That’s right. Grab a bib or towel, because what you’re about to see is drool worthy (and you don’t have to be ashamed). As I’ve mentioned before, I’m not that big of a sweets fan. Apart from a few things, I’ll normally only indulge in sweets in order to celebrate the occasional birthday, or if I need to [...]
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Heavenly Hawaiian Poke Bowl at Kahuku Superette
Ahi is a very precious fish in Hawaii. The beautiful yellow fin tuna is a prized catch, mainly because it’s the most essential ingredient in the widely popular Hawaiian delicacy known as poke. Hawaii is famous for many specialty comfort foods like SPAM Musubi or the loco moco, but all Hawaii culinary inventions bow to [...]
VIDEO: SPAM Musubi
Thank You for Watching! (If you can’t see the video, click here to watch it on Youtube) Hawaii is a small island with a powerful force of food treasures. SPAM Musubi is one of the most iconic treats the island is credited with creating (by the way, if you haven’t seen it already, check out [...]
SPAM Musubi: Hawaii’s Most Iconic Handheld Treat
Hawaii is an epicenter of delicious food. Everywhere you look and smell, something tasty calls your name and you have no choice but to find and devour it. Many of Hawaii’s speciality foods are beach friendly – a culinary collection of dishes that are easy to transport, wrapped in plastic or foam and eaten with [...]
Asian Street Food Sensation: The Ma La Tang Hot Pot Cart
One of the great Asian sensations these days is something known as the hot pot. Everything is served or displayed in its raw form and is cooked by scorching the ingredients in a hot spicy pot of flavorful soup broth. Some hot pot stalls offer self service cooking while others (like this take-away Ma La Tang cart [...]
Sri Lankan Hoppers: Funny Name, Delicious Pancakes
It’s restaurants like these that scream to be eaten at. Often it’s little more than a shack of antique wood covered in rusty tin and sponsored by Coca Cola. In Nairobi, some of the best nyama choma is served out of very similar looking establishments. For me, the lure of the setting and the fragrance [...]
Wood Apple: A Fantastic Fruit with a Funky Smell
Very few fruits are so bizarre and delicious as a Wood Apple. I had never even heard of a woodapple, nor tasted one, until I traveled to Sri Lanka. But as soon as I arrived in Colombo, they were everywhere – a fruit that seemed to be as common as oranges in another country. On [...]
How to Eat With Your Hands (Rice and Curry)
Have you ever eaten with your hands? Of course… …hot dogs and sandwiches and kebabs and fried chicken… But, what about a piping hot plate of rice and curry? Unless you’ve been to Sub-Saharan Africa, parts of central Asia (mostly meaning India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar – around this area of Asia) or the [...]
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Hey! My name is Mark. After graduating from university, I decided to travel the world!
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