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Tuesday, February 21, 2012 – 4:57 pm | 2 Comments | 

I took a bunch of photos of Baba’s Kitchen last month which is still one of my favorite halal Indian restaurants in Saigon.  Actually, despite what I wrote in my best halal restaurants …

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Baba’s Kitchen – Still my favorite halal Indian restaurant

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 – 4:57 pm | 2 Comments | 
Kheema Somosa - Baba's Kitchen

I took a bunch of photos of Baba’s Kitchen last month which is still one of my favorite halal Indian restaurants in Saigon.  Actually, despite what I wrote in my best halal restaurants …

Things that Expats find annoying about life in Saigon

Monday, February 20, 2012 – 8:00 pm | 8 Comments | 
Ice tea in a Listerine cup

Inspired by GaijinPot’s article, “Things that foreigners find annoying about life in Japan,” I decided to write a similar blog post about the annoying things about life in Vietnam.  Though my article’s title mentions about …

Why I like India’s .in domain names

Monday, February 20, 2012 – 3:13 pm |
saigonnezumi.in/vietnam/

A couple week’s ago, blogger and Twitter user, Ourman in Hanoi, mentioned that he just purchased a .in domain for his future website, ourman.in.  When I saw this domain, I immediately realized that …

Exploitation of Asian Women (Books)

Saturday, February 18, 2012 – 6:08 pm |
Amerasians

Since 1992, I have spent a lot of time researching issues revolving around Amerasians.  I even formed a nonprofit, the Amerasian Foundation, to focus on Amerasian issues.  One of the topics related to …

Medicine anybody?

Thursday, February 16, 2012 – 10:32 pm | 2 Comments | 
Medicine in Vietnam

One nice thing about Vietnam, if you get sick, you will get all sorts of medicine.  Below is what my doctor recommended to me yesterday for my knees and ankle.

Halal Banh Mi

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 – 9:06 pm |
Halal Banh Mi

After my trip to the medical clinic this evening, I decided to head back to District 1 and try out the halal banh mi for the first time.  I always passed it but …

Sites’n Bites – A Korean American Blogger in Saigon

Saturday, February 11, 2012 – 7:19 pm |
Sites'n Bites Korean American Blogger in Saigon

Today I met up with Jen (@sitesnbite), the Korean American blogger behind Sites’n Bites at Coffee Beans.  She is a fellow Seattleite who has lived in Saigon for over two years and recently …

Itsumo – My Favorite Japanese Restaurant in Saigon

Monday, February 6, 2012 – 10:28 pm | 5 Comments | 
Chicken with Koumi Sauce - Itsumo Japanese Restaurant

This may seem like a Japanese week on my blog since in the last 5 days I have eaten at 3 Japanese restaurants.  Remember, I am half-Japanese and I was raised on Japanese …