Some Food and Drinks from 2019, Part I

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In no particular order!

  • Caipirinhas were an everyday thing for 3 weeks in Brazil
  • We loved all the boutique gins in South Africa
  • James discovered Orangina at a cafe in Paris’s Jardin des Plantes
  • Crab and pomelo salad in Singapore
  • Indonesian food is Asia’s comfort food – we loved it
  • Japan is just crazy. No idea what this is but it was really good.
  • First afternoon of the trip in Kingston, Jamaica. Look how pale!
  • Fire water at a wacky institution called Andres Carnes de Res, Bogota
  • Ceviche in Cartagena
  • Pisco sour in Peru. Good, but pretty sweet/tart — one was always enough.
  • Lobsy livin it up before boarding our Andean Explorer overnight train in Peru
  • Peru
  • Another pisco sour in Peru
  • Big beer at the Rio beach stand
  • Little beer at the Rio beach stand
  • Fish fritters in Rio
  • Cachaca in Rio
  • Pao de queijo in Rio
  • Brazilian beer
  • Extra spicy/tongue-numbing “jambu” flavored cachaca
  • Brazilian beer
  • Espresso somewhere in South America
  • Rainforest hydtration
  • Amazonia: cheese on plantains
  • Breakfast in Brazil
  • Moqueca (fish/tomato stew) in Salvador, Brazil
  • Lemonade of some kind in Bahia, Brazil
  • Home-grilled (braai’d) chicken skewers in Cape Town
  • More boutique gin from Cape Town
  • High tea at the Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town
  • Best behavior: High tea at the Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town
  • Cape Town
  • Cape Town
  • Our backyard, Cape Town
  • Cape Town
  • A “gatsby” – Cape Town hogie with fish and french fries and hot sauce
  • Our braai in Cape Town
  • Chenin blanc in SA wine coutnry
  • La Petite Ferme in Franschhoek
  • Sunday brew in Stanford Hills, South Africa
  • Afrikans roosterkoeks – literally grilled dough
  • Gin and tonic
  • Somewhere in South Africa
  • “Creme Soda” in South Africa – not the same as US’s
  • A hard-won Coke treat for a big hike in Plettenberg Bay
  • We didn’t eat many burgers in 2019, but this one in South Africa was good.
  • Lobsy and a pink G&T in Cape Town
  • There wasn’t much rose around the world – but we got our hands on some at
    Constantia Glen in Cape Town
  • Flammkucken aka German pizza in Cape Town
  • Goulash on a rainy day in Cape Town
  • Castel beer in Zimbabwe on Lake Kariba
  • Ronald pours a cocktail in Zimbabwe in Hwange National Park
  • Mimosa in Zambia
  • Mosi beer at the Mozambique airport
  • Mosi!
  • Bunny Chow in Durban, South Africa. Indian curry served in a hollowed-out loaf of white.
  • 2M, Mozambique’s other beer
  • I didn’t know what a welcome drink was until I was a grownass woman
  • Clever dumplings in Beijing
  • Chengdu, China produce market
  • Lobsy found an iced tea in China!
  • Toasting farewell on last night of Lobsy’s China swing
  • Insanely delicious pork noodle soup on rainy day in Lijiang, China
  • Homemade soup at Lijiang Studios in China
  • Dumplings somewhere in China
  • Yum
  • Hanoi hotel room beer after hot touring day
  • Bun cha in Hanoi
  • Ninh Binh province, Vietnam
  • Vietnam
  • Hoi An, Vietnam
  • Passion fruit juice, Hoi An, Vietnam
  • Hoi An, Vietnam
  • Passion fruit juice, Hoi An
  • More passion fruit juice, Hoi An
  • Sugarcane juice, Hoi An, Vietnam
  • Vietnamese coffee, Hoi An, Vietnam
  • Delicious lunch in Vietnam
  • Grilled mudfish Teddy caught with his HANDS in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
  • Eek
  • James and a plate of fried crickets outside Saigon
  • James and roadside rice noodles in Cambodia
  • Free beer won for hole-in-one, Cambodian mini golf place
  • Grilled silkworms. James ate one too!!
  • Cambodian gelato stop
  • Crab in Singapore!
  • Breakfast in Singapore
  • Kid meal at Japanese restaurant in Singapore mall
  • Balinese food!!
  • Bali food was just so good
  • Yum Bali
  • Mango!!
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