{"id":1381,"date":"2011-02-20T13:07:38","date_gmt":"2011-02-20T13:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/?p=1381"},"modified":"2011-03-18T19:47:05","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T19:47:05","slug":"living-in-a-grey-period-enjoying-the-black-and-the-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/archives\/1381","title":{"rendered":"Living in a grey period &#8211; enjoying the black and the&nbsp;white"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1387\" title=\"Energetic kids playing in an outdoor park by Portisol beach in Sanary\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/P1040280.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/P1040280.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/P1040280-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was just visiting my blog and realized that it&#8217;s been about a month since I last wrote something. Well, let&#8217;s see, what&#8217;s been happening? For one thing, we went to a cooking class last night to learn a few French dishes. If you&#8217;re in Geneva and want to go to a cooking course, check  out <a title=\"Cooking school and store in Geneva\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katrepices.com\/\">Katr\u00e9pices<\/a>. They have lunch, afternoon and evening classes. Book early as many classes fill up!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the menu. The menu sounds better in French, but whether in English or French, the taste was amazing.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a title=\"Gravlax\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Gravlax.pdf\">Gravlax de saumon, da\u00efkon &amp; mangue, vinaigrette ciboulette cr\u00e9meuse &#8211; Dill-rice vinegar marinated salmon sashimi and mango-carrot-radish salad with a chive vinaigrette<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Cuisse-de-Canard-brais\u00e9e.pdf\">Cuisse de canard brais\u00e9e aux chicons et rutabaga confits &#8211; Roasted duck and sesasonal vegetables, truffle-oil infused mashed potatoes topped with a port reduction sauce<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Gratin ananas gingembre\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Gratin-ananas-Gingembre.pdf\">Gratin d&#8217;ananas &amp; gingembre, sorbet banane au sirop de vanille &#8211; Caramelized ginger and pineapple topped with baked custard and homemade banana sorbet<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Rather than bore you with the finer details of the past month, here are some photos:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1384\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1384\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1384\" title=\"The port of Sanary looking from the town tower\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/P1040203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/P1040203.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/P1040203-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1384\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The port of Sanary looking from the town tower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1385\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1385\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1385\" title=\"Chinese New Year in Toulon with some suprisingly decent Chinese red wine!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/P1040208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/P1040208.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/P1040208-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chinese New Year in Toulon with some suprisingly decent Chinese red wine!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1388\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1388\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1388\" title=\"Studio photography class with a photogenic model\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/P1040416.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/P1040416.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/P1040416-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/P1040416-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Studio photography class with a photogenic model - this reminds me of MJ.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1389\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1389\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1389\" title=\"Studio photography class\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/P1040504.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/P1040504.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/P1040504-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1389\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This was really interesting shot I took while the model with preparing for another barrage of photos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was just visiting my blog and realized that it&#8217;s been about a month since I last wrote something. Well, let&#8217;s see, what&#8217;s been happening? For one thing, we went to a cooking class last night to learn a few French dishes. If you&#8217;re in Geneva and want to go to a cooking course, check &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/archives\/1381\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Living in a grey period &#8211; enjoying the black and the&nbsp;white<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[124],"tags":[110,111,3,109,74,90,126,116,117,115,8],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1381"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1962,"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381\/revisions\/1962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}