Category Archives: Vietnam
Vietnamese cuisine festival
Hanoi is a buzz. The streets are all electric excitement, red flags and I ♥ Hanoi for its 1000th birthday celebrations. Vietnamese friends told me that I should go to the food festival at the water park. Food festivals, like their music cousins, just aren’t my idea of a good time. I’ve visited and worked [...]
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Banh Tom
West Lake prawn fritters. Sweet potato cakes with shell on prawns, deep fried.
Goodbye holidays, hello Hanoi.
Market haul. I actually bought 2 kgs of tomatoes and a whole load more capsicums, limes, chillies and herbs. I won’t tell you how ridiculously cheap the whole experience was. A few days ago, thanks to the wonders of jetlag and early morning flights, I stayed up all night. I got stuck in a 3am [...]
Summertime che
Textural delights, beans and corn in an iced dessert. Yes please.
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