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    KY travel – Five Places to Eat at Nha Trang, Vietnam

    Quang noodle @ Nha Trang

    The decision for our travel to Nha Trang actually stemmed out from having to utilize my expiring air miles, and since I’ve always enjoyed food in Vietnam having visited Saigon many times and Hanoi once, a new destination to my

    KY December 16, 2022December 16, 2022 Eats, Foreign Food, Travel, Vietnam, Vietnamese 12 Comments Read more

    KY eats – Scrambled Egg Banh Mi, Hanoi

    Baguette with freshly cooked omlete

    Banh mi, or bread in Vietnamese, was developed in the 1950s as Vietnam’s own interpretation of baguette. It is a classic marriage between ingredients from both East and West – baguette, pate, and mayo from their French colonial times, and

    KY May 14, 2019July 31, 2022 Eats, Foreign Food, Travel, Vietnam, Vietnamese 18 Comments Read more

    KY eats – Bun Oc (snail soup), Hanoi

    a warm bowl of snail soup, anyone?

    Part of the charm of visiting a new city is to try some of the local dishes, and when it comes to Hanoi, there are plenty to choose from, with one of them being Bun Oc, or snail soup. bun

    KY April 30, 2019 Eats, Hawkers, Outside Malaysia, Travel, Vietnam 17 Comments Read more

    KY travels – Hanoi House Cafe by Catholic Church, Hanoi

    Hanoi House Cafe, Hanoi

    Vietnam probably has the most mature coffee culture in all of South East Asia, when we were in Hanoi earlier this year, we definitely took advantage of visiting some of the more quaint cafes in this capital city. Hanoi House

    KY April 22, 2019July 29, 2022 Coffee, Drinks, Travel, Vietnam 4 Comments Read more

    KY eats – Eel Porridge at Mien Luon Dong Thinh, Hanoi

    crunchy deep fried eel with porridge turned out to be rather good

    My style of travel usually involves minimal planning with a few points of interests we’d visit, and pretty much winging it rest of the way. After all, it’s always more exciting to have a bit of surprises and a sense

    KY April 4, 2019July 29, 2022 Eats, food video, Foreign Food, Outside Malaysia, Travel, Vietnam, Vietnamese 11 Comments Read more

    KY travels – Trang An Scenic Boat Tour and Bai Dinh Pagoda, Hanoi, Vietnam

    this scene in Trang An looks a bit like from Kung Fu movie

    On our tour to Hanoi earlier this year, we booked a day trip to visit the more touristy area at Trang An and Bai Dinh Pagoda. These day trips can be booked while you’re at Hanoi via various agencies, or

    KY March 31, 2019July 26, 2022 Travel, Vietnam 22 Comments Read more

    KY Travels – Free Food Tour with Hanoikids at Hanoi, Vietnam

    HanoiKids free food tour at Hanoi

    One of the more improbable thing I heard about Hanoi (or Vietnam in general) while doing research about the place prior to visiting was this “free food tour” thingy, cos you know, in my mind, how can anything truly be

    KY March 26, 2019January 6, 2021 Eats, Foreign Food, Outside Malaysia, Travel, Vietnam, Vietnamese 17 Comments Read more

    KY travel – Gardenista Cafe, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Gardenista, French Quarter Hanoi

    When in Hanoi, one has to of course, go to the many many cafes dotted around the city that embraces the coffee culture unlike any other South East Asian countries. While the traditional drip coffee is still king around here,

    KY March 22, 2019July 29, 2022 Coffee, Drinks, Travel, Vietnam 11 Comments Read more

    KY eats – Bun Cha Dac Kim, Hanoi, Vietnam

    bun cha comes with plenty of vegetables

    When it comes to Vietnamese food, pho usually gets all the glory, and to be fair, before I stepped foot on Hanoi, I too did not know the existence of this arguably superior Vietnamese dish – Bun Cha. Bun Cha

    KY February 23, 2019July 31, 2022 Eats, Foreign Food, Travel, Vietnam, Vietnamese 17 Comments Read more

    KY eats – Vietnamese Street Food 101 – #7 Keo Fish, Grilled & Steamboat

    fish is as fresh as they come, they're alive!

    One of the reasons I’ve been to Vietnam 9 times prior to this trip was due to work. Back then, we were developing a pretty complicated web based program with a team of programmers based in Ho Chi Minh City,

    KY February 3, 2017 Eats, Foreign Food, Outside Malaysia, Travel, Vietnam, Vietnamese 25 Comments Read more
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