by Calvin Sun | Sep 3, 2018 | Fit for Foodies, Japan, September 2018: Japan, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
After watching the late Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown special on Okinawa 3 years ago while kicking it at a downtown Russian Sauna back home in NYC, I knew I had to add it on any itinerary I would design for an eventual Japan trip. Anthony...
by Calvin Sun | May 26, 2017 | Fit for Foodies, Italy, You're Going to Miss It...
You’re going to crave starting off your day with the simple combination of espresso and croissants, sadly accepting that the closest you can get to “something different” back home is perhaps a chocolate-almond combination, but never a...
by Calvin Sun | May 24, 2017 | Fit for Foodies, Italy, May 2017: Romantic Italy & Microstates, Spring 2017: Italy & Microstates, France, Luxembourg, Malta, & Tunisia
Sorry, too busy eating right now to post about Bologna properly (after all, that’s what it’s known for anyway!). Instead, go read my entry on how to do a day trip from here to San Marino. Until then, still eating. - At time of...
by Calvin Sun | Sep 13, 2016 | Fail, Fit for Foodies, September 2016: Andorra, Serendipitous!, Spain, The Nightlife, Weekend Trips
SO I SCREWED UP.2 days ago after arriving into Barcelona, I ranted how sad I was to have discovered that what I thought was one of my favorite restaurants, La Xampanyeria, was closed the night before the Catalan Independence Day. It had...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 17, 2015 | August 2015: The Baltic Circle, Finland, Fit for Foodies, Public Transportation, The Nightlife
We started today at 11am, first passing by all the pop-up stalls of Restaurant Day (where anyone in Helsinki can open up a “restaurant”/food stall on Park Esplanad) and heading over to the Market Square docks for a 15 minute ferry ride to...
