Cannes Day 2

More meetings but more good food with great company on the second day of being in Cannes, France for the annual convention.

From June 6, 2018.

Cannes Day 1

Day 1 of my annual trip to Cannes, France. The day was spent getting to meetings: conference, hotel, lunch, in apartment, dinner.

From June 5, 2018.

Dining at My Lovely Hotel in Chablis

It was not really “hotel” dining but one of the best restaurants in Chablis happened to be on the same premises as my hotel (i.e. same management) and the main chef was, what!?, Japanese, which fact I was not aware of. But everything was wonderful of course with the main dish’s presentation looking very Japanese while tasting French.

Happened on February 11, 2018.

A Sunny Day in Paris with Snow Melting Away (for the Time Being)

Another day of work in Paris during the first week of February, 2018 but I was unexpectedly given the morning off by my sponsor so went out and about in the sunny city where snow was melting away (little did we know of what was coming), walking in the neighborhood and trying to find spices my bestie had asked me to buy for her. Lunch and dinner meetings with a showcase inbetween were both at uniquely Paris bistros.

Happened on February 8, 2018.

Cuisines of the World in Tokyo: a Kurdish Night

My two very good friends and I go out every month to try a new cuisine that is foreign (to us) and regional (with a couple of seasonal exceptions) and preferably run by someone local from the particular region and we have been doing this since I can’t remember when – maybe in the last five or six years and we are running out of regions to visit.

This past January our theme was Kurdish cuisine and we visited a Kurdish restaurant called “Mesopotamia” in Itabashi, Tokyo.

Visited on January 7, 2018.

More Queenstown Fun

Our second day in Queenstown, New Zealand was going to the Kiwi Birdlife Park, up the Skyline gondola, taking in the scenery, chillin’ with more NZ wine, with a nice dinner at the end. Lamb! finally.

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Happened on January 3, 2018.

Beautiful Queenstown, New Zealand

Flew in the morning from Auckland to Queenstown and spent the day lunching, chillin’, having supper, and chillin’ some more.

Happened on January 2, 2018.

Chinese Takeout Dinner on New Year’s Day

After a long day of wine tasting and ferry rides, Chinese takeaway dinner sounded like the right thing to do. Downstairs from our apartment in Auckland, New Zealand, was just the right kind of shop and we had the right wine from the tour to go with. Happy dining.

Happened on January 1, 2018.

New Year’s Eve in Auckland, New Zealand

How we spent our day (and night) on New Year’s Eve, 2017, in Auckland, New Zealand.

Breakfast, public library, cemetery, around town, lunch, around town again, dinner with the best pizza in town to go (just downstairs from our apartment), and TV in apartment with pizza and wine which was equivalent of TV at home with soba and sake, how it always is on New Year’s Eve. Fireworks (audio only ^^) at midnight.

Happened on December 31, 2017.

More Eating in Auckland, New Zealand

Back in Tokyo from cold and snowy Paris as of this past Tuesday evening and continuing with a New Zealand post.

This was surprisingly one of the best dinners we had during our stay. Difficult to determine if a hotel restaurant would turn out to be good or not even if you research but this one was great.