Some time ago I found an old wiro notebook in a drawer. A scruffy wiro bound notebook with a photo of 2 men in a kayak with a bear on the front cover. In that notebook I found terrible sketches drawn in pencil made while travelling in 1991. One sketch leapt out at me. It was a rough pencil sketch of Mt Ararat from a backpacking trip to eastern Turkey. The sketch really surprised me – it was a very basic pencil sketch, drawn using a .5mm technical pencil on a cheap notepad. The sketch is just black and white… To my surprise the sounds and smells of the day came flooding back. Meeting some Kurdish goat herders and their flock near the base of Mt Ararat, about 10km from the Iranian border on a bright sunny but cool, alpine day. Along with memories of driving across the mountain steppe in an old Renault 19 and the smells of chai and coffee in a Doğubayazıt pasta solunu. It all came back come flooding back! Why did it evoke such vivid memories? I’m not really sure to be honest. Maybe t...
Friday night's excursion into town with the kids led to this delicious discovery, La Couronne Cake Boutique. Beautifully presented cakes and baking each presented like little sculptural works of art had us all enraptured! As we looked around we realised this place has a different 'take' on the traditional with classic European items (Black Forest Gateaux, Tiramisu etc) but with a Taiwanese twist (sweet taro gateaux, green tea cake anybody?) - I know, I know, an unlikely combination - but I'm converted.
Here Rosa is trying out some fresh custard waffles (a kind of mini waffle full of runny custard) while the chef behind prepares red bean waffles. He seemed very happy to be included in the sketch and threw in some more free waffles for the kids to demolish. We will be back!
Here Rosa is trying out some fresh custard waffles (a kind of mini waffle full of runny custard) while the chef behind prepares red bean waffles. He seemed very happy to be included in the sketch and threw in some more free waffles for the kids to demolish. We will be back!
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