drive-ins of Huntington, West Virginia.
April 5, 2018
Huntington, West Virginia is my childhood home. Where I was born and raised. And where my family still lives. I grew up exploring the beautiful decay and abandoned industrialscapes that once boomed here some time before I met the…
Robots, lasers, and noodles! Prowling Tokyo’s Shinjuku redlight district.
March 28, 2018
Shinjuku is a major metropolitan transit hub inside of Tokyo with over 3.64 million commuters per day at the Shinjuku station as well as the city’s predominant redlight district. The stacked fluorescent neon strata fantasy worlds of new Tokyo…
From trdelníky to goulash: the hunt for traditional Czech food in Prague.
February 5, 2018
Umodre Kachnicky Restaurant specializing in duck. I chose the tasting menu. The Hemingway Bar The Chili…