Hold your judgement. If you are told ‘they are all this’ or ‘they do this’ or ‘their opinions are these’, withhold your judgement until all the facts are upon you. Because that land they call ‘India’ goes by a thousand names and is populated by millions, and if you think you have found two men [...]
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USA! USA! USA!
Posted in Drink, Parties, Festivals, and Holidays, Restaurants, Society and Culture, Travel, tagged viking.American food, viking.beer, viking.England, viking.gastropolitics, viking.London, viking.opinions, viking.USA on Saturday, July 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Viking Five: Things I Miss About Japan
Posted in Food, Society and Culture, Travel, Viking Five, tagged viking.Japan, viking.meibutsu, viking.opinions on Monday, June 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Though I spent almost all of high school and college consistently dreaming about moving to Japan, the specifics of my Japanophilia have changed over time. At first, I was enthralled by the general exotica of Japan as well as nerdy-yet-awesome pop cultural imports like J-pop, Super Nintendo RPGs, Pocky, and anime – I never did [...]
The Market Porter
Posted in Designs, Drink, Food, Restaurants, Travel, tagged viking.beer, viking.cheese, viking.England, viking.English food, viking.London, viking.London pubs, viking.opinions, viking.real ale, viking.UK on Saturday, May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My recent “Viking Five” was quite a difficult one to narrow down, and to be honest there are a few other styles that are probably just as good with food as the ones I chose. Hefeweizens come to mind, as do witbiers, tripels, oatmeal stouts, altbiers, and pilsners. But if I had to choose just [...]
JT’s J-Treats and I am a viking. Collabo!
Posted in Food, Travel, tagged viking.meibutsu, viking.Japan, viking.TV, viking.Hokkaido, viking.junk food, viking.Japanese food on Saturday, April 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My oldest friend in the whole wide world (we’ve been friends since we were seven or eight) does a series of awesome video reviews of new and/or limited-edition Japanese junk food called “JT’s J-Treats.” You can watch them on YouTube here. Commonly featured on JT’s J-Treats are temptingly strange flavors of Doritos (yuzu, wasabi mayo, [...]
