Pho, Banh Cuon & Com Lam at Tam Dao Mountain
There’s a small phở shack high in the Tam Đảo mountains. Seventy kilometres away from Hanoi, two hours by car, maybe more by motorbike, nondescript in every way, and perfect. My first impression...
View ArticlePersimmon Bread and a Panoply of Fruit Adoration
It’s all rain and grey here. Intermittent showers, moody soundtracks by nouveau French chanteuses, lamplit remnants of homemade pizza dinner, and a sombre sort of tone to the start of December. Times...
View ArticleMaking Pizza Without an Oven / Have Blue Flame Will Broil
There are only a few foods that I miss from my homeland, and none of them very complex. I would lunge for a piece of grainy goats’ cheese, or a good corn tortilla, a piece of exciting chocolate, real...
View ArticleStreet Sweets for Tết… who needs Christmas?
Christmas in Hanoi, so far, is the occasional bony Santa-mannequin (the one on our street plays a saxophone!), the odd waft of warbled carols heard like hauntings every few days, and in the expatriate...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge – Delicate
Macaron destruction! Boutique Point G 1266 Avenue du Mont-Royal Est Montreal, QC H2J 1Y4 Phone:(514) 750-7515
View ArticlePeppermint Chocolate Candy Crack
My one giftee this year loves minty chocolate, and that kind of candy I can pull off without shopping flurry. It’s easy enough that I’ll hardly explain the process (and I’m also itching to jump back...
View ArticleDo Nuong Sapa – Mountains of DIY Barbecue, Mountain-village Style
“The origins of dinner tonight, will be attributed to Sapa, in the Lao Cai province of northwestern Vietnam. They like to play with fire a lot up there. It will happen, on the other hand, on the side...
View ArticleTropical Mincemeat
There’s a stretch of highway that lines eastern part of Hanoi, hugging the Red River. It’s cheered slightly by the longest mural in the world (endless streams of turquoise, mustard and honey-pink...
View Article2012, in summary.
What the hell happened? New years 2011 I remember pulling Tarot cards that were a bit ominous, the Seven of Swords or something, and getting so drunk I kinda blanked on what me and my friends got up...
View ArticleBánh đa Cua – Crab Cake Soup with Red Rice Noodles from Hai Phong
It is freezing in Hanoi right now, all thing being relative. My coworkers shudder in furry coats, doors keep closing everywhere to keep the draft at bay, and let me tell you – SOUP is on the menu. One...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge – Resolved
Resolved. There at least two meanings of the word that I can think of. The first that came to me, and perhaps the one with the most meaning anyway… is the resolution to finish something, to see it...
View ArticleMaking Pizza Without an Oven / Have Blue Flame Will Broil
There are only a few foods that I miss from my homeland, and none of them very complex. I would lunge for a piece of grainy goats’ cheese, or a good corn tortilla, a piece of exciting chocolate, real...
View ArticleChristmas in Hanoi & mysterious Lunar New Year desserts.
Christmas in Hanoi, so far, is the occasional bony Santa-mannequin (the one on our street plays a saxophone!), the odd waft of warbled carols heard like hauntings every few days, and in the expatriate...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge – Delicate
Like a sugar-vore tearing through wild defenseless sweets. Boutique Point G 1266 Avenue du Mont-Royal Est Montreal, QC H2J 1Y4 Phone:(514) 750-7515 Related Posts:Montreal Patisserie & Bakery Top...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge – Surprise
BEST PRESENT EVER. Related Posts:Weekly Photo Challenge – ReflectionWeekly Photo Challenge – DelicateWeekly Photo Challenge – GreenPeppermint Chocolate Candy CrackThe Street Food Map of HanoiThe post...
View ArticlePeppermint Chocolate Candy Crack
My one giftee this year loves minty chocolate, and that kind of candy I can pull off without shopping flurry. It’s easy enough that I’ll hardly explain the process (and I’m also itching to jump back...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge – Resolved
Resolved. There at least two meanings of the word that I can think of. The first that came to me, and perhaps the one with the most meaning anyway… is the resolution to finish something, to see it...
View ArticleHow to Make Sugar Wax at Home (without a thermometre)
It’s spring in Hanoi. Spring spring spring - It happened this morning like a gold brick landing on that nasty 5-week winter we had and that means bare legs, and that means sugar wax. Homemade sugar...
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