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14 January 2017

Peking duck in London

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Hutong restaurant in The Shard, London.
13 January 2017

Film review: The Story of Qiuju (1992) by Zhang Yimou, ****

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Synopsis Qiu ju, a peasant woman in Shaanxi province (central China) seeks redress for her husband, who has been badly kicked by the vill...
11 January 2017

Tasting of Belgian wines

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Tastings of Belgian Wines, January 2017 Here are my tasting notes for a selection of Belgian wines I have tasted in December 2016 and Ja...
10 January 2017

Controlled designations of origin and protected geographical indications of Belgian wine

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As is the case in so many other areas, viticulture Belgium is divided into two regions: Flanders (Dutch-speaking) and Walloon (French-speaki...
09 January 2017

A brief introduction to the history of Belgian Wine

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Sparkling wine made in Belgium When one thinks of Belgian drinks, it is beer that come to mind. It is, without any shadow of a doubt, am...
29 December 2016

Film review: Alamar (2009) by Pedro Gonzalez Rubio, ***

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Synopsis Jorge and Roberta have been separated for several years. They simply come from opposite worlds: he likes an uncomplicated life in...
22 December 2016

Grand Place in Brussels

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Every Christmas the Grand Place of Brussels, Belgium, one of the largest and most charming squares in Europe, offers a sounds and lights sho...
11 December 2016

Film review: A Perfect World (1993), by Clint Eastwood, ***

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Synopsis Academy Award winners Kevin Costner and Clint Eastwood confront each other from opposite sides of the law in A Perfect World, a...
03 December 2016

Film review: Eroica (2003) by Simon Cellar Jones, *****

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Synopsis By the time the first public performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 ('Eroica') took place in Vienna in 1805, a pri...
29 November 2016

Film review: Red Sorghum (1987) by Zhang Yimou, ***

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Synopsis This film is based on the well known novel by Mo Yan , which I have reviewed here in this blog.  The story is that of three g...
18 November 2016

Film review: Tokyo Sonata (2008) by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, ****

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Synopsis Kiyoshi Kurosawa the hugely acclaimed Japanese director famous for his groundbreaking, existential horror films such as Cure ...
10 November 2016

Book review: Hunan Harvest (1946) by Theophane Maguire, ****

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Synopsis Diary of a young American Passionist missionary who is sent deep into China to preach and help. Theophane is just twenty-five y...
09 October 2016

Il tempio ed il serpente

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Mattinata al tempio taoista di Sik Sik Yuen Wong. Ci sono molti turisti anche se la maggior parte dei presenti sono fedeli. Si vede da come ...
08 October 2016

Cucina cantonese e sigaro cubano a Hong Kong

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Oggi mi sono iscritto ad un corso di cucina cantonese da Martha Sherpa, una scuola che ho trovato online e che riceve sempre ottime recensio...
07 October 2016

Trekking in the New Territories of Hong Kong

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Meeting Stanley at my hotel in Mong Kok. He is a late-twenty-something Hongkonger who free-lances as a tourist guide. We hop on the ever t...