On Friday night I had dinner with a few friends at Los Latinos (128 Mitchell St, Maidstone), a little Latin American restaurant in Melbourne’s west. I don’t usually eat a lot of Latin American food apart from the odd taco or burrito now and then so I didn’t go in with any expectations. When the entrées came out and [...]

I was craving bo kho last Friday so I decided to make it for dinner. For those who don’t know, bo kho is a Vietnamese beef stew that is primary made with beef (usually chuck or gravy beef) and carrots. I used beef tripe and radish as well. The dish is typically served with crusty [...]

The other week Xuan and I decided to try the bun bo hue (Vietnamese spicy beef noodle soup) at a relatively new Vietnamese restaurant in Springvale called Huong Giang (2 Windsor Ave, Springvale). We both weren’t excepting all that much from the place and so were pleasantly surprised to find that it was actually very [...]

I had lunch at the Gherkin in London today with some work colleges. The Gherkin is also known as the Swiss Re Building but officially it’s 30 St Mary Axe. We had lunch at the bar above the restaurant on the 39th floor and the 360 views of London were just spectacular. The food prices [...]

I just got back from spending a few days in Prague, Czech Republic yesterday and man it was fantastic. The people were friendly, the streets weren’t too crowded, the weather was good, the food prices were very reasonable (especially when compared to western European countries) and the city so incredibly beautiful. It sort of felt [...]