Spotted - Hopewell, Marlborough Sounds

After my freshly caught meal at Hopewell, I asked my dinner guest, Y, if she would be my Spotted for this month. Y is a teacher in Germany who has decided to take five months off to travel in New Zealand and Asia. She is an avid rock climber, and travelled all the way to NZ just because she heard there was good climbing here. Of course, she is also very keen on good food. This month's spotted interview is at Hopewell, Marlborough Sounds. Where...

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Collecting Seafood in Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand

I never thought I would ever collect my own seafood, let alone do it in New Zealand. Our first stop in New Zealand was Marlborough Sounds, an extensive area of bush-clad hills and beautiful blue bays. Marlborough Sounds We stayed at Hopewell, an extremely accommodating and wonderful lodge that I highly recommend. This lodge is very remote, and has both backpacker and private lodging. We had to drive 3 hours through the sounds on extremely...

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Emirates Airline Food - Sydney to Christchurch

This was our view as we landed into Christchurch. Our trip to New Zealand was amazing but much too short. I wish words and pictures could describe what we saw and experienced.I chose to fly to Christchurch with Emirates specifically for the food. For a 2.5 hour flight in Economy class, you get a nice meal that includes a starter, main, and dessert. Before the meal, a hot refreshing towel is brought to you. On the flights I've been on in North...

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MOO Gourmet Burgers, Sydney

Sydney is a food haven. There is so much good food in this city, it's sick. I wake up every morning dreaming about what to eat for brekky, lunch, and dinner. I've been waking up at 3AM every morning because of the jet-lag, and the first thing I do is ask CK what we should eat for lunch and dinner. It is driving him crazy, but luckily for me, he is too nice to tell me to shut the F*** up! We end up having about a 30 minute conversation on my potential...

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Skittles Sensations

I just had spicy Skittles for breakfast! CK and I have been busy making mix CDs for our upcoming trip to New Zealand, and instead of wasting time making breakfast for the two of us, I busted open a bag of Skittles that he bought for me.CK stumbled upon these Skittles Sensations a few months ago, and saved a bag for me. He wanted me to try their berry chili flavor, which tasted like a berry Skittle with lots of Cayenne pepper. It was pretty neat. The...

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Spice I Am and Sydney Favourites

Sydney Harbour Bridge After 24 hours of travelling, I have finally arrived in Sydney. This city has become almost a second home for me. This is my 6th time visiting in 4 years, and as soon as I landed, I knew exactly what I wanted to do, and where I wanted to go. One: Modern Gothic Architecture. I have been obsessed with modern gothic architecture lately, and Sydney is full of it. While strolling around the city, I kept stopping every few minutes...

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Lufthansa Airline Food - Frankfurt to Toronto

As you are reading this, I am on a plane to Sydney. I'm finally going to see my hunny after 7 long months. Because of this, I figure a post about an airplane meal would be fitting. I have a large collection of airplane food photos. CK and I started taking pictures of such meals when we discovered airlinemeals.net, a website dedicated to airline food. We used to travel together quite a bit, and had planned to post all of our airline meals onto...

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