Down The Street and Back Again

The daily rotation of dishes plated up inside the glass case of Cafe 91 at 91 Nguyen Huu Canh in the Binh Thanh district elicits new inspiration every time I order my $1 takeaway meal.   Some meatloaf looking items in a metal pan of tomato colored broth caught my attention amongst the fatty pig skins, […]

A coworker’s restaurant cooking up the local specialties is a short taxi ride away from the westernized world of my apartment tower.  What better place to really jumpstart a culinary journey deep into Vietnam than at a restaurant owned by an acquantance who can walk me through the cuisine.  This morning my friend Crystal and I set out to try something […]