
Because I missed the tour on the fourth day of the Taiwan trip, I still have the expired tickets to the porcelain museum. … [Read more...]
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Because I missed the tour on the fourth day of the Taiwan trip, I still have the expired tickets to the porcelain museum. … [Read more...]
After an afternoon at Taipei 101, we set out on the three-and-a-half hour drive to the Sun Moon Lake in Central Taiwan. Where we were exactly when the sun set, I have no idea. … [Read more...]
Established 50 years ago, Din Tai Fung was named by the New York Times as one of the world's top 10 restaurants in 1993. The queues are long at all hours of the day. But … [Read more...]
The main attraction of the Yehliu GeoPark is the rock formations along the coastline. Limestones carved by wind and water have transformed in shapes that resemble mushrooms, … [Read more...]
The rock formations are too far to see but that's the coastline where the Yehliu Geo Park is. … [Read more...]
Dinner on our first night in Taiwan was at the Fisherman's Wharf on the northern coast. There was lobster salad that I couldn't touch because of an allergy. … [Read more...]
Almost as soon as the plane landed, we were taken to the China Airlines Headquarters for a tour. These are some of the photos I took during the two-hour tour of the China … [Read more...]
Photo of the freeway taken during the ride from the airport to Taipei. … [Read more...]

We were on our way to Yehliu in northeast Taiwan when we stopped at an intersection to give way to a funeral procession. We crowded in front of the bus and started taking … [Read more...]

I'm back from a marathon tour of northern and central Taiwan. :) The last five days have been hectic, tiring and one heck of a photography trip. Below, a photo taken from the … [Read more...]

You can prepare this drink in two ways -- as a cocktail drink or as a non-alcoholic iced beverage. If course, the non-alcoholic version won’t be a anything similar to a mojito and you can … »»

Need to get dinner on the table in 15 minutes? No problem. Season some ground meat, form into patties, throw into the skillet and cook until nicely browned. Cook sliced mushrooms in the … »»

One of the most widely known Chinese dishes outside of Asia is General Tso’s chicken -- floured bite-size chicken pieces fried until crisp then tossed in sweet-salty sauce. This is the … »»

It's tempting to simply ask that you Google "Connie Veneracion" or "Sassy Lawyer" or "Pinoy Cook" and have this page done with. But that might give you the wrong idea about me. A third of what's been written about me is true, a third is half-true and the rest consists of drug-induced hallucinations. I suppose I'd better let me, rather than them, tell you about me. I'm … »

*This article was last updated on October 2, 2011. In 2003, a time when I hadn't heard of the term "blog", I started a recipe website at cooking.houseonahill.net using a now defunct content management system that ran on ASP. Ok, never mind the geek talk, I'm sure you're not interested in that. The contents easily multiplied and, in 2004, I moved the food site to … »






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