Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Albert Einstein had this concept figured out nicely in his quote there. Why can’t I seem to learn what he found to be so evident? A decent bún chả just does not exist in Saigon so why do I subject myself to […]
For 9 months now I have walked past a food joint whose signboard really offers no name at 14B9A Ngo Tat To Street in the Binh Thanh District, and since December the wonderful smell of grill smoke has elevated my hunger. Those wonderful plumes of oily goodness wafting all over the sidewalk finally drew me in for […]
Working on a magazine article at the Highlands Coffee in my apartment building took longer than expected and lunchtime now loomed. From 11am to 2pm a special lunch menu with 59,000 Dong selections including a small cup of soup gave me an opportunity to check out how chain food versions of our street food favorites […]
Letting the city envelop me while exploring on foot has been as good a part of this food journey as sampling all the new foods along the path. Plenty of work related trips to Hanoi have been giving me a chance to uncover another side of Vietnamese cuisine so different than Saigon. Most of the time […]
A city of 300,000 in the central highlands called Buôn Ma Thuột is the coffee producing capital of Vietnam. It is also home to a most interesting poultry lunch. This food journey began early in the morning when my purser asked our crew if she could order chicken for planeside delivery when we passed through […]
The dish is actually crab fried rice but some of my Vietnamese friends have in the past referred to it as “fried rice with ocean pieces.” I rather like their name better as it conjures up a little more local color. Our cabin crew call ahead to Phu Quoc Island prior to our departure from Saigon and about 45 minutes later […]
