The ubiquitous pho (pronounced “fuh”) is the national dish of Vietnam. A single whiff can conjure images of intensely green rice paddies lovingly tended to by bent over figures topped with conical hats or the roar of hundreds of motorbike engines flowing through the city streets like a rough, unforgiving river. Nothing reminds me more [...]
Archive for August, 2006
pho
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BUTCHER SHOP CAFÉ, MUDGEE
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Dad described my friend Kate as “a meat and three veg girl”.I told her, then realised I shouldn’t have. Intended as a compliment, taken as an insult, all he meant was that, “she keeps it real”.
I’m in Mudgee, 4 hours west of
Sydney in an old butcher shop that’s now a café.
DUMPLING AND NOODLE HOUSE, POTTS POINT
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Saturday is beer and dumpling day.We’re at the ‘Dumpling & Noodle House’ in Potts Point. It’s the size of a 4WD (it’s full), there’s only one door ( we walk through it). If there was room, this place would be jumping.
stuck in the mug
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I came here to do my homework , but I am stuck in a mug. The prescribed task is to summarise the flavour of Rosto olive oil. But, I can’t focus. I am stuck, I am stuck in Sahlep. It is a Turkish aromatic milk and I can’t concentrate. As I write this sentence my [...]
