It’s de-clawed, denuded (!) and best of all, de-shelled.This is a crab dish for lazy eaters. Yeah, you know the type – those who use a fork and knife to eat shrimp and burgers and (horrors!) even pizza. Frankly, I’ve always been suspicious of these folk: they’re what I call “closet sensualists”, eaters who won’t...
read moreA typical Vietnamese meal this isn’t.It’s easy to get stuck into a routine when it comes to particular types of cuisine: sushi and tempura for Japanese; pizza and pasta for Italian; bagoong rice and pad thai for Thai. Bo-ring. Having grown weary of such monotony ages ago, it’s become an adventure to expand my...
read moreIs it possible to get quality Vietnamese food in a restaurant in Hanoi? My chances aren’t looking good.Viet KitchenWe’re looking for Pho 24, Vietnam’s supposedly ubiquitous pho shop. But my sisters, whom I’m traveling with on this trip (Mom decided to stay at the hotel) and I, can’t find it....
read moreWhen it comes to traveling, my sightseeing perspective centers on markets instead of monuments and museums. Curiosity and appetite are my guides and I expect to get lost, which invariably, happens more often than I’d like. (I’m still sharpening my map-reading skills). Hanoi, to my foreign eye, is immune to the...
read moreHanoi’s streets are so thick with smells that I think I can eat the air. Whereas last night the sidewalks were pictures of calm, the emerging day is witness to burgeoning armies of tables and chairs and little stools where an adult’s knees come up to her chin. But no one seems to mind. The majority of Vietnamese life...
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