Continue from Part III or start at Part I. That night, I descaled and gutted the silvery fish with my pocketknife and fried it up, both sides with ginger and garlic. I browned onions alongside the fish and warmed up a few slices of ciabatta, for which the Kalk Bay Olympia Bakery is famous. The […]
Read More How to Fry a Fish — Cape Town Style, Part IVI learned to surf in Cape Town. Accompanied by Jonathan, an Israeli backpacker also staying at the Zebra Crossing Hostel, I took the train to Muizenberg, a little surf town on the southern coastal outskirts of Cape Town. I rented a board, wetsuit and surf coach at Gary’s Surf Shop. Fifteen minutes later, the guy […]
Read More How to Fry a Fish – Cape Town Style, Part IFound this un-published post from Christmas Eve, 2010. I cannot not resist a forty mile bike ride to a hot dinner. This Christmas Eve, my dad and brother came up to visit me in the East Bay, and invited me to meet them in San Jose for a home-cooked supper with my cousin Yick-kei. Now, […]
Read More Riding Calaveras Reservoir to Holiday Supper
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