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    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

    KY eats – Vietnamese Street Food 101 – #6 Chao Vit (Duck Porridge)

    simple eat by the road side - chao vit

    Next on Vietnamese Street food introduction is Chao Vit, or Vietnamese duck porridge. A classic dish that I had for the very first time during this trip to Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnamese Duck Porridge stall by Chu Manh Trinh

    KY January 18, 2017 Eats, Foreign Food, Outside Malaysia, Travel, Vietnam, Vietnamese 20 Comments Read more

    KY eats – Vietnamese Street Food 101 – #5 Goi Cuon (Spring Roll)

    gui cuon, or Vietnamese spring role, with dipping sauce

    Got bored with the Vietnamese Street Food series yet? Well, there’s more! In this installment we’re checking out Gỏi cuốn, or Vietnamese Spring Roll. Che Minh Khai, one of the many eateries near our Airbnb  Contrary to popular belief, spring

    KY January 16, 2017 Eats, Foreign Food, Outside Malaysia, Travel, Vietnam, Vietnamese 14 Comments Read more

    KY eats – Vietnamese Street Food 101 – #4 Bo Kho

    a nice big pot of bo kho, Vietnamese beef stew

    Continuing with the introduction in Vietnamese street food, today let’s talk about bo kho, or the Vietnamese beef stew. Thus far, everything dishes in this series is from the same 4-day December 2016 trip to HCMC, and they’re mostly common

    KY January 13, 2017January 15, 2017 Eats, Foreign Food, Travel, Vietnam, Vietnamese 17 Comments Read more

    KY eats – Vietnamese Street Food 101 – #2 Pho

    the traditional way is to give you way too much vege

    The most famous Vietnamese dish outside Vietnam is of course, the Vietnamese beef noodle, or pho (pronounce as “fe-eh”). This is likely the first dish most people think about when it comes to Vietnamese food, and for good reasons –

    KY January 5, 2017July 31, 2022 Eats, Foreign Food, Outside Malaysia, Travel, Vietnam, Vietnamese 22 Comments Read more

    KY eats – Vietnamese Street Food 101 – #1 Bun Bo Hue

    Bún bò Huế

    Over the last year end holiday season, we spent quite a few days in Ho Chi Minh City, and I thought it’d be a good opportunity to sample the various street foods this biggest city in Vietnam has to offer

    KY January 2, 2017August 1, 2022 Eats, Foreign Food, Outside Malaysia, Travel, Vietnam, Vietnamese 20 Comments Read more

    KY eats – Fried Bee Pupae at Vietnam

    KY eats – Fried Bee Pupae at Vietnam

    My Vietnamese friend, Trinh invited me to his house for dinner, and knowing that I am some sort of an explorer when it comes to food, he got his wife to prepare one of the more interesting dishes I’ve had

    KY August 27, 2007July 29, 2022 Eats, Travel, Vietnam 20 Comments Read more

    Ho Chi Minh City … yet again

    Ho Chi Minh City … yet again

    Updates will be sparse these few days as I am traveling on assignment at Ho Chi Minh City again. This time around I surely will try more interesting food. So far I’ve tried fried bee larva (will post on that

    KY August 24, 2007January 16, 2019 Photography, Travel, Vietnam 7 Comments Read more

    KY travels – HCMC revisted

    KY travels – HCMC revisted

    The reason this blog hasn’t been updated for the past few days is a sound one. I was at Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam again, and the hotel wanted to charge something like US $17 per day for internet

    KY July 25, 2007January 16, 2019 Photography, Travel, Vietnam 7 Comments Read more

    KY eats – Angler Fish Liver at Akatonbo, HCMC, Vietnam

    KY eats – Angler Fish Liver at Akatonbo, HCMC, Vietnam

    Just before heading to SGN airport coming back to Malaysia during the last trip at HCMC, I decided to have some Japanese food instead of traditional Vietnamese Food. Instead of catching a cab, I just started to walk down the

    KY May 2, 2007July 29, 2022 Eats, Outside Malaysia, Travel, Vietnam 5 Comments Read more
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