January 2017 – Page 2 – Local Girl Foreign Land

Archive for January, 2017

London cookery school – dim sum class

January 16, 2017 in England, Travel, United Kingdom 9 comments

LOVE cooking class!!! It’s a fabulous way of spending 3 hours cooking / stuffing face. Who’s excited about MSG-free dim sum?

My Little Box France January 2017

January 14, 2017 in Unbox 1,828 comments

Yey! First box of the year has arrived! And it is technically not a box. Let’s unbag 😉

Disappearing path of Grand Bé, France

January 13, 2017 in Brittany, France, Travel 11 comments

That ‘disappearing’ path thing is not unique to Mount St Michel in France. Here in St Malo, the ‘island’ is a lot smaller and there are no hotels/restaurants on it… there’s no body on it. Fond memories of my drunken travel in France.

Ouigo, the new budget train in France

January 11, 2017 in France, Travel 13 comments

I’ve recently taken a killer cheap deal traveling with Ouigo train. It was only EUR15 one way from Paris to Nantes!!!! I have noticed a few things from my ride. Here’s what I’ve learnt.

Provocative stuff, NGV Australia

January 9, 2017 in Australia, Travel 55 comments

There are 2 of NGV in Melbourne – NGV Australia and NGV international. Combining both will make the post painfully long. For this post, let’s look at NGV Australia together. Let’s begin our journey by stating clearly that I’m not an artsy person. I have an intensely hard time understanding arts. […]

French 101: Gallette des Rois, King cake

January 6, 2017 in Life in Paris 415 comments

Fun and games with food, but don’t joke. French will never joke about food 😉 Gallette des Rois is a traditional dessert ‘game’. There’s a hidden ‘toy’ of sort inside the cake. The person who ends up with the toy is the King. This is a traditional eat for the […]