by admin | May 12, 2019 | Canada, The Dining Car
The Yellow Deli Roughly 100 km outside of Vancouver, through the Fraser Valley toward the interior, sits the township of Chilliwack. Home to some 100,000 residents, bordered to the north and south by mountains, and surrounded by large swathes of farmland, one might...
by Ian | Jul 17, 2019 | Ireland, The Dining Car
Stars, Flowers, and Romance in Dublin The Amuse Bouche She had been yearning to satisfy a craving for expensive flavoured foam and mentioned something about Pearse station which is near Merrion Square, a location that I knew for its proximity to Restaurant Patrick...
by Ian | Aug 15, 2019 | Food, Slovenia, The Dining Car
Month: August 2019 Seventy-five kilometres northwest of the capital, Ljubljana, tucked away in the Julian Alps lies an isolated little lake called Bohinj. Off the main route which runs through Kranj to Jesenice, Bohinj has managed to remain relatively unknown compared...
by Ian | Dec 14, 2019 | The Dining Car, Zimbabwe
Sadza Sadza was such an important dish to my guide, Ndaba, while we were travelling through Zimbabwe that he consumed a plate full of it at just about every meal. One day, having replaced sadza during one of his meals with a pizza, he hopped on the very next...
by Ian | Jan 26, 2020 | Nepal, The Dining Car
Omar’s Pani-Puri Cart in Gorkha Located halfway between Pokhara and Kathmandu along the main highway that winds its way through the valley along the foothills of the Himalayas, the village of Gorkha sits nestled in the clouds along a route headed north toward...
by Ian | Feb 21, 2020 | The Dining Car, Vietnam
Some Assembly Required – Bánh Xèo Across the bridges from the beaches of Da Nang is a bustling city devoid of tourists and home to over 1 million Vietnamese. I had missed the opportunity to take an overnight train south to Nha Trang and was planning to be on the first...
