Meghan and Prem have moved on. You can now find Meghan writing at Small Bag Big Appetite, and Prem at Disquiet. Thank you for being with us on our journeys!
Phở Bò on the streets of Hà Nội, Vietnam
This year saw a lot of travel as we kicked off the year traveling around Southeast Asia for six weeks, visiting India, Singapore, southern Thailand and Vietnam. We ate a lot of incredible food on our inaugural visit to Vietnam, many of which made it here. There was always fish sauce on the table and, on occasion, a “grand cru” from Phu Quoc.
Read MoreBhaskarettante Kada is a storefront-only operation. You quench your thirst on the road, standing.
This shop in Kozhikode in Kerala has been around forever. Started by Bhaskaran and Kumaran over 60 years ago, their sons run the place now...
Read MoreDosas being prepped on the streets of Thane, Bombay
The vocabulary, once foreign to me, is now becoming more comfortable, as these types of words often do. They conjure up feelings of hunger, satisfaction and familiarity. They represent family, community and tradition. ..
They are the foods that Prem grew up eating for breakfast and I now crave and find comfort in, alongside him, with each trip to his home country, India.
Read MoreSankar Lal Patel
In a dense, populous city like Bombay you don’t need to go very far for good chai. My favorite chai in the world is the chai I can find in my neighborhood, and it happens to be pretty damned good...
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