Every now and again there is a food so damned that I will do some serious travel to eat it. Thus today I traveled on a fast train for 2 hours a distance of 300 km to eat goats feet (麻辣羊蹄 (má là yáng tí)). Yep I shit you not I primarily did this journey…
When North Korea does something well in country, they then tend to test the water in China, with Dandong being the first port of call. And this is exactly what has happened with the new Taedonggang Beer trend. Basically, they wanted to open a beer bar from North Korea in Dandong and decided that the…
Bun Moc is one of those Saigon street food dishes that never really gets the same global attention as pho, but in reality it is exactly the kind of thing you end up eating if you spend any real time in the city. It is simple, fast, unpretentious food that exists purely because people are…
Bánh bột lọc is not something you really go looking for. It is one of those Vietnamese dishes that tends to appear on a menu when you are already slightly confused, slightly hungry, and not in the mood to decode every single line in front of you. That was exactly the situation in Phnom Penh,…
By recommendation we boarded our bus to head to the new Clock Tower Restaurant down in the Pyonghattan Hwasong district of Pyongyang. The reason? Because we were told it was the best restaurant in Pyongyang. They did not let us down at all. Not only was this the most deluxe and exclusive restaurant that I…
OK almost anyone that claims to know the best restaurants in Pyongyang right now is lying! This is because over the last 6 years the culinary scene in the capital of North Korea has frankly exploded with new joints offering some great scran. And I now this because just recently I was one of the…
