A Lizard Tale (With Recipe)

“Lizard curry,” Darling Man announces, seemingly apropos of nothing. I snigger. We are in Bookafe in Quy Nhon, a seaside town on Vietnam’s south-central coast. We have been talking.

7 days ago

Friday Food Photo: Nhum Nuong (Barbecued Sea Urchin)

We settle into the tiny plastic chairs at the only restaurant in Nhon Hai, a picturesque fishing village just outside of Quy Nhon on Vietnam’s central coast. The restaurant.

11 days ago

Exploring Quy Nhon

We found the cutest little Catholic village just outisde Quy Nhon. Saint Francis of Assisi was there, as was a statue of a famous Vietnamese poet* and an assortment.

14 days ago

Friday Food Photo: Suon Kho

It’s time to share a secret with you, a dirty little secret that will potentially expose me as a picky eater. I don’t eat beef. I haven’t eaten beef.

18 days ago

Review: The Definitive Guide To Moving To Southeast Asia: Cambodia

Once upon a time, a couple in America decided they wanted to move to Southeast Asia. It was only a vague idea, a glorious daydream. But, being go-getters, they.

20 days ago

Friday Food Photo: Banh Kep Xoi Cam

Vivid purple leaps out at me as I sit in the bus that is taking us home to Ho Chi Minh City from our amazing Mekong Delta wedding. From.

26 days ago

Thu’s Amazing Mekong Delta Wedding

The wedding marquee I’m sitting in stretches over the road. Motorbikes, bicycles and food carts trundle by as wedding guests eat, drink, laugh and take photos of each other..

27 days ago

Everyday Adventures: The Search For Peace Soup

Pho Binh is a small noodle shop that was a front for one of the resistance cells involved in planning the 1968 Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War (which.

29 days ago