Vietnam is a nation of snackaholics. Go down any street or alley and you will find neighborhood markets or makeshift food stands hawking Vietnamese junk food. And by junk food I mean steaming hot, fresh made, homemade noodles, rice crepes, soups, desserts, and anything your heart desires. From morning till night there are snackers trolling for food.  Even …
My Bottomless Pit
 This morning I had a meeting near the Knox/Henderson area of Dallas and then had lunch with a good friend at Chuy’s, a Tex-Mex joint on McKinney.  As we were chatting about the soap opera going on at her job and the jewelry we’ve been making on the side, I wished I had brought my camera to photograph the …
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Now Eat This: Day 4
 It must seem like I’ve done nothing in Dallas but eat, but I swear I’ve done other things…just nothing interesting enough to photograph (but do pop over to the ODJ link to see my new pictures). So here we go, let’s see what’s on the menu today! For lunch we ate bo bia, which is yet another variety of …
Now Eat This: Day 3
 I’ve always said that if you enjoy eating and shopping, not necessarily in that order, then Dallas is the place to be. But as it’s been so cold and dreary these last few days,  I’ve done very little shopping and a lot of eating. Today it’s all about cha ca, which is (in this case) red snapper  flavored with tumeric powder, …
Now Eat This: Days 1 & 2
 Call me crazy but after one full week of being home from the last trek, I traded sunny, warm LA for rainy, cold Dallas this week. But the trade off is visiting my beloved parents and eating the best home cooked Vietnamese food in the world. My mom has spoiled our taste buds for life, so if I’m a …