After a full day of sitting inside a darkened tent for the MAD Symposium held in Copenhagen, we were ready for a bit of sun and a meal where we could all sit down and chew over the material we had just spent 8 hours digesting. Our group of seven hopped in two taxis and…
Category: Food Finds
Lucky Rice, Lucky Me
Lucky Rice is a festival that celebrates and promotes all things Asian– an event that speaks to my inner Asian self (I often tell people I’m half Asian and frequently I just get nods. It’s practically the truth!). I’ve been traveling through the spicy lands for years now and feel very at home when I’m…
Kuala Lumpur, An Exercise in Eating
I was sitting in my hotel room two weeks ago hovering the mouse arrow over the buy button at the bottom of AirAsia’s promotion flight to Kuala Lumpur. I needed to do a visa run, but the most important part of the crossing the border part was which country I would renew my papers in….
How Do You Like Them Appens?
Last night as I was walking through the market, a woman sitting on the sidewalk with little piles of fruits in front of her caught my eye. I’ve actually tried these before, but wasn’t sure what it was. She called in an appen sta (appen is apple in Thai, the sta I have no idea….
A Sweet That Wasn’t so Sweet
If I don’t know what it is, I want to try it. I don’t want to proverbial “chew on it” or think about what it might taste like. No, I want to savor it, munch it, understand the texture, what spices are in it, and how it most likely was made. It should be in…
A New Adventure in Thailand Starts off Spicy
My first day in Bangkok was exactly what I wanted it to be. Actually maybe just a little bit more. I came off the airplane anxious to shake 22 hours of sitting out of my body. Oh yeah, first I had to take a taxi into the city. Then I could shake it off. A…
Cruising Colorado’s Cuisine
My sister Julia invited me out to spend a long weekend with her in Vail and Aspen. Having never been to either, I quickly penciled in the dates on my calendar and booked a flight to Denver. Not only was I interested in the snowboarding part of her “inspiration” trip (and I don’t mind so…
In the Wintery Midwest, Laotian Food Provides the Heat
My sister has been living in Madison, Wisconsin for six months now. If I happen to call her in the mornings, she’s usually driving to work and making exclamations about the scenery. “There are llamas out here! And so many cows. And miniature horses! There’s corn fields and barns, and corn fields and barns.” Everything…
The Korean Cram
With family and friends in town, my past two weeks have been a pants-expanding, late night devouring, cocktail imbibing and all around omnivorous experience. It began by meeting my father and baby brother (at 23 he’s still a baby, right?) in DC for a weekend with my uncle. My uncle is always sending me updates…
Staycation Destination: Chinatown
Whether I”m in New York or Bangkok, the excitement of city living never fades. In New York, most residents flee to the beaches during the summer: Hamptons, Amagansett, Montauk, Martha’s Vineyard etc. In Bangkok, Thais head up-country for a little r&r, or south to charming beach towns like Hua Hin or Samed for a more…
Egg Meets Grill
Eggs are the perfect food. A perfectly designed serving of protein and fat can be cooked and manipulated in endless ways: soft pillowy egg pouches draped in an egg-emulsified Hollondaise sauce, sweet soy sauce boiled eggs stewed with chunks of braised pork, a fried egg perched atop a mountain of fried rice, soft scrambled eggs…
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