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| Ube Hopia, yum, Iloilo, Philippines |
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| Ube cupcake, Iloilo, Philippines |
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| local beer, Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan |
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| beer at the Sapporo brewery, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan |
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| blue tea, pink tea & biscuits, Abashiri, Japan |
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| subway sushi, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan |
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| tofu heaven at Cherry Garden restaurant; the Avocado tofu is to die for, Duke tried chicken sushimi (yes, that's RAW chicken!) Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan |
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| fugu (blowfish), did not make it onto our dinner plate, Japan |
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| packaged fugu, Tsukiji fish market, Tokyo |
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| nothing better than a bowl of hot ramen in a Japanese winter, Ramen Alley, Sapporo, Japan |
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| Ippodo Tea Co, free tea tastings, Kyoto |
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| after a long (unsuccessful) search to find a traditional tea house & tea ceremony (inside our budget & time frame) we discovered the beautiful Ippodo tea rooms where you will find the lovely Ippodo tea ladies who will help you demystify the many green teas on the menu & allow you to taste them too |
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| then, inside their authentically decorated Ippodo tea room 'Kaboku', you can learn the art of pouring Japanese tea by ordering something from the menu. Most teas will also come with some delightful sweet cakes. |
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| chefs in the backstreets of Shanghai |
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| Jasmine Green tea, Suzhou, China |
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| it may not look like much, but this fried sesame seed bread costs very little & is guaranteed to fill you up, Suzhou, China |
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| napping with tofu, market, Yangshou, China |
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| cute cafe that looks like this, Xitang, China |
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| with great (but slightly expensive) coffee |
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| handmade dumplings, Xitang, China |
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| Stinky tofu, surprisingly tasty, Xitang, China |
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| i kept coming back to this bakery selling the sweetest cakes (by the sweetest lady), Xitang, China |
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| Blini (pancakes), Moscow, Russia |
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| caviar & vodka display in the beautiful Eliseevsky store on Tverskaya st, Moscow, Russia |
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| a local fisherman takes his water supply from Lake Baikal, Russia |
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| Mac Kape, Moscow, Russia |
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| bleary eyed vodka display, Russia |
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| a beautiful buidling; Cafe Singer, order a coffee & croissant, but make sure to sit near the window, St Petersburg, Russia |
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| this furnace was scary but our only source of hot water on the Trans-Mongolian train |
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| American coffee in Russia, Trans-Mongolian train |
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| baguette anyone?, Fes, Morocco |
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| we enjoyed a traditional Moroccan tea made by a friendly Herbalist, Marrakech, Morocco |
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| gelati at its best, Trastavere, Rome, Italy |
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| we managed to buy some guava paste with Convertible Pesos from this local seller, Havana, Cuba |
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| and some bread rolls from this local bakery, Havana, Cuba |
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