Most people in the Philippines save the few Chinese that remains with their ancestral Chinese surname or a few indigenous that keeps their o...

“Add 30 peso, heavy traffic!” said the taxi man. “What?!?” I feign incredulity, this is not the first time I was asked of this. “Yes ma’am, ...

I finally succumbed to it. I went for a cooking course in Bangkok. The idea had flit through my mind on and off, whenever I read through a b...

This much: Som tam (Thai/Isan ส้มตำ) is a spicy papaya salad originating in Laos and the Isan region of northeastern Thailand. Som (ส้ม) in...

You know, as good writer you have to be able to write under any circumstances, under any amount of time and under any environment. I want to...

How long since I have abandon this blog? I guess we better skip the I’m-so-sorry part and get right down to business. Yes I’ve been to Bangk...

No I am not back in Penang , I know some are hankering for more of those food but this time think beyond that. Think flying up north and acr...

It continues... Next into the street food, the highlight was the chow tau fu (stinky tofu!) well, I tried it! From far you can smell a dis...