Tag: hai duong
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The Return of the Vietnamese Bean Cake
It’s funny how a simple treat from the past can download a whole heap of memories into your consciousness. Have you ever eaten Vietnamese green bean cake? This stuff takes me back. A friend, stopping by Malaysia coming from Vietnam, picked this up for my family. When we lived in Haiphong from 1994-1997, we…
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I break for lychee
Once every year. Late May – Early June. Lychee season. If you’ve never had them fresh, you are missing out on one of the earth’s best fruit. Incredibly juicy and sweet, with a small to medium size pit. Lychee is grown in sub-tropical, Asian climates like southern China and northern Vietnam, where I became acquainted…
Author Mark W Sasse 