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A Year Of Fabulous Friends 17 Oct 2012 | 01:48 pm
It’s a year ago today that I got that terrible phone call saying Dad had died while doing charity work in the Solomon Islands. Mum had kissed.
Street Food Swoop: Bun Rieu 12 Oct 2012 | 10:46 am
Bún riêu is a truly sensational Vietnamese street food — if you forgo the blood cubes. People have told me blood cubes don’t have much taste beyond a mild saltiness, but I just don’t want to try this ...
Vietnam’s Fake Meat Phenomenon 4 Oct 2012 | 07:57 am
Darling Man and I have been hard at work eating our way through Ho Chi Minh City’s vegetarian options. We wanted to include a vegetarian street food tour in our new business, Saigon Street Eats, becau...
Still Rocking It (With Mid-Autumn Madness) 1 Oct 2012 | 02:14 pm
Miss M can no longer be called a baby. She is a month shy of three, with long straight legs and hair down to the middle of her back. There is no baby-ness about her anymore. But although she is no lon...
My Brave New Life Anniversary 28 Sep 2012 | 07:34 am
It’s a year since I walked away from my corporate job in Singapore with grand plans to become a location independent entrepreneur. And what a year it’s been. Not the year, I expected, that’s for sure....
Meet The Dropouts: Di, The Globetrotting Gran 22 Sep 2012 | 08:28 am
Meet Di, a 50-something palliative care nurse who retrained as an English language teacher and set off on some amazing adventures. Di is an inspiration for many reasons. Her kind manner and beautiful ...
A Dream Distilled 17 Sep 2012 | 08:10 am
(Flashback post*.) The backroads of Provence. Wildflowers. Blue skies, bright sun, a cool breeze in my face. This was my cycling dream. It was supposed be a month-long family cycling and camping holid...
The Mi Quang Quest 12 Sep 2012 | 12:04 pm
Mi Quang is a noodle soup from central Vietnam, full of soft yellow noodles, prawn, pork, quail eggs, peanuts and shredded lettuce and herbs. It’s one of those dishes that sound like the ingredients d...
Moon Cake Surprise 27 Aug 2012 | 10:06 am
The mid-autumn festival is approaching and all over Vietnam moon cake stalls are springing up. We found this one when we stopped for petrol at the weekend. Darling Man was surprised to see a stall so ...
Eat-Pray-Erk 21 Aug 2012 | 02:43 pm
Darling Man is so laid back and easy-going I often forget about our different backgrounds. Until he tells me we’re due to go to a death anniversary party on the weekend. The concept of putting “party”...
