Archive for February, 2009

Adorableness Abounded

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

It began — as so many of our travel adventures do — with food. We’d stopped on the narrow, rutted road to explore fields filled with vegetables and herbs when suddenly the air was filled with whoops and shouts as a gaggle of young children came racing towards us.
One of the women in our [...]

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Postcard from Hanoi

Friday, February 20th, 2009

We found lots of elegant restaurant fare in Hanoi. This deconstructed paella with three kinds of rice was a treat at Green Tangerine, a charming little spot near the Water Puppet Theater. The pastries at Afternoon Tea at the Hotel Metropole were exquisite and a trio of soups made a lovely starter for a [...]

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Postcard from Dalat

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Market in Dalat, originally uploaded by caseyell.

The mountainous area around Dalat is a gardener’s paradise. Vegetables, flowers and coffee trees thrive. While pushing my bike up a particularly steep hill I noticed poinsietta bushes as high as my shoulders, covered in blooms.
The central market is one of the most interesting we visited. These [...]

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Postcard from Ninh Van Bay

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

This pretty little platter had two more fresh spring rolls in the top left hand corner of the tray, but I’d quickly snarfed them down before I remembered to pull out my camera.
One of the women on our trip has reached spring roll saturation. “Not another one, ” she vows. But I haven’t begun to [...]

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Postcard from Hoi-An

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

After a marvelous dinner at Morning Glory in Hoi-An (my favorite fare of the trip so far) we went back to the restaurant the next day for a cooking class. I’ll be posting recipes after I get home and have a faster internet connection.
Pictured are the ingredients we used to marinate boneless, skinless chicken [...]

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Postcard from Hue

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Billions and billions of bird’s eye chiles,.
These tiny bird’s eye chiles are seriously hot. Every meal in Viet Nam has included a tiny saucer holding one or two chiles cut into small pieces. And a single small piece is enough to turn a bowl of pho or serving of noodles fiery hot.
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Postcard from Saigon

Sunday, February 8th, 2009

On our first day in Viet Nam we headed straight for the huge bustling market. When you consider that dried shrimp are used sparingly as a seasoning, the above looks like a life-time supply.

Such glorious piles of fresh fruit throughout the market. I was told these are called dragon fruit although I’m sure there [...]

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Food, Love and Luscious Prose

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Have I got a blog for you.
Oh, I hear you: You’re sated with food blogs. You barely have time to keep up with Dorie and David, Pim and Matt, Mollie and Michael R. You certainly aren’t going to relinquish time reserved for reading Becks & Posh. Or the insanely wonderful Carol [...]

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