On Nhau

Somehow I found myself nhau-ing just about every night I was in Saigon. "You must've been hanging with a lot of dudes" my friend assumed, and right he was! I was unaware of the social significance of this primarily male custom at the time, but I found this interesting article through the interwebs. That might explain the stares, actually. Onward!

It took some getting used to the giant blocks of ice in my Tiger beer, let alone the fact that they kept giving me (and only me) straws. I guess it's the feminine way to nhau

Duck tongue and curried frog legs at Xua va Nay in Saigon


Clams with lemongrass

Some non-nhau food in Vietnam:

Before and after - the tail was a hot commodity


Bun cha in Hanoi


Cha ca la vong in Hanoi


Wraps and rice noodles (can't remember the names of anything - I'm terrible I know) at Quan An Ngon in Saigon

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Singapore Sling

Chicken rice and steamed egg at Sin Swee Kee. Hainanese style steamed chicken, tons of flavor in the rice itself.

I pretty much love all things curry, so it's no surprise that I love the Malay influences in Singaporean cuisine. There isn't much available in the bay area, so I was super excited to eat my way around town and finally have the real thing! Time was limited so I wasn't able to try much actual Malay or Peranakan cuisine, but I definitely had some delicious local food!

Murtabak at Zam Zam, quite possibly one of the most delicious things I tried in Asia


Roti stuffed with meat and served with curry sauce. How can that ever be a bad thing?


Laksa at Maxwell (L) and at a food market around Clarke Quay (R). Did not get a chance to try the OG katong laksa unfortunately


Stingray, satay, and fried oyster pancake (better than the Taiwanese kind I thought) at Chomp Chomp


Maxwell hawker center


Rojak (Maxwell) and popiah (Newton)


The most delicious black pepper crab from First Grade Seafood Palace


The damage


The ubiquitous sugar cane drink at Chomp Chomp; a kalamansi limeade from Mr. Prata (don't remember what it was called)

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On the Street

Bangkok

Thai tea, lime, and ice. So simple, SO DELICIOUS


Tom yummmmm noodle soup with crispy pork in Chiang Mai


Grilled fish in Cambodia; Amphawa floating night market


Amphawa floating night market


Amphawa floating night market - grilling on the boat


Khanom krog in Chiang Mai; zwa bing at Shida night market in Taipei


Pad thai wrapped in egg at Or Tor Kor in Bangkok; soup fixins in Hanoi; gua bao in Taipei


I don't remember what this was called in Vietnamese, but it's like the Chinese rice noodle (Hanoi)

Hanoi


Noodle soup in Saigon

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Top 6 tropical fruits that taste 100x better in Asia

1. Mangosteen! 2 kilos for $2. Yup, ate them all.
2. Mango (+ chili salt)
3. Pineapple
4. Lychee
5. Guava
6. Rambutan

Top 1 tropical fruit that tastes as bad as it smells, even in Asia:
1. Durian

Mango two ways: with coconut sticky rice and chili salt


Lychee beer < lychee + beer

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