Thai Food Favorites: Laab
Sawatdee krub! Greetings! Another one of my favorite dishes from Thailand which I find pretty easy to repeat at home
Read MoreSawatdee krub! Greetings! Another one of my favorite dishes from Thailand which I find pretty easy to repeat at home
Read More“Oh my god, honey!” Peung’s voice rose up at the last word, like an exaggerated example of her Thai rising
Read MoreI am not squeamish about street food. I swear by it, generally speaking. The occasions I get rip-roaring sick I
Read MoreAfter a dinner of Hue’s famous pancakes, just outside the walls of the citadel, we were walking back along the
Read MoreI’ve posted a lot of bird photos before, both here on the blog and on the Mad Traveler website, and whenever I
Read MoreOn my first trip to Japan, the thing that impressed me most was the architecture. These weren’t just buildings with
Read MoreI always have to remind myself that if I explain cheese, that amazing delicious substance I love and cherish from
Read MoreAt first I could ignore them. A couple of vague spots might show up in the clouds on a wide
Read MoreIf there is one thing I hate – and believe me, there is way more than one – it’s the
Read MoreEating 馬刺し (Basashi) It seems every time I go to Japan, I try something else a little off the beaten
Read MoreI’m staring at the large rump of a water buffalo and questioning why I’d wanted the front seat in the
Read MoreAmong the list of best restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City over at TripAdvisor is a street food cart. But
Read MoreThe common form of dress in Myanmar is the longyi, a form of long fabric wrapped around the lower body
Read MoreI love to eat street food and do so without much fear. Trips to China have made me a bit
Read MoreThe first thing to do when I head to Chiang Mai is run for a restaurant for khao soi. This
Read MoreMost travelers to far away foreign lands can tell you stories of songs they never expected to see or hear,
Read MoreLooks and anticipation can be deceiving. The raw chicken I ate in Japan actually wasn’t half bad. But this was
Read MoreJust outside and to the east of Osaka Station, high above the high-rises, stands this bright red Ferris wheel on
Read More(October 2013) My 10-day Japan trip – the third trip this year – ended in Osaka. Missed an earthquake by
Read MoreA couple months ago when I was booking my hotels for Osaka, I initially couldn’t find anything at all that
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