Tag: vietnamese food

  • Good morning Hanoi: the food tour

    Good morning Hanoi: the food tour

    And like the world’s worst well-travelled traveller, I had no plan and no itinerary. I didn’t even know the exchange rate from Dong to Dollar. I spent the morning doing some research and decided on a food tour in an open-air jeep from the Soviet Era. What kind of crazy traveller decides to go on…

  • Shin Okubo: Tokyo’s Korea Town

    Shin Okubo: Tokyo’s Korea Town

    I’ve heard people rave and rave about Shin-Okubo: Japan’s largest Korea Town. Easily accessible on Tokyo’s Yamanote line, I went there today not quite knowing what to expect. The moment I stepped out of the station, I felt like I was transported to a different country.