The Vietnamese like noodles and they like soup, so combining the two is basically a national habit. That is what led me to bun mam (bún mắm) on a rainy day in Hanoi, when the streets were slick, traffic was chaos as always, and the smell of something fermented and seafood-heavy drifting out of a…
Banh Tam Bi is one of those southern Vietnamese dishes that does not get anywhere near the international attention it deserves, probably because it sits in that awkward space where it looks simple at first glance but turns into something far more interesting once it actually arrives in front of you. It is the kind…
Is there a Panda Express in China? The short easy answer to this is no, there is not. This is American Chinese fast food, although there was briefly a knock-off version in Kunming. There are though, apparently at least plans to bring the chain to the Middle Kingdom. What could go wrong? What is Panda…
By recommendation we boarded our bus to head to the new Clock Tower Restaurant down in the Pyonghattan Hwasong district of Pyongyang. The reason? Because we were told it was the best restaurant in Pyongyang. They did not let us down at all. Not only was this the most deluxe and exclusive restaurant that I…
Due to the state run nature of North Korea and well the private enterprise element of street dining, the Street Food Pyongyang scene was previously almost non-existent. This though has slowly started to change as the nation has slowly loosened the constraints on state ownership of everything. Combine this with the newfound riches of the…
OK almost anyone that claims to know the best restaurants in Pyongyang right now is lying! This is because over the last 6 years the culinary scene in the capital of North Korea has frankly exploded with new joints offering some great scran. And I now this because just recently I was one of the…
