Vietnamese street food dishes you need to try in Vietnam and where to taste them – from pho bo and bun cha in Hanoi to cao lau and mi Quang in Hoi An, and banh xeo and banh mi in Saigon. We give you the lowdown on Vietnam’s must-try street food dishes and the regions … Read more
These Vietnamese spring roll recipes have been a long time coming. We fell in love with Vietnamese food over thirty years ago when we became addicted to fresh Vietnamese spring rolls. We thought it time we shared some of our favourite spring roll recipes – fresh and fried, old and new, from north to south … Read more
Our Cambodian fish amok recipe is traditional – an authentic steamed fish curry made to a classic recipe from an older generation of cooks who believe that if it’s not properly steamed, it’s not amok trei, a steamed fish curry. ‘Amok’ means to steam in banana leaves in Khmer and many Cambodians believe this refined … Read more
A Hoi An street food tour is essential when you visit the UNESCO World Heritage listed town in Central Vietnam. You just need to decide whether you’re going to embark on your own culinary adventure and do our self-guided Hoi An street food tour itinerary or sign up for a guided street food walk. The … Read more
How to review restaurants like a professional restaurant critic isn’t a post I envisaged ever writing here — it’s the sort of thing Lara covers in our food and travel writing retreats – however, comments by a food journalist and people we met on our recent trip suggested there was a need. Everyone’s a critic … Read more