Bubble Tea for Dinner
The throngs of people, I will remember the throngs. It wasn’t my first Buddhist pilgrimage, and it won’t be my last – I’m going to Putuoshan (普陀山) in August, one of the four sacred mountains in Chinese Buddhism, the awakening spot of Avalokitesvara (Guan Yin), and on an island slightly southeast …
These days we swing by the market by motorbike, which is totally common in Hanoi, and totally fun. We have a fresh tofu lady. There is Every Kind of Banana Land. There’s a stall for pickled mustard greens and bean thread noodles, and then there are these tables of pure …
Tét is finally over; the parade of rich foods has stopped, the healthy-pants juice shop across from our building has reopened and the …
Valentine’s Day. I’m not going to get into the skeptic’s pose about this one – I never did. It’s all about… approach. …
Her lips and teeth were red as blood, and her face as crinkled with joy as any grandmother’s would be when surrounded …
A long time ago, at my first kitchen job, still green as an olive and bewilderingly promoted to head chef of a …
I found this zine in my front hall once, a long time ago. I only just remembered that I’d taken pictures of …
The past few days have been a study in spot pedestrian survival manoeuvres. Motorbikes are careening through the cobbled streets with even …
To you, I present, the ongoing visual guide to Vietnamese pastry in all it’s gooey, flaky, psychedelic, fresh and fruity, dark and …
I admit, I’ve never had the iconic dish at the famous restaurant near Hoan Kiem Lake. They have only this; charcoal-grilled catfish, …