salon de g

Girls Trip in Bali – Part II

salon de g — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:06:33 +0000

Ubud. Only two hours away from Seminyak, yet the vibe is completely different. Gone are the bikini-clad tourists and loud techno music. Think museums, beautiful rice paddy fields and coffee plantations. Don’t get me wrong, there are still tourists lurking about and the streets are littered with arts and crafts stalls selling “authentic hand-made” items. [...]

Girls Trip in Bali – Part I

salon de g — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:26:27 +0000

Long overdue pictures from my trip to Bali with my favorite girls and ex-college roommates C & A! So what’s there to do there? Stay at the W Retreat & Spa Bali for your typical W experience. This hotel’s pretty new so expect a lot of glitches. Oh, and make sure you know your roommate well [...]

Brunch @ Locanda Verde

salon de g — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:20:10 +0000

These pictures are from my second visit to Locanda Verde and the restaurant is just as good as I remembered. The only thing I was less than happy about was the process of getting a table for brunch. Fine, so we didn’t have a reservation but come on, I’m sure one can bend the rules [...]

Koh Lanta for Easter – Part II

salon de g — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:50:53 +0000

A month ago I was snorkeling and diving at some of the most beautiful islands in Thailand. A month later I am writing a post about the trip, stuck at home for the long weekend, face swollen and in pain from getting two wisdom teeth pulled out. Something is very wrong about this picture and [...]

Koh Lanta for Easter – Part I

salon de g — Thu, 26 May 2011 18:18:30 +0000

D and I went to Thailand for Easter – it was a trip we’ve been waiting to go on for over a year ever since we redeemed our plane tickets. After a grueling 3.5 hr flight from HK to Bangkok + 1 hr from Bangkok to Krabi + 50 minute car ride to the pier [...]

Love.

salon de g — Wed, 18 May 2011 15:33:15 +0000

I’m still alive! I know I’ve been absolutely terrible with blogging these days. While I’ve been busy working and traveling for the past couple weeks, the truth is I’ve lost my blogging momentum after my last post on London. The good news is, I think I’m feeling it again. April and May have been crazy. [...]

Broadway Market, London

salon de g — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:31:16 +0000

I was researching on local markets in London and I came across this article in Time Out London. I only had time for one market trip and the choice was down to two: Broadway Market or Spitalfields. In the end, I went for the former even though Spitalfields was closer and easier to get to. I just crossed [...]

London Feasts: Hawksmoor Seven Dials

salon de g — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:36:15 +0000

Finally got around writing the last of my London Feasts series. I know I know, it’s been over a month since my London trip, but you know the usual reasons…work, work, and more work. The last proper meal I had in London was at Hawksmoor Seven Dials. I had high hopes. Perhaps too high because [...]

London Feasts: The Modern Pantry

salon de g — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:01:12 +0000

10 Reasons why I loved The Modern Pantry: 1. They change their menu on a daily basis. 2. They carbonate their own water. 3. I wanted everything on the menu. 4. They made the best omelette I’ve ever had. Seriously. 5. After a week of eating Gweilo (Western) food, I was happy just to taste hints [...]

London Feasts: The Ledbury

salon de g — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:18:07 +0000

We had a dinner reservation for The Ledbury after our epic multi-course meal at Gordon Ramsay (I wasn’t kidding when I said we went overboard). We were so stuffed from lunch that D and I spent the short time between the two meals debating whether we should cancel the reservation. In the end, we went for [...]