Phở Bò on the streets of Hà Nội, Vietnam — *Phở Bò* on the streets of Hà Nội, Vietnam

Sporadic Bursts of Instant Gratification (or, The Most Memorable Bites of the Year), 2016 edition

December 31, 2016

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.

Making meetha (sweet) paan — Making *meetha* (sweet) *paan*

Maker: Dinesh Chaurasiya, Owner, Paan stall, Mumbai, India

May 31, 2016

Dinesh Chaurasiya has been making paan for the past 25 years. He inherited the stall from his grandfather, Satyanarayan Chaurasiya.

Chai

January 12, 2016

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...