‘drinks’ Archive

Vancouver, Canada: Mink Chocolates August 30, 2011 7 Comments

863 West Hastings Street Vancouver, BC V6C 3N9, Canada (604) 633-2451 http://www.minkchocolates.com I just got back from a 4-5 day vacation in Vancouver last night. I’m still groggy and already miss Vancouver terribly. I ate really well and plan on blogging about Vancouver the next couple of weeks here. (Hello, August is practically over and [...]

The Tea Lounge July 18, 2011 9 Comments

1700 W Parmer Ste 210 Austin, TX 78727 (512) 833-7888 www.tealoungetx.com I try to keep my eating and drinking life spontaneous but I still have a handful of eating routines. Madam Mams for Thai food in Austin, Pho Dan for pho in Austin, are a couple that come to mind. Well, I have two bubble [...]

Hot Chocolate on a Stick January 14, 2011 7 Comments

I barely get to see my best friend throughout the year since she lives in Boston. Luckily, she still travels to Houston for Christmas. I often crash her family’s events during the holidays. I love her family. It’s big and loud and crazy. Such a world of a difference between her family and my small [...]

Tea Time: Sweet Potato Tea to be Exact August 5, 2010 6 Comments

A Korean coworker just came back from Korea and treated the lab to a lovely display of different teas. I spotted two crazy teas I’ve never had, sweet potato tea and sweet pumpkin. I asked her about them and oddly, the bearer of gifts only tried one of the more usual teas, the green tea [...]

Friday Food Definition: Kombucha July 23, 2010 1 Comment

So I was skimming through my newsfeed on facebook when I noticed Peter Tsai of TheTastingBuds.com posted a link on a mutual friend’s wall of this blog entry with the comment that his friend posted a blog entry on how to make kombucha. I clicked on the link because I’ve never heard of kombucha and [...]

Friday Food Definition: Wine Aerator June 11, 2010 9 Comments

I can very easily enumerate what I know about wine, that’s how little I know. I’ve gone to quite a few wine tastings in my time, the last one just last weekend at the Austin Wine & Music Festival but as I taste and taste and sommeliers tell me what bottle I’m sipping from, the [...]