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Scuba Diving Hoi An – The Coral Alive By Day!

May 19, 2012
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Even though I spent nearly all of April in Vietnam, I somehow managed to miss out on the popular dive sites in Nha Trang. For one reason or another, I just didn’t make it there. I did manage to squeeze in one day of diving while in Hoi An in between getting some shirts, dresses, [...]

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A Different King of “Báng Tráng” – or Rice Paper Wrapper

May 12, 2012
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Rice paper. Most of the English speaking world use that term to describe the edible wafer-thin papery sheets made of rice flour, water, and sometimes tapioca starch, and dried on cross-hatched straw to give it a distinctive weavy pattern. They are used to make Vietnamese summer rolls or deep fried for spring rolls. But all [...]

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Scrumptious Snails in Saigon @ Õc Ðào Restaurant

May 4, 2012
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This week marks the one-year blog anniversary for Ginger and Scotch and I thought I’d celebrate by writing a post about… …Snails! One of the great things about having friends and family living in a place you’ve never visited is the insight they provide on the best places to eat – more often than not, [...]

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My Saigon – From Past to Present

April 22, 2012
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The house used to smell like leather tanning all the time. It was an awful smell. But the cow skin was so fresh that the meat was often still attached – we would use it to supplement our meager food rations. Since arriving in Saigon, the stories about my childhood and those of our family [...]

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Dubai to Ho Chi Minh City

April 7, 2012
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Last week, with the arrival of my grandmother in Ho Chi Minh city (HCMC), just a few hours after my own arrival from Dubai, there were four generations of my family together: Wee Scotch, myself, my mom, and my grandmother. My mom and I were born in HCMC and although she’s been back a few [...]

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I Finally Ate at an Emirati Restaurant!

March 26, 2012
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After more than four years of living in Dubai, I still have so much to learn about the people and culture of my host country. Since I am motivated by food more than anything else, my journey into learning about Emirati culture began in June 2008 when I started my Emirati home cooking project - I [...]

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Who’s Coming to Our Next Raclette Party?

March 17, 2012
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Many of our most memorable travel experiences revolve around food and there are many I’ll never forget from our first skiing holiday in Switzerland a few years back. One was the black truffle pizza that we had on the slopes of St. Moritz. I don’t know if I would order this decadent dish on an [...]

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Can’t Get Any Fresher Than That! (Fresh Fish – 5 ways)

March 10, 2012
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After almost 10 years of dating and marriage, the day I’ve been waiting for all these years had finally come. Scotch returned home from a day of fishing with an ACTUAL FISH! And not just one but TWO! Not that he doesn’t normally succeed in catching fish when he’s out fishing but he is in [...]

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