Down The Street and Back Again

Chicken and waffles.   Even green eggs and ham.  So many unrelated foods mix together to form a meal whose taste inspires more than its name ever can.  The daily selection at the local lunch stand, fit more for locals than this western man, left me wondering if I should just head next door for the more boring […]

My world is anything but normal over here in Asia.  Still after almost two years in Hanoi and Saigon, what is mundane for the Vietnamese can become quite the sensory overload for me.  And what is more common in Vietnam than the ubiquitous bowl of phở?  I know we’ve already slurped down a bowl or two of this noodle soup together, and against […]