Go Slowly, Eat Well

March 27, 2014

I’m Going Back: Su Su Fried Chicken

Su Su 59 Tú Xương, Section 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Map This man, right here. He’s my new hero. He makes delicious chicken with a contraption that he made in his house. He’s a mechanical tinkerer of the best kind: he engineers food related devices that make amazing food. He invented a…

February 18, 2014

Cook Slowly: Phad Thai, Southern Thai Variant

Phad thai is a pretty curious dish in Thailand. It seems like it’s the gateway Thai dish for foreigners and backpackers, and is always written in large letters on signs in areas that typically otherwise serve western food. Ordering phad thai sometimes feels like a cop-out, a guilty pleasure, something that you wouldn’t tell your…

February 4, 2014

Where to Eat: Chiang Mai, Thailand

Finding tasty food in Chiang Mai is not difficult. If anything, we were a bit overwhelmed by all the tasty smells and sights and had to remind ourselves to take it one meal at a time. Our general rule of thumb, during our short two-week stay, was to follow our noses to what smelled good…

November 30, 2013

I’m Going Back: Paday Rotee—Irresistible Sweets In Chiang Mai

Paday Rotee Corner of Tha Pae Road and Tha Pae Soi 4 Neither Josh nor I really have much of a sweet tooth. We’ll take something savory—salty, spicy, sour—over desert any given day. There is, however, a sweet that we make an exception for each and every time we pass by it (and you’d…

November 23, 2013

Cook Slowly: Khao Soi, the dish of Chiang Mai

No trip to Chiang Mai, Thailand’s 2nd city, would be complete without copious amounts of khao soi. A curried coconut noodle soup, khao soi can be found at nearly every restaurant, cafe, guesthouse, and hotel in and around Chiang Mai, and with good cause. Khao soi tastes more like curry than the more typical green…

November 22, 2013

I’m Going Back: Jok Prince—Great cheap congee in Bangkok

Jok Prince (โจ๊กปรินซ์) East side of Charoen Krung, a bit south of Si Wiang Breakfast is always interesting in a new place in Asia. Doing a search for breakfast invariably results in long discussions from expats and travelers alike as to where to get the best western breakfast. For me, if I wanted a good…

November 21, 2013

I’m Going Back: Hakata Nagahama Ramen Miyoshi—Favorite ramen in Kyoto

Thin noodles with just the right amount of chew

Hakata Nagahama Ramen Miyoshi (博多長浜ラーメンみよし) Kiyamachi-dori, half a block south of Sanjo-dori While in Japan, we did what many other food-obsessed people do: try to hunt down the best Ramen in each city. This meant lots of wrong turns, lots of directions asked, lots of phone checking, and thankfully, lots of delicious ramen. Many…

November 20, 2013

Quick Bite: Laphet Thoke

Food in Myanmar is wonderful. Take this popular Burmese expression (translated into English, of course): “Of all the fruit, the mango’s the best; of all the meat, the pork’s the best; and of all the leaves, lahpet’s the best.” I figure, if I agree with the first two (mango and pork are my favorite of…

November 18, 2013

Where to Eat: San Francisco

Even before moving up to San Francisco, Natasha and I loved to visit the city and sample all that it had to offer. Now, after a year living there and three weeks being away, I figured it was a good time to reflect upon all of our favorite places to eat. This is a mondo…

October 27, 2013

Bags are packed and I’m ready to go

Finally, after years of dreaming, months of planning, and weeks of prepping, I’m ready to go. I’ve read up quite a bit and talked with a number of people that have gone on similar trips and of course I didn’t listen to any of their recommendations. Like usual, I’m going to take the hard route…