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Arrival in Penang, Malaysia

I’m so ready to leave the concrete high-rise urban jungle behind and immerse myself in this! And this! Those UNESCO World Heritage folks sure know how to pick ’em. 

Singapore’s hawker fare

Does this vegetarian/pescatarian make a special trip to eat chicken from the world’s first hawker stall to get a Michelin star? Yes lah. Hawker Chan has come a long way from his dingy stall at People’s Park in Singapore since he earned a Michelin star in 2016. Apparently an investor helped him open a fast-food …

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Vietnam MFF: most favored foods

Here are my favorite pescaterian-vegetarian food picks on this trip to Vietnam… Top left: Chã cá, or table charcoal-grilled hake fillets with tons of fresh dill, turmeric, galangal, ginger, fish sauce and shrimp paste, at Cha Ca Thanh Long in Hanoi Top right: bánh khúc, mung bean dumplings with cassava and rice flour skins, my …

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Raohe night market (饒河夜市): a concentrated chaos of Taiwanese street food, young folk, middle-aged tourists and sellers hawking cheap knockoffs

No visit to Taiwan is complete without a visit to a night market. Despite my exhaustion from jet lag and walking around Taipei in sweltering summer heat, last night I made it to the Raohe night market (饒河夜市) next to the Songshan MRT and local train station and was pumped enough by all the activity …

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