Art Deco Glasses

These fabulous wine (or rather Absinthe!) art deco glasses (from around 1910) were recently found at Haben Will antiques shop, Munich (spoon and bottle from Absinth Depot Berlin):

October 2, 2014 Leave a comment

Eyes, Hands

Delicious Korean food

Most of the Korean food IS actually delicious. You have to like Kimchi of course. The only thing we ate which was NOT served with Kimchi were the silk worm larvae. I wish they had been …

Eat & drink in Korea - from top to bottom, left to right: rice, chicken hangover soup with black chicken and wild ginseng (kimchi - see top left image corner), "spam" (canned ham), ice cream in weird colors on sticks, Soju (national drink No.1, a kind of light vodka-y beverage - I like the fact they label it "Happy Water" ;-)), wine with mango (Asia is not really good with wines, no sir!), table coal bbq, silkworm larvae (yumyum), persimon, all kinds of sea monsters at Noryangjin fish market, table bbq with endless amounts of dishes in bowls, and finally: the mysterious double-ended whale-penis icecream :-D — Eat & drink in Korea – from top to bottom, left to right: rice, chicken hangover soup with black chicken and wild ginseng (kimchi – see top left image corner), “spam” (canned ham), ice cream in weird colors on sticks, Soju (national drink No.1, a kind of light vodka-y beverage – I like the fact they label it “Happy Water” ;-)), wine with mango (Asia is not really good with wines, no sir!), table coal bbq, silkworm larvae (yumyum), persimon, all kinds of sea monsters at Noryangjin fish market, table bbq with endless amounts of dishes in bowls, and finally: the mysterious double-ended whale-penis icecream 😀

October 1, 2014 Leave a comment

Eyes, Lips, Nose

Pâtisserie à l’ hôtel “Shilla”, Seoul

Why we discovered the best european style pastries we had ever seen, tasted and experienced in the pastry boutique of The Shilla Hotel in Seoul and above all why we only did so two days before departure – either will stay infathomably mysterious to us for the rest of our lives. As will the fact that they were only around 7,5€ a piece, while they are worth double that price, which in turn was what they asked for the espresso in the hotel lounge …