And this morning’s congee that wasn’t (more like broth with rice)
Tag: food
Biz meal on flight to HKG
It tasted better after the delay 
With a red Bordeaux.
Finally picked breakfast after a circular wander of almost all of Waikiki
Ontama udon plus tempura calamari and eggplant. $7.33. At Marukame Udon on Kuhio Ave near Seaside Ave
Felt better than some typical egg special with bad coffee.
Guyanese resto in Toronto
I was dropping off an Aussie friend at a hostel on the Danforth (near Donlands subway station) last week and across the street I see thus Guyanese resto:
Copa biz meal
Not sure there was any protein in this veg meal I pre-ordered, but the ice cream sundae was tasty!
Panamá: on my way back
Interesting chat with a UN World Bank worker (light blue UN passport) from Alsace, who speaks 6 languages.
Was upgraded on each leg.. Just before boarding, the guy behind me (a Silver status) was asking if he got upgraded but alas, it was not robe for him.
Disappointing ground beef empanada like thing for lunch on the plane:
Ships outside Panama City:
You can just make out the highway over the water going good around Cacao Antiquo
Lots of skyscrapers
And a wide low tide line
Guyana: bananas from the market
Different varieties my fancier variety were G$100/US$0.50 a pound, nice and sweet!
Another Starbroek Market shot this morning, lots of minivan buses and colourful parasols. I also traded US$20 with a stretch guy, only got exactly G$200 per $1.
Guyana: bake and salt fish
Traditional breakfast here, this dish (yep, that’s the name of it) has puffy bread and, you guessed, salty fish pieces mixed with some veggies.
G$650/US$3.25 at a cafe – I think it’s G$300/US1.50 on a street shack.
Enjoyable but won’t be rushing out to have it again…felt more like lunch than breakfast to me.
Guyana: no Kaieteur Falls for you!
Went to the local Ogle Airport wth the tour company, but the last 3 passengers arrived 5 minutes after the cutoff (island time!). The trip would have cost US$170 for a one hour flight each way including 2 flybys of the falls, and 2 hours on the ground with lunch (apparently there is not much jungle canopy there).
At this open air airport, small planes (13 pax) fly sightseeing tours, and supply runs into the jungle. And yes, they do weigh passengers in addition to cargo.
Got a little free car tour out of it – there were some nice new houses near that airport!
I don’t feel like this miss will touch my pantheon of travel misses/skips: Taj Mahal, Abu Simbel and hot air balloon over the Serengeti.
Don’t know just what to do with myself… And it feels like I’m waiting… waiting for Godot.
Lunch I guess… tasty Crab and calaloo soup and an iced latte (G$1500/US$7.50 for both).
And yes, Oasis Cafe is now fixing their A/C (it didn’t stop other people this morning as the joint was hopping) and Wi-Fi did connect this time.
Guyana: standby tour, breakfast ordering language barrier
So I can only get standby for today’s trip to Kaieteur Falls.. I guess I should have booked in advance, but was worried about the weather (which, despite 90% rain prediction, has not happened).
I ended up at the same breakfast resto as yesterday, because the other one I stumbled had no A/C (or problems with it) and Wi-Fi wasn’t connecting.
As a bonus, I found the other LP resto for tonight – a coal pot!
This is my G$1600/US$8 omelette, plus a G$600/US$3 cappuccino.
That red container is not ketchup, but a spicy pepper sauce you see everywhere here.
This place (called Coffee Bean) has the ultra low talking cashier:
Me: an omelette place
Her: would you like _____ with that?
Me: no salt, thanks
Her: no, do you want _____ ?
Me: oh yes, hot sauce please
Her: no, _________ – wheat or white
Me: ah, no toast thanks
Both of these places are dark with minimal windows – no outdoor seating here in this heat!
Come to think of it, there were no establishments near the promenade either, so G/Town has almost no real water view,.