More from the City of Angels

Barbara Klein food, hotel, restaurant, Thailand, travel 2 Comments

Wake up at 8, strange waking up in another town with practically the same view, this morning I started looking for the mosque (in Phitsanulok)! Ten o’clock on the rooftop: we celebrate Morgestraich! Normally, you would get to see and hear something like this, temperatures would be around 5 – 10° C. Temperature in Bangkok is around 30° C, humidity …

On the Way to the City of Angels

Barbara Klein food, hotel, restaurant, Thailand, travel 2 Comments

A short night’s sleep, packing and going for a short breakfast. We want to do some sightseeing before leaving on an endless busride to Bangkok. Lovely walk to the temple Wat Phra Sri Rattana Mahatat along the main road from the bridge lined with lychee trees. Watch out! On the way to the temple Beautiful Buddha statue (did you see …

Whatever You Do – Be Passionate About It!

Barbara Klein food 2 Comments

This post is about food, cooking and a recipe, what did you think? There is a fig tree in our garden, I planted it some 15 years ago, it was a tiny weeny thing, proudly demonstrating ist first leaves. It has become a gorgeous tree tending to ignore neighbour boundaries. Each year it carries sweet yellor fruit. Each year? Not …

Quince Lemon Chutney

Barbara Klein food 2 Comments

Last summer and autumn was my time for chutneys of all kind of fruit (apricots, peach, plum, apples – you name it). I adapted the following recipe from Madhur Jaffrey’s book of Currys (published in 1996, ISBN 978-0563387947), a highly informative book on the history of curry.   Quitten Lemon Chutney Result: 1 Liter Ingredients 1 untreated lemon salt 5 …