One of the highlights of living in the house we are renting is the close proximity to Ba Le market. Ba Le market is a small yet dense and bustling, (non tourist) market just minutes away. Every morning, starting before…

One of the highlights of living in the house we are renting is the close proximity to Ba Le market. Ba Le market is a small yet dense and bustling, (non tourist) market just minutes away. Every morning, starting before…
Rice is critical to Vietnam. It is critical as a food supply and as a source of innumerable rice-based culinary dishes. Flat crispy rice crackers, rice wrapping paper, crispy rice croutons, flat soft rice sheets, rice noodles of all types,…
I TRY to keep up with Ben. If you know Ben, then you know that he is a most adaptable creature. For the next chapter of our lives in Viet Nam, he reinvented himself as a bamboo industry guy ~…
We wrote and published this post in November 2016, when we were living in Hoi An, the last time around. Now that we are back in Hoi An, everything we wrote then still has relevance. Here is a re-post of…
“Viet Nam. It grabs you and doesn’t let you go. Once you love it, you love it forever.” Anthony Bourdain. Over 200 episodes of 2 television shows, no country enraptured Anthony Bourdain, (the global, irreverent and adventurous chef), more so…