Hanoi — There are only 8 meals left. Eight. Tonight’s dinner (which I will make at home), two full days of breakfast, lunch and dinner and a quick breakfast before this self-sanctioned exile is over. Discovery is no longer what I’m interested in but what my last meals will be. Should I have lunch at my favorite Bun Cha place with the really good Nem; where the ladies have come to recognize me, the soft sm...
Hanoi — Here in Hanoi, there are two different kinds of street vendors. The one with a stall or a shop front, however small they might be, they are stationary. The stall might be occupying part of the alley, ...
Hong kong — In his budget address last week, Finance Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah announced he wants to bring food trucks to Hong Kong. The idea seems to have not really thought out or the government has complet...
Hanoi — Another overcast day. We ride into the old French Quarter, tasting rain drops, looking for those large fried parcels filled with —- we don’t know but we are excited to find out —- for lunch. Its onl...
Hong Kong Needs More Dai Pai Dongs Not Food Trucks
Last Meal
Sylvia and I, vol. 24
It's all about eye contact
MacArthur Park #mydayinla
This time last year, senses equal parts dazzled/sharpened by Taibei. To understand the informal economy's hustle, step out into it.
At the Promenade, Pondicherry, a vendor waits near his cart, for the tourists to come so that he sells his fruits for the evening.
Mangoes sell themselves...
warm, juicy, perfect samosas, await greedy customers in a pavement go-cart, spreading the heavenly aroma.
At Chikpete street, these mouthwatering snacks and savouries are piled up, as enthused kids buy them in cones and crunch on