eat, drink, travel, repeat
We live in Toul Tom Poung. If you look on a map of Phnom Penh we’re at the bottom…just. Living in the butt-end of town has it’s benefits like cheaper rent and more of a “community” feel which I have always appreciated in cities. That said it also has it’s down points- more power outages, […]
We’d been avoiding going to check out Rahu. As with a lot of expats living in Phnom Penh, we approach the main tourist strip along the riverside with a bit of trepidation. Touts, beggars, smelly backpackers and sleazy old men populate this fairly seedy area. Its a beautiful part of town, especially in the late […]
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again- I don’t like Singapore. That being said, my most recent trip had me warming to the old girl a bit. Perhaps it was just a much needed breather from life in dusty old Phnom Penh, or the slight delirium brought on by the 30,000 satay I consumed, […]
It’s definitely time I posted about Botanico Gastrobar – I’ve made my way through most of their breakfast menu over the last couple of months. And its became a regular stop on “Ryan and Asha’s tour of Phnom Penh” for most of our recent visitors. Behind door #9b on Street 29 (near Sihanouk boulevard – blink […]
Yumi is a trendy little Japanese restaurant down a dark street in Phnom Penh’s expat filled suburb of BKK1. Yumi’s appearance belies its reputation – it appears to be a simple Japanese styled bar serving bar food, but don’t be fooled, the food is fantastic. With a small menu of clever, well executed, crowd […]
Despite a love affair with Bangkok, we have decided to live in Cambodia – Asha has got a good job, we have found a great apartment and we really love Phnom Penh. We needed to do a Visa run – leaving Cambodia so that we could re-enter with business/NGO visas. What better excuse to spend […]
After six months, 6 countries, 540 meals (a very conservative estimate) and a number of mad dashes for the loo, its time to talk about the best food in South-East Asia. The best part of travelling is eating. I mean it. We may not set off with this as the reason for our travels, but […]
Welcome to the second instalment of Treat Yo Self. Taking inspiration from Parks and Recreation’s very own Tom Haverford and Donna Meagle, ‘Treat Yo Self‘ involves exactly that – treating yourself to a whole day of good food, pampering, relaxing and shopping. Our first instalment saw us eating crepes, having massages and enjoying sky-high cocktails […]
A giant bearded man wearing a Boston celtics singlets, red curls held back with a bandana above bleary eyes lurches towards us out of the night, thrusting a flyer at my chest. “You guys gonna party tonight?” he bellows in the way only an American can. We tell him yes, we shall party tonight. “Oh […]
The Best Things About Travelling in Vietnam Banh Mi Back in Melbourne, we were always big fans of Vietnamese rolls, whether it was vietnam roast chicken rolls with pockets of eye-watering chillies from Jenny’s Hot Breads in Camberwell, pate-filled deliciousness from Johnston street, pork meatball rolls from that joint near Barkly square or bbq pork […]
Last on our list for Vietnam was Saigon – it might be called Ho Chi Minh by the government, on maps, and by those in the north, but its still Saigon to the people that live there. I would call it Box Hill north. Arriving in Saigon felt pretty good, we had covered a lot […]
Sapa – or more accurately, the mountainous countryside around Sapa – is the most stunningly beautiful place we have been since leaving the islands of Thailand’s Krabi provence a few months ago. On this point, Asha and I both agree. To get to Sapa we took an overnight sleeper train (our favourite mode of transportation) […]