Food + Booze

5 Simple Ways to Beat Your Travel Budget

Chris Cook outlines five simple ways to whip your travel budget into shape.

Cereality Is World’s First Sit Down Cereal Cafe

Like what you see? Subscribe to the full RSS feed. It’s a concept so simple, you wonder why no one thought of it before. At the Cereality Cereal Bar and Café, customers can choose two different types of cereal, their choice of a variety of toppings, and add as much milk as they want to […]

Photo of the Moment: BENS Restaurant, Montreal

© colros Word from the photographer: BENS, a classic Streamlined Moderne restaurant in Montreal, visited by many celebrities, is being sold and is in grave danger of being demolished. Sam Benatar, president of SIDEV, the developer, has declared, “It isn’t worth anything.” It is very ironic that there is now an exhibition at the Montreal Museum of […]

UK’s First Islamic Pub Opens (With No Booze!)

Halal Inn and Islamic Pub, Britain Here’s an idea that might not be catching on any time soon. Two British men have opened the UK’s first Islamic pub where … wait for it … no alcohol is served. The pub is named the Halal Inn. Its owners insist it is like a pub in every […]

The Art of Getting Sloshed: The Finer Points of Korea’s Drinking Culture

There is no bar time in Seoul. Evenings tumble forth endlessly in the city while citizens enjoy copious amounts of beer and soju — or, more recently, wine and cocktails. From the late-night alleyway restaurants to the posh clubs of the Apgu district, drunken nights are part of the culture: they seal business deals, solidify […]

How To Use All Five Senses When You Travel

There’s more to travel than just sight-seeing. Amanda Kendle offers a few tips on how to dust off your other four senses.

Photo of the Moment: Grilling on the Open Water, Norway

The Culinary Essentials Every Budget Traveler Should Know

Nora Dunn discusses a few essential recipes every self-respecting traveler should add to their culinary repertoire.

Langar: Perhaps the Best Indian Food You’ll Ever Have

It might be the best Indian food you’ll ever have. The langar is a staple of Sikh worship - and is absolutely free, to everyone. No creed, color, nationality, or even religion is turned away. You sit on the floor, in rows that may stretch as long as a football field, as volunteers dish out ample […]

Switzerland’s Alien H.R. Giger Bar

If you’re unfamiliar with the name H.R. Giger, you are at least familiar with his work. Remember that little, independent science fiction film way back in 1979 called Alien. Giger’s unique brand of bizarre, alien art was the impetus and inspiration behind the film and countless other sci-fi films since. Giger fans now have […]

World’s First: Vegan Strip Club Opens in Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon has one of the largest concentrations of strip clubs in the US. And now the city has the distinction of having the world’s very first vegan strip club. Yes, you read that right. A Mr. Johnny Diablo has just launched the Casa Diablo, a strip joint that offers “meat on […]

Bizarre Culture: Danse la Poutine, Quebec [Video]

© Wikipedia For those not in the know, poutine is: … a dish consisting of French fries topped with fresh cheese curds and covered with gravy and sometimes other additional ingredients. The freshness of the curds is important as it makes them soft in the warm fries, without completely melting. It is a quintessential Canadian comfort food, […]

Scots to Lobby United States to Lift Haggis Ban

Haggis, nips, and tatties © wili_hybrid Scotland plans to pressure the US to lift its current ban on haggis – the Scottish dish made of sheep’s heart, liver, and lung wrapped in its stomach lining. The US clamped a ban on the Scot favorite after the outbreak of Mad Cow Disease. According to a rep, the […]

Bizarre Culture: Dancing Waiters of Pizza Hut, India [Video]

I’ve been to Pizza Hut plenty of times as a boy and confess to having never been treated to a show like this. I’m calling corporate.

Thailand Restaurant Offers One-Stop Vasectomy and Snack Shopping

Thailand restaurant Cabbages and Condoms is for sex education first, and eating second. Instead of a post-meal mint, diners receive condoms. The food is quite excellent, along with their lovely beer garden. There is even nearby parking, which is somewhat of a rarity in Bangkok. The restaurant was founded by Mechai Viravaidya, an Australian-born Scot/Thai man […]

New York Bar Introduces Frequent Drinker Program

Happy hour at a New York bar just got a lot hic … hic … happier. The Pacific Standard bar has introduced a reward plan for heavy drinkers. Customers buying drinks will be allowed to chalk up points that lead to prizes – ranging from a beer to a return ticket to California. […]

Scotch Whisky Needs Protection: UK Government to the Rescue

The UK government is struggling to protect the integrity of one of its most famous exports – Scotch whisky. Alarmed at the rising production of Scotch whisky in China and India - two countries with burgeoning markets for whisky - the government wants to develop laws that clearly define the origins of Scotch whisky as within […]

Photo of the Moment: Beer Bottle Sausage, Wisconsin

The Incredible Shrinking Beer Gut: Is Germany Losing Its Taste for Beer?

© Adam Baker Apparently, the land of busty beer house girls and Oktoberfest is fast losing its fascination for beer. Consumption of beer in Germany has declined rapidly over the past eight years, and 2007 was no different – 112.5 liters per person. That’s 29.7 gallons. Compare this to the eighties when Germans, […]

All Aboard London’s Booze Bus

Every year, around a few special times like New Years’ or the World Cup, London City presses into service an ambulance that’s designated solely to pick up revelers who are too drunk to think straight. As New Year’s Eve approaches, staff of the “Booze Bus” as it’s called are gearing up for another round […]

South Africa Offers World’s Only Bar Inside a Tree

A South African family has found a novel place to set up bar – inside the hollow of a huge 72 ft high tree in their backyard. Before you think claustrophobia, read on. The circumference of the trunk is 155 ft, enough to seat up to 15 people comfortably. The ceilings are four meters […]

‘Liquor Lock’ Keeps Grabby Hostel Mates Out of Your Stash

Designed to guard against children and grabby neighbors from dipping into your $300-a-bottle oak barrel-aged single malt scotch, I’m sure the Liquor Lock could certainly hold its own against booze-happy hostel mates. Keep “unwanted customers” from running your bar dry. Just enter a three-pin combination, then turn the top clockwise until the lock expands and is […]

Finally: A Brutally Honest Restaurant Review

Here’s something you may have missed. It’s as rare as the white rhino: a truly honest travel or restaurant review. Last month, the Guardian U.K.’s Jay Rayner reviewed (or, more accurately, eviscerated) Divo - purportedly London’s first luxury Ukranian restaurant. Here are a few of the best bits: On the name, Divo: Apparently Divo is Ukrainian […]

Thai Student’s Macabre Art is Good Enough to Eat

An art student in Ratchaburi, Thailand has embarked on a bizarre project. As part of his MA dissertation, the artist who also does baking duty creates life-like molds of human faces, feet and hands from bread dough. These are then displayed in glass cabinets though the bakery. The weird exhibit attracts some hundred visitors […]

Indian Restaurant Offers a Deadly Combo of Dining and Ambience

At the New Lucky restaurant in Ahmedabad, India, the soft, buttery rolls are to die for. Don’t say that too loud however, seeing as the setting includes some quaint tables, rusty chairs and a few dozen graves. The owner Krsihan Kutti Nair who built the restaurant that’s spread out over a centuries old Muslim cemetery, […]

Terra Bite Lounge: Voluntary Pricing Lets Small Eateries Give and Get Back

On its face, Terra Bite Lounge looks like just another coffee shop. The menu features the de rigeur sandwiches and a selection of lattés. Until you look closer and realize that no item on the wall menu has a price mentioned next to it. That’s because this eatery follows a unique and innovative business […]

How to Cure a Hangover [VIDEO]

From Mahalo Daily comes How to Cure a Hangover. I’ve seen a number of articles and videos on this, but this one is certainly the most comprehensive. And it doesn’t hurt that sexy geek girl extraordinaire, Veronica Belmont, plays host. Of course, the best advice of all would be not to drink in the […]

Argentina Hosts Guinness’ Most Expensive Ad Campaign Ever

Argentina is home to Guinness’ latest and most expensive ad campaign ever. Titled “Tipping Point”, the commercial below was directed by Nicolai Fuglsig of the Sony Bravia advert fame. I have to say it’s pretty cool, but I was left somehow expecting more. Perhaps more amazing than the commercial itself is the days of […]

How About A $50 Cup Of Poo Coffee?

RoadJunky points us to an ABC Australia story about the world’s most expensive cup of coffee: It’s the most exotic, rare and expensive coffee in the world. Kopi Luwack which comes from the dung of the Common Palm Civet or Luwack is so rare some believe it doesn’t exist. Much of the coffee which can sell for […]

Why Do The Irish Hate Guinness?

K and I spent ten days traveling in Ireland in August of 2005. One night, we met a couple - Stephen and Debbie - from Belfast who’d hopped the train to Dublin for a weekend change of scenery. It was my twenty-sixth birthday. Turns out it was Stephen’s birthday too - he […]

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