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Lobster on the Go

Can you believe I ate lobster for the first time only a couple of weeks ago? Well, yes, apparently I did. It was an apt environment too. During a four day trip to the splendid city of London, we ended up strolling past the Real Food market, which camps every

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DBMA: Londontown

For those of you new to this publishing outlet, there is a category which I have dubbed DBMA, Death by Martini Abroad. It’s my attempt at creating the impression that my life does not evolve around the same square kilometer here in Vienna (it actually does). So, here we

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DBM Abroad: The Köttbullar Treatment

As some of you may know, family and friends made it so that I’ve now got quite the connection to Sweden. Hence, I’ve spent a fair amount of time there during the last few years and of course indulged on what they have to offer culinary-wise. Inhabited by

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DBMA: London - The Hawksmoor

Being a diligent reader of this blog, you do remember the announcement published here a couple of weeks ago that I would be visiting London. Well, that visit came and went, and here I am now, with a couple of new experiences under my belt and in my belly. Today,

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DBMA: Feeding Tourists - Part III

And because I somewhat promised the last part, here’s a picture of the best food we had during our stay on the island of Texel. It’s from a restaurant in De Koog, which name I didn’t jot down, and even the mighty Google seems to have the

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DBMA: Feeding Tourists - Part II

It took a mere ten days, but here I am with yet another glorious update, namely Pt.II of my already epic feature on how to feed tourists. Where tourists are actually my girlfriend and I. As you may remember from last time, there’s not a whole lot that

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DBMA: Feeding Tourists - Part I

When on vacation, people do two things: nothing and eating. I had actually planned on writing a lengthy essay on the merits and the downsides of being at a place that specializes in feeding these hungry hoards, but after a few paragraphs I came to the conclusion that it would

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DBMA (Death by Martini Abroad): At Douwe Egberts Koffie Cafe

Now, before I start venturing into the culinary delights of the Netherlands, and after having written about how good they are at importing stuff, I’m going to post a little disclaimer here. First off, the Netherlands are not a place with a rich unique cuisine. To be precise, there