Rome, Italy
Before we start our Tasting Tour of Tokyo series, we’ll have this fun little travel related giveaway.
As many of you know, I love, love, love to travel. I love exploring new cultures, new landscapes, and (of course), new cuisines. Food is, naturally, a huge part of any of my trips, and I always do tons of research before choosing where to eat on each trip.
6-mile hike along the coastline of the island at Santorini, Greece
I also have been getting into photography a lot more lately, and it’s been really fun to explore new cities and countries behind the photographer’s lens. I’ve gotten to the point where the photos are really my main “souvenir” from each trip, and I hardly bring anything physical back with me these days (with the exception of some local snacks, of course!).
Stanley Park in Vancouver, Canada
Of course, lodging’s a big part of travel, and something I almost never talk about on this blog. The quality of your lodging can make or break a vacation, especially when you’re in a foreign country where you really don’t know how things work. I’ve often relied heavily on hotel concierges for help regarding various things, and they can make such a difference depending on how good they are.
Just a couple weeks ago, I was in Australia and stayed at a Radisson Hotel in Sydney. The location was fantastic and the free wifi in-room was really, really helpful (and not something we got everywhere else on our trip). The hotel breakfast was pretty pricey, but I just skipped out on dining there and walked right outside where there were endless choices for food.
China Pavilion in Shanghai at the World Expo, 2010
I’m thrilled to announce that I’m participating as one of 50 bloggers in Radisson’s celebratory giveaway event called “50 Years, 50 Days, 50 Rooms.” In honor of the hotel’s 50th anniversary, they are giving away fifty free night vouchers over a span of 50 days.
I’ll be running the Giveaway for one week, ending on Monday, December 10th. To enter, please comment below telling me what kind of posts are your favorite here on Tiny Urban Kitchen (and what you’d like to see more of . . ). For a second entry, please comment on this facebook post telling me where you would travel if you got the free voucher. Maximum 2 entries per person.
Yosemite National Park, USA
The free night voucher is valid for one free night, standard room, double occupancy at any North American Radisson Blu or Radisson hotel of the winner’s choice. The voucher expires one year after issue date. The full terms and conditions are located on the room night voucher.
Good luck!
Disclaimer – Radisson is providing the free hotel stays both to the winner of this giveaway as well as to Tiny Urban Kitchen as a thank you for participating in this event. I fully paid for the Radisson stay in Australia detailed in the post above.
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Great giveaway! My favorite posts are the restaurant reviews around Boston, especially in Somerville/Cambridge.
I agree with Angie, my favorite posts of yours are the Boston based review ones! I don’t get to travel much so I like those in particular.
Asian recipes and how-tos for those of us who want to be more adventurous in our home-cooking!
I love what you’ve posted so far. I hope to visit Boston for a vacation in 2013 and will make good use of your restaurant reviews.
The restaurant reviews are my favorite!
I enjoyed your Great Eats in Los Angeles with the Family posts!
I love restaurant reviews the most!
I loved seeing your post about Kitchen Nightmares! I’d love to see more related to that!
Recipes & restaurant reviews!
I love the restaurant reviews – I always consult them when traveling to a city I know you have been to!
I love your restaurant posts, but I think my favorite post of yours is the tutorial on hand pulled noodles. I wanted to try it myself, but still haven’t done so, as I’ve had a baby since then and most of our meals now have to be a quick fix!
It’s nice reading your restaurant reviews, especially when it’s a new city I’m traveling to.
I’m new to Boston, so I love that you have your index divided by neighborhood, I’ve used that to help find good restaurants while we explore new neighborhoods one by one. As it gets colder here, I’d love to see more reviews of cocktails/fun bars to spend time at before a nice meal.
I really like the restaurant reviews, even if a lot of the places are entirely out of my price range.
I really loved your noodle making posts. Being a blog called ‘tiny urban kitchen’, I would love more posts about what you make in the ‘tiny urban kitchen’ of yours.
I love restaurant reviews and pictures of the food.
I love your photos and homemade recipes!
I like the recipes
i love your amazing high res photos !
I enjoy your recipe posts! I hope I win!
Love the photos and interesting recipes. And fun restaurants too!
I like your recipes and you need more reviews from San Francisco so we can hang out 🙂
Recipes have to be one of my favorites. It shows you so much more about a culture!
I like your vacation posts, where you go and eat around the new town. It’s fascinating to see how people from other places find these popular restaurants! I’d love to see more posts on your cooking! 🙂
I like your food post when you travel abroad.
I love your posts about restuarants in Cambridge, since I live in the area. Super fun to discover great new places to eat in the neighborhood!
I like the chinese recipes 🙂 Though the LA restaurants are helpful too, these days.
i love reading the restaurant reviews and also the beautiful pictures. =) when people ask me for restaurant recommendations for places i haven’t been to, i read your blog to pass on suggestions!
I love reading about your local restaurant reviews, but that being said, I enjoy everything you write.
I love your recipes! Especially the Asian ones. I’d love to see more of what you cook at home, including the casual and quick meals 🙂
I love pictures! –recipes, people, places, animals, etc.
I also love to travel so my favorites are your vacation posts! I think we have similar tastes in places and food. Also love how your blog is about so much more than just food!
I love your Chinese Recipes, and your vacation posts of restaurants you try at. <3
You have a great blog and amazing photos. I love the quality of your food photos. Your Japan post is exquisite and I can’t wait to read the rest of the installments. My favorites are the food pictures and recommendations of good restaurants.
i like your recipes and photos 🙂
I like your recipes
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I like your recipes
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I like your recipes
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I like your recipes
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I like your recipes
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recipes
Restaurants
I like your recipe reviews the most
I love your restaurant reviews and of course your recipes
the restaurants
I love your recipes
Local restaurants! 🙂
I love the recipes and I look forward to seeing more restaurant reviews around the world!
I love all the restaurants you visit world wide. I’m always up for seeing more of them.
I love the pics of the many different places that you go….keep them coming!
I enjoy your restaurant reviews.
There can never be enough restauraunt reviews!
I like restaurant reviews.
Your recipe post!! More please!
Love the restaurant reviews
Really enjoy your reviews on eateries outside of the United States, as a foodie who also loves to travel, it is a great resource to me to read your reviews and use the information in the reviews to visit those restaurants and try it for myself.
I really like your restaurant reviews, mainly because I love to eat.
local boston restaurant / food reviews and pictures!
Pictures are best!
I agree about researching where to eat when traveling, though through coincidence or good luck or asking local advice we’ve found some amazing places to eat. I love any posts with photos and/or restaurant reviews.
I love your Restaurant reviews. The pictures you take are beautiful and they make me drool every time.
I like you family Asian recipes.
I too love the Boston posts!
recipes
i love your posts detailing dish-by-dish meals at restaurants visited during your travels. yours is the only food blog i read. 🙂 thanks for offering this giveaway!
I love all your vegetable recipes. I’m trying to add a lot more vegetable recipes into my diet daily. Thank you.
I dig the posts that cover Chinese cuisine, because I’m unaccustomed to looking at Chinese food in such an artistic and gourmet fashion.
Hi, I am new to your blog but so far I have enjoyed looking over some of your recipes. I’m glad that I stumbled upon you.
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I would have liked to be one of your 6 guests!! I’m new here, but your blog seems to be really fun! Bookmarked! =D
I love your photography and happy to hear your sharing more and more of it! More photography please!
recipes
Recipes are my favorite posts. More of the same for future posts too.
I’m a new visitor (found you through Radisson FB page) but I always enjoy new ways to cook and serve veggies!
Hi 🙂 I love hearing reviews about restaurants near where I live (the Boston area). I don’t make a ton of money but love to eat out and explore and therefore always appreciate more information about a place before I decide to spend money there.
Your Travel category [esp the pics] is my fave! I love exploring exotic (and not so exotic) places!
My favourite are the posts with Cambridge and Boston restaurant reviews, since I live in the area and it points me to new places!
I love reading your restaurant reviews and looking at the pictures! I learn a lot!
I like the restaurant reviews. Esp local ones. Please come to NorCal and do some! 😀
I think the recipes that include the story behind them. Thank you and Radisson for the giveaway.
I love the travel posts as it really makes me want to pack up and head there! I love living (and eating!) vicariously through you! Can’t wait for the Toyko series!
I really appreciate your Taiwanese recipes! I’m Taiwanese too. My mother is a wonderful cook but her recipes are always “a little bit of this and a little bit of that.”
I like how you present the resto reviews and recipes…you make it fun!
I love reading about your dining experiences in my city/region (San Francisco & Napa Valley) and seeing places through new eyes. Makes me not take for granted the wonderful food in this area!
I love the beautiful photos 🙂
My favorite posts are your Boston restaurant reviews — I live/work in the Cambridge area, and your posts always give me a new perspective on restaurants in the area!
I love the recipes, and reading about small, underground foodie events (especially in the Boston/Cambridge area).
I love restaurant reviews! as much as i enjoy seeing the food you cook as well, the depth and scope of your reviews makes you a trusted source for figuring out where to eat 🙂 hope you’ll be around for the cookie swap this year!
I’d like to see more giveaways.
I really enjoy your restaurant reviews because you imbue character and humor into them. I kind of miss more recipe posts, but I think your reviews really make your blog unique!
Love the Boston restaurants reviews because I live here too! And I loved the Hells Kitchen post because I actually know your friend, Loren, from a previous job. 😉
My fave posts are the recipes 🙂
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I like the recipes and Boston Area restaurants.
Recipes – particularly the Asian ones!
I love reading about your travel eats. Your pics are always wonderful!
My husband is Taiwanese and I love surprising him with restaurant ideas in the Cambridge area. Oh! and I thought I may have seen you once at Ten Tables! I felt like a groupie – only too shy to tell you how much I enjoy your blog!
I love, love, LOVE the travel posts. I’d love to visit so many of the places you feature. Your pictures and stories inspire me to keep saving for the trips!
I absolutely love your travel posts, especially when you feature Japanese restaurants. You should definitely venture to Korea. I think you will get a really good kick out of it.
I love your local Boston reviews – particularly the local restaurants that are a little off the beaten blog path. (I may be biased, though, because I live in Cambridge.)
I love the restaurant reviews – both local (Boston) and travel!
I most like the recipes and would love to see more of those.
I love to hear about the food u find!!
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I’m a Boston native so I especially love your Boston posts. Would love to see more in the New England area (VT, New Hampshire, Rhode Island) for weekend trips!
Hi Jen! Since I love hearing about your Taiwanese and Chinese recipes, I would like to see more of them as well.
Chinese recipes!
I am absolutely in love with the overseas travel posts! Many of your destinations & dining experiences are on my bucket list! I’d love to see more photos of your destinations as well!
Your overseas travel ‘series’ posts are amazing! So much fun
Overseas travel are my favorite.
Really appreciate your recipes and the special places you find in Cambridge/Boston. Thanks for all!!
I love to learn about the foods you ate in places – especially Mediterranean foods. The dining in Greece articles are my favorite
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I actually like the mix of overseas and stateside posts (and wish there were just a few more recipes from your kitchen – love them!). Great job!
The posts are very thought-provoking.
The food blogs are yummy.
I love the recipe posts on your blog. Being away from home has made me crave all sorts of Taiwanese food that my mom used to make (like tea eggs!) and your recipe instructions are easy and simple enough for a college student to follow. Of course, I would love to see more recipe posts on your blog! 🙂
I love reading about your adventures around the world. Your pictures have become some of the best. Though I would like to see more recipes.
Love trying new Asian recipes.
I love the travel articles. I have never really been out of the United States so I really enjoy reading about cool places (foods too)
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My favorite posts are of your travel experiences and easy-to-make comfort food recipes (i.e. olive oil cake). 🙂
My favorite posts are the restaurant review ones, especially of places around Cambridge/Boston!
Love your delicious Authentic Asian recipes!!
I love your photography 🙂
I love how the recipes are broken down into less complex parts. Makes attempting them obtainable! I would love to see more video blogs of your food exploits!
Love all the photography you include with the recipes 🙂 Especially the Totoro related ones 😉
I love your photography, whether it’s places you’ve visited, or a picture of people making noodles. I get to live vicariously through you. More appearances on Gordon Ramsey’s TV shows, please!
No change here, I enjoy the insightful and beautiful posts as is. If there is one idea perhaps it would be fun to do interviews with chefs?
Wow, Jen! What aren’t you good at! Feels like everything you touch turns to gold! 🙂
My favorites are the posts on Taiwanese food. As a Tawanese-American born in the States, I’m trying to learn more about my heritage so I can pass on the knowledge to my son, who was adopted from Taiwan.
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