Vietnamese kitchen don’t have ovens. Our kitchen has a two-ring gas cooktop. Underneath is a cupboard where the gas bottle is stored. So when Miss M first became aware.
14 years ago
Bún riêu is a truly sensational Vietnamese street food — if you forgo the blood cubes. People have told me blood cubes don’t have much taste beyond a mild.
14 years ago
Darling Man and I have been hard at work eating our way through Ho Chi Minh City’s vegetarian options. We wanted to include a vegetarian street food tour in.
14 years ago
Miss M can no longer be called a baby. She is a month shy of three, with long straight legs and hair down to the middle of her back..
14 years ago
Mi Quang is a noodle soup from central Vietnam, full of soft yellow noodles, prawn, pork, quail eggs, peanuts and shredded lettuce and herbs. It’s one of those dishes.
14 years ago
The mid-autumn festival is approaching and all over Vietnam moon cake stalls are springing up. We found this one when we stopped for petrol at the weekend. Darling Man.
14 years ago
Darling Man is so laid back and easy-going I often forget about our different backgrounds. Until he tells me we’re due to go to a death anniversary party on.
14 years ago
It’s been quiet on the dropout front. The radio silence is mostly because I’ve been in shock at losing the remote part-time job that’s funded the past nine months.
14 years ago