I haven’t been to Waikiki since I went to summer school once at the University of Hawaii in Oahu, which was a very long time ago! Our family chose Waikiki because it had the beach and plenty of amenities nearby, and that’s the convenience we needed at the time. We also knew we could rent a car for a few days to see sites around Oahu, which is what we did.
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Vietnam is famous the world over for its Phở, a tasty soup made with thin rice noodles called bánh phở, herbs, and thin slices of beef or chicken, and usually served with a bowl of basil, mint, lime, and bean sprouts, which you can add to the soup yourself according to taste. As you might expect, however, there’s a whole lot more to Vietnamese cuisine than Phở! [Read more…]
You can’t very well visit the land of cows and not eat the cheese. Fondue, after all, is Switzerland’s national dish; they’re famous for it! So you can bet they do it better than anyone. It doesn’t hurt either that Switzerland produces the highest quality milk in the world—the Swiss, in general, are all about quality and attention to detail, from their watches to their cheeses. [Read more…]
Ummmm… yummy… of course, eating dried crickets and worms is easy for Lily, who’s two years old and doesn’t have any pre-conceived ideas about eating bugs. She LOVES them, and asks for more. I asked my husband, Pierre, how they taste (ah-hmmm, I was the only family member unwilling to overlook my preconceptions and eat them). He said, “Crunchy, with soy sauce.” Here is Lily and Pierre, eating grasshoppers on the popular, touristy Khao San Road in Bangkok, a lively place to be–bugs or no bugs!
