after my 3 egg day i sought out a vegan feast for my dinner. lots of friends have said to eat at trippy taco, and given it’s around the corner from where i’m staying, i seek it out. the shop is overflowing with (hispter-like) locals, and i wonder if it’s worth even trying to go [...]

jon had recommended a few korean places near the state library, and so i sought one out for lunch. i’d snuck in a coffee at the library cafe earlier on, but this was but outing for the day. it’s a stock standard beef bi-bim-bab, and i added more chilli after i took the photo, which [...]

i’m out in the field again (it’s been a while between drinks when it comes to my ‘field work’, and i think this is a good sign of things to come this year), writing about archival spaces ‘in situ’. i’m in melbourne for the next 3 days/72 hours, at the state library and in my [...]

there was something i was dreaming of when planning this holiday about catching the train around china. something i didn’t get, and learnt a bit more about why i like trains – it’s the comfort and conveneience, neither of which i got on my china train trip this time round. i’d already changed my plans [...]

i’ve been to shanghai before – back in 2005, for a week. and then there were those eventful 5 weeks in beijing. so china is familiar. and this time round i’d come to see r & j, who’ve been here for a year living the expat life. and i am perplexed about what shanghai is [...]

i made it through the night and managed to even make friends with my room-mate. she had offered me gifts of sweets and writing paper, and so i offered her breakfast back in return. i’d gone out the night before to find something to eat for breakfast, and ended up with cheese slices, crazy bread [...]

my morning wake up and breakfast – rice porridge again. at guesthouse yougendo they serve breakfast in individual rooms for each bedroom, each room being in the old japanese house style, overlooking a garden, and seated on the floor.    after breakfast i checked out and began my trek to kyoto, my destination. i was [...]

i’ve been making chickpea pancakes a few times a week and filing them with tasty things. this time round it was buckwheat grains, cooked till soft. the pancakes: mix a cup of chickpea flour with a cup of other flour (plain flour, or gluten free flour). add enough milk (i think i used rice milk) [...]