I blinked with disbelief. A wood-fired stove?! For a brief moment, the anxiety that my brain was staging in my head about our homestay in the Mekong Delta curtsied abruptly and walked off stage. The lizard that had skittered away … Continue reading
Category Archives: Vietnamese
My Top Picks from a 5-Day Feast in South Vietnam
The year is off to a blazing start, and I hit the ‘go’ button by…going on vacation. I scuttled off to Vietnam right about the time when people were finalizing New Year’s resolutions. Vietnam it would be, because Vietnamese cuisine … Continue reading
Banh mi at the food truck on Wall Street
I sorely miss Banh mi’s in Dubai. In fact, my memories of Baoguette and Banh mi Saigon (strangely located at the back of a Chinatown jewellery store. Only in New York.) set off such an intense craving for Banh mi’s … Continue reading
Friday brunch take on Banh mi.
Warning: Content may be offensive to Banh mi purists
I’d had a major craving for Banh mi the last week of January, right before I was leaving New York to move back home to Dubai. And for some inane reason or another, I never had a chance to fulfill that … Continue reading