The red flag flapping in the wind outside the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum The never-ending queue of visitors waiting to enter the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum We left Ho Chi Minh and flew to Hanoi with a totally different goal … Read more
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Ho Chi Minh – Of Sounds & Smells
A traffic warden controlling the busy traffic The Ho Chi Minh Youth Union in the city center Vietnam – or more accurately ‘Viet Nam’ – refers to ‘the people’ (Viet) of the South (Nam). There are altogether 54 different ethnicities … Read more
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Tagged Binh Tay Market, Cha Tam Church, Ho Chi Minh, Notre Dame Cathedral, Red, Reunification Palace
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Very Chewy Korean Stir-Fried Tteokbokki (궁중 똑붂이)
I wanted to try out a Korean rice cake recipe that is stir-fried with slices of the main ingredient – a change from cooking rice cakes in their long cylindrical forms such as those in my previous Korean Spicy Rice … Read more
Chilled & Spicy Japanese Ramen (Hiyashi Chuka) – Fresh As It Can Be!
The prevalent Asian consumption habit has it that most food has to be sufficiently cooked over a fire (or heat in some cases) for them to be hygienic and to taste good. But there is also an inherent instinct among … Read more
Buddha’s Delight, Otherwise Known As Luo Han Zhai (罗汉斋）
Vesak Day (or ‘Buddha’s birthday’) is the celebration of the birth, enlightenment and death of Gautama Buddha. It is on this day that devoted Buddhists and monks in many East and Southeast Asian countries could be seen congregating at Buddhist … Read more