Spencer LowMar 32 minJapanese castella cake カステラA few months ago I wrote a post about how the Portuguese introduced pumpkin to Japan. My family and I went to Japan a few weeks ago for a...
Spencer LowJan 143 minThe Portuguese roots of Southeast Asia's Eurasian communityTo be Eurasian is to be between two worlds, with ancestors from both Europe and Asia. From the perspective of ethnicity there is much...
Spencer LowJan 26 minThe Portuguese role in the history of the PhilippinesI just returned with my family from a year-end vacation in Cebu, in the central part of the Philippines. While we spent most of the time...
Spencer LowDec 24, 20233 minThe Portuguese and TeaIt is Christmas Eve today and Christmas tea has made its annual appearance. Typically flavoured with cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and orange...
Spencer LowDec 3, 20232 minLuís de Camões in AsiaLuís Vaz de Camões, the 16th century poet, is such a towering figure in Portuguese literature that the Portuguese language itself is...