While in Ho Chi Minh City, I had the pleasure of meeting up with another blogger friend, James of fly, Icarus, fly. Knowing my love of food, he suggested we meet for dinner and listed several restaurants that all sounded great. But as soon as he said “sizzling crepes,” I knew that was the place […]
A Tour of Snail Street with Saigon Street Eats
In a happy coincidence of timing, a fellow blogger and her husband recently started their own tour company, Saigon Street Eats. Their focus is solely on the local street food of Ho Chi Minh City, and they have several tours to choose from. We opted for their “Seafood Trail,” billed as a nightime eating adventure. […]
The Best Meals We Ate in Ho Chi Minh City
Our first order of business in HCMC was to eat pho and lots of it. So for our first Vietnamese meal we headed to Nha Hang Ngon which offers classic street food flavors in a refurbished French villa. Reminiscent of Singapore’s famed hawker centers, Nha Hang Ngon features dozens of food stalls, each specializing in […]
Modern Xinjiang Barbecue at Xibo, Shanghai
A few weeks ago, friends suggested we meet for dinner at this new barbecue joint called Xibo. We gamely showed up expecting pulled-pork sandwiches and hamburgers. But what we found was so much better. With a stunning rooftop location, Xibo specializes in modern Xinjiang cuisine. This hearty, comforting food comes from the northwestern reaches of […]
A Taoist Temple in Pudong, Shanghai
The other day I was running errands – in Pudong of all places – and when I exited Yuanshen metro station I saw a massive temple directly across the street. Marked on my dog-eared city map as a Confucian Temple, I went inside to investigate. What I found was a vast and ornately decorated Taoist […]