Ava eats an Ispahan at Ladurée, Paris, France.

Or in her words - the “heaven-like pâtisserie!”

As customary on the SHE EATS HERE! submission form we ask you to tell us a bit about yourself, and perhaps leave a note on a favourite food.

But what we got from Ava was much more than that. It was a serious list of must-eats around the world with pictures included! How lucky are we!

Her recent trip to Austria left great memories of goulash, schnitzel, smoked boar meat, home-brewed schnooks and a special Sacher Torte from the Hotel Sacher in Vienna. Too good!

And on an almost as recent trip to Nanjing, China, Ava curated a high recommendation urging us to stop by the Nanjing Dapaidang. Here, she exclaims, impressive traditional snacks are “exquisitely delicious”.

Though on top of it all she holds dear a Sichuan meal in her father’s hometown of Chongqing, China.

But aside from Ava’s clear passion for food, she also holds a solid one for entrepreneurship.

Currently pursuing an MSc in Entrepreneurship in France she has long nurtured a dream of starting her own business. Ava is largely influenced by the success of her family, an older cousin who runs a thriving trading company in China - and is also steered onwards by a certain ideal, “the American heroism of business tycoons [also] influenced me a lot”.

First studying a BS in Economics she has spent time as an English News Broadcaster, and as an event organiser in Beijing and Shanghai. She now spends her moments striving towards her goal of getting her own business up and running within the next couple years; and taking advantage of French public holiday abundance by traveling Europe and creating great food memories like these above!