A bowl of Pho is the icon of the Vietnamese food culture as Curry to Indians or Ramen to Japanese, but have you ever wondered about the rest?…
Keep Reading“It feels like coming home“, Fafa told me while dragging our luggage out of the Oshiage train station. I smiled and nodded. I thought of the same thing when I sat on the toilet at Haneda airport. Both I and my ass felt the heated welcome. Japan Trip On Repeat On the first day,…
Keep ReadingDo you know that you can find some kind of fried dough type of local delight in every corner of the world? One of the Indian versions of it is called Gulab Jamun. It has been a key part of Indian culture. They are put on the altar of the Gods during prayers and…
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Keep ReadingIt's easy to spot what's so great about the Kuromon Ichiba market: its food culture, especially the extensive freshly cooked seafood.…
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Keep ReadingTeh Botol, the national drink of Indonesia, comes in a bottle, sold by the roadside, contain so much sugar, and is drank from a plastic bag mixed with dirty ice cubes and cost around $0.50. Teh Botol Sosro I started drinking Teh Botol in high school. It was a perfect drink to quench the…
Keep ReadingThere is only one dish I would publicly admit that someone else cooks better than my Amma. The dish is a South Indian street food known as vadai (or vada or vade). And the person who beats Amma in making it is a white-bearded old man who owns a small food stall, Bhai Sarbat, on…
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