Do you like sweltering heat and unbearable humidity? Do you enjoy vigorous physical activity in said sweltering heat and unbearable humidity? If so, I recommend hiking the Perfume Pagoda in late-July. It’ll bring out your inner masochist, I’m certain. On our fourth day in Vietnam, Melody and I boarded a bus for a three-hour ride [...]
We woke up early on our third morning in Vietnam. Determined to beat the heat and humidity, my sister and I grabbed a taxi from the Old Quarter to the Temple of Literature in Hanoi, about a ten minute ride. Along the way, I made a mental note of the shops and food stalls I [...]
I never thought jet lag was good for anything until I found myself wide awake at 5:30 in the morning on our second day in Vietnam. Melody and I had to board a van heading to Halong Bay at dawn, and soon we found ourselves with a group of travelers on the highway headed to [...]
“Let’s just go to Vietnam and eat.” It’s been nearly four months since I visited Vietnam with my sister, Melody, and like our previous trips together, food was a motivating factor on deciding where to go. Visions of street snacks and fresh seafood filled my imagination as soon as I purchased our tickets, and it [...]
My favorite thing about working so close to San Francisco’s Chinatown is that I’m only a short walk away from some of the best dining in the city. There’s so much variety — Hunanese, Shanghainese, and Sichuanese, to name a few. Thanks to Z&Y Restaurant, I’ve developed a taste for the tongue-numbing peppercorns that characterize [...]