Eating Our Way Around Hanoi

hanoi street food At only an hour and a half flight from Hong Kong, Hanoi is easy to get to for a weekend trip and far cheaper than flying to Thailand or Bali. If time was on our side, I would have likedRead more

BÊP Vietnamese Kitchen

bep vietnamese kitchen hong kong If you’ve seen the queues outside any of the Nha Trang outlets at lunch or dinner any day of the week, you’ll know that this group is doing something right. I wouldn’t say it’s the best Vietnamese food in town,Read more

Nam Kee H

nam kee h hong kong There is little more comforting, particularly on a gloomy day, than a bowl of steaming soup noodles. Often, however, there is very little goodness in these noodles, they’re laced with MSG and, as tasty as they are, you often walkRead more

Chôm Chôm Bia Hoi and Eatery

Chom Chom Hong Kong   Chôm Chôm, once a tiny Vietnamese private kitchen on Wellington Street that apparently served the best pho in Hong Kong, left many a broken heart when it closed earlier this year. This was soon replaced with excitement and eagerRead more

Bolaven

bolaven hong kong Southeast Asia is full of delicious produce, yet it is a sad reality that most Southeast Asian countries do not reap the benefits and continue to live in poverty. To see people making a conscious effort to do something aboutRead more

Noodlemi

noodlemi hong kong     Vietnamese is one of my favourite cuisines, bursting with fresh flavours and spices, and one that somehow seems healthier than other Asian cuisines. When newly opened Noodlemi on Bonham Strand enticed me with slogans such as ‘bitemi’, ‘cravemi’Read more