Food File: Banh Beo

Bánh bèo is a dish from central Vietnam that’s still enormously popular in the former capital of Hue. Traditionally it’s a small steamed rice cake topped with dried prawn and.

13 years ago

Food File: Bun Chao Tom Cha Gio

To understand the sublime beauty of bún chạo tôm chả giò, you first have to meet the ingredients. Dear readers, meet chạo tôm. Chạo tôm is usually translated as.

13 years ago

Banh Canh Cha Ca (Noodle Soup With Fish Cake)

Bánh canh chả cá is a noodle soup with thick slippery round noodles and slices of fish cake. It was one of our regular cheap and cheerful dinners when Miss M.

13 years ago

Saigon Street Eats Update

It’s been just over three months since we launched our street food tours in Ho Chi Minh City and we have been blown away by the response to our.

13 years ago

Food File: Goi Ca Mai (Vietnamese Raw Fish Salad)

One of the local specialties of Vung Tau, an hour’s ferry ride from Ho Chi Minh City, is a Vietnamese raw fish salad called gỏi cá mai. Darling Man doesn’t.

13 years ago

Food File: Moules Et Frites From France

Thrilled as I was to spot some street food in “my” new village of La Gavotte, just outside Marseille, I was less thrilled about the thought of eating streetside.

13 years ago

Exploring Cambodian Cuisine

We had limited time, a three-year-old in our entourage and a burning desire to sample the best Cambodian cuisine available. Of course there was no pressure. Now, there’s no.

14 years ago

Food File: Cambodian Nom Ban Chock

Even though we’d slept in, we were determined to track down the Cambodian breakfast dish of nom ban chock, often called simply Khmer noodles in English. We were working.

14 years ago