Austin Bush

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In Bangkok tonight and not hitting @pawkhrua’s pop-up @errbangkok ? I may have to re-evaluate our relationship. (Pictured: จิ้นส้มหมกไข่, fermented pork grilled w egg, one of many mega tasty northern dishes being served here tonight.) #ffsbangk

Stumbled upon a bag of freekeh, young grains of wheat that have been briefly scorched, at a Middle Eastern grocery here in Bangkok, and followed @anissahelou’s recipe in Feast as a guide. Cooked in chicken broth w dried spices and served w a si

You’re probably not going to be visiting Macau any time soon. Instead, travel there vicariously w us over at @fantasticfoodsearch, where we’re currently sharing 20+ fantastic places to eat. Think of it as preemptive trip planning or cooki

A second meeting of the Portuguese Culinary Appreciation Society, Bangkok Chapter. Also: vinho. 🇵🇹

Saturday morning at Bangkok’s Or Tor Kor Market. Curries, jewel-like sweets, crispy pork belly, giant prawns, exotic condiments from Thailand’s south, stink bean stir-frys, pickled crabs and much much much more and I’ve decided to m

MY NORTH AMERICAN LUNCH. And I want to be absolutely clear that this was motivated not by rewarding myself w junk food for having to renew my visa, but rather by a desire to bridge cultural gaps in these difficult times 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇨🇦

Finally home, w a strong desire to cook and a half-drunk bottle of wine in the freezer, and a few hours later there’s b&oelig;uf bourguignon.

I love an iconic hotel. So for my last three nights in Ho Chi Minh City, I stayed at the Hotel Continental. Built in 1880, it still has the wooden staircase, roof tiles and frangipani trees, among other things, from the French colonial period. But it

When interviews go really well: @petercuongfranklin schooled me in the (not so subtle) differences between Hanoi- (left) and Saigon-style (right) banh mi bread, and I also got to taste the wagyu and foie gras banh mis he does at Nhau Nhau (yes, I was

I’m also doing a write up of the chocolate scene here in Ho Chi Minh City for @eater. In addition to Marou, who kicked off the bean-to-bar thing in Vietnam and whose Saigonaise is pictured here, there’s a handful of folks producing domest

More Vietnamese sammiches for @eater, this time the version served at Bánh Mì Bảy Hổ, allegedly profiled in the Netflix series “Street Food.” Mercifully petite, and w a really nice pate and braised (I think?) pork belly, but

Nam Kading, April 21, 2010

April 27, 2010 in blog

Boat driver on the Nam Kading River, Laos

You can hear some fascinating stories when you talk to the older generation in Laos. This guy, who now works as a boat driver along the Nam Kading river in central Laos, helped the Vietnamese fight against the French colonialists in 1959. He still remembers some Vietnamese and after the war had 10 children.