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The most interesting banh mis, Nguyen says, are sometimes the random carts strolling through Saigon. "Keep your eyes ope...
14/05/2024

The most interesting banh mis, Nguyen says, are sometimes the random carts strolling through Saigon. "Keep your eyes open for the small vendors who don't have a shop, who are not written up anywhere, because they're hustling for your business," she says. Because of the lack of refrigeration, it's best to be eagle-eyed, just in case. "You want to see that high turnover; you don't want that mayonnaise to be sitting out for a long time," she says. "If they have a crowd and if I can watch their moves and if they're very careful, I circle once, I circle twice by foot and then I'm like, all right, they're good."

For breakfast, banh mi is a Saigon staple, as simple as a fried egg in a Viet-style baguette. It's usually served all da...
03/05/2024

For breakfast, banh mi is a Saigon staple, as simple as a fried egg in a Viet-style baguette. It's usually served all day, but places dedicated to bahn mi often open at the crack of dawn and shutter by midday – or when they run out, whichever comes first.

"I love a fried egg banh mi, and some places that's all they specialise in, like at Hòa Mã," says Nguyen. "Everyone thinks of banh mi as this grab-and-go kind of thing, commuter food, but for breakfast, it was traditionally a sit-down meal."

Hoa Ma has been in business since 1958 and still serves breakfast old-school – which means deconstructed: the eggs, pâté and assorted meats served in a hot pan, with the baguette on the side. It's enjoyed either like a western breakfast with a fork and knife, or diners can use the ingredients to make a DIY sandwich.

The most popular spot isn't always the best, but Nguyen believes the Saigon crowds have it right. At any hour of the day...
29/04/2024

The most popular spot isn't always the best, but Nguyen believes the Saigon crowds have it right. At any hour of the day, people teem outside Bánh Mì Huỳnh Hoa, a place equally celebrated by distinguished food critics as it is by social media influencers.

"It's really popular, but I like it because you can go there late at night and there's always a crowd," says Nguyen. "Banh mi is often a breakfast or lunch dish, and there aren't many places open in the evening. But at Huỳnh Hoa, it has that community feeling of being there and just seeing what happens."

Vietnamese American chef and author Andrea Nguyen scours the backstreets of former Saigon for the famed sandwiches, from...
18/04/2024

Vietnamese American chef and author Andrea Nguyen scours the backstreets of former Saigon for the famed sandwiches, from classic breakfast options to after-dark favourites.

The banh mi – an airy-soft baguette encasing a heady blend of charcuterie meats, cheeses, pâté and pungent herbs and vegetables – is Vietnam's famed yet humble sandwich.

But for celebrated Vietnamese American chef and writer Andrea Nguyen, the banh mi is an obsession. As the author of what's widely considered the bible on the subject, The Banh Mi Handbook, Nguyen believes the bahn mi is so much more than a simple sandwich – it's a symbol of Vietnam's phoenix-like rise from French colonial oppression to its rapidly developing future.

We passed signs of Etna's past blasts as we skied, as clusters of rough and jagged black, volcanic rock lined the valley...
09/04/2024

We passed signs of Etna's past blasts as we skied, as clusters of rough and jagged black, volcanic rock lined the valley. After five hours traversing across the Valle del Bove, we reached a steep slope, which lead up to Etna's summit. We zigzagged up using kick turns, an awkward-looking manoeuvre that involves skiing diagonally uphill across the slope in one direction and then sharply turning to ski in the other to soften the slope's gradient.

Reaching Etna's summit, I took a moment to admire the 360-degree panorama. I peered down across Catania, the Ionian Sea and as far away as Calabria on the Italian mainland. I then removed the skins from my skis, adjusted the bindings and promptly set off down the volcano in pursuit of Martis in the distance.

As we settled into a meditative rhythm cross-country skiing across the Valle Del Bove, Rizzo explained the unique relati...
03/04/2024

As we settled into a meditative rhythm cross-country skiing across the Valle Del Bove, Rizzo explained the unique relationship between Etna and the locals that live in its shadow. "We have an irrational love for Etna. Sometimes she is calm and sometimes she is angry. When she is angry, she can destroy everything we have, but we always go back," he said.

Etna's earliest recorded eruption was 1500 BCE, but since November 2022, it has rumbled four times – most recently in August and November 2023 when it spewed hot lava into the air, temporarily shutting down the airspace over the island. In the sleepy town of Zafferana Etnea, where his B&B is located, Cobo showed us buildings that were damaged by lava streams in 2013.

Cobo learnt to ski in Etna's resorts as a child but now prefers ski mountaineering. "For me, Etna is the paradise of ski...
27/03/2024

Cobo learnt to ski in Etna's resorts as a child but now prefers ski mountaineering. "For me, Etna is the paradise of ski mountaineers. You can enjoy unique views far from the crowds, sea on one side and craters on the other," he said. In recent years, there's been a notable increase in participation and media coverage of ski mountaineering, leading to its inclusion as an Olympic sport for the first time in the upcoming 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina, Italy.

Giuseppe Cobo, a local skiing enthusiast and the owner of Etna Glo, rushed to greet us as we pulled up outside his B&B. ...
25/03/2024

Giuseppe Cobo, a local skiing enthusiast and the owner of Etna Glo, rushed to greet us as we pulled up outside his B&B. After serving us a plate of blood oranges from his family orchard, Cobo explained that skiing is a long-standing tradition on Etna. In winter, Cobo said his grandparents went to collect firewood at the base of the mountain on skis. There were no refrigerators back then, so his grandparents would also collect small crates of snow from the woods and store it in cabins over the winter months. At the first sign of spring, they returned to the cabins to collect the ice that had formed and used it to preserve food. This centuries-old tradition was first introduced by the Romans, who ruled Sicily starting in the 3rd Century BCE. By the 9th Century, the island's Arab rulers blended Etna's ice with sugar and citrus fruits to make sherbet, a recipe that lives on in the Sicilian specialty granita.

"This is one of the most underrated restaurants in Disney World, hands down," said Spence. Flying Fish is located on the...
12/03/2024

"This is one of the most underrated restaurants in Disney World, hands down," said Spence. Flying Fish is located on the picturesque BoardWalk, a turn-of-the-century style seaside promenade housing assorted amusements that beckon yesteryear. Disney World's best seafood restaurant is the resort's answer to contemporary refined dining – and expect the Mickey white glove treatment. "The service is effortlessly impeccable," said Spence.

Mickey Mouse and nostalgic rides may be the bread and butter of Walt Disney World, but the "most magical place on Earth"...
11/03/2024

Mickey Mouse and nostalgic rides may be the bread and butter of Walt Disney World, but the "most magical place on Earth" is housing a secret right under your nose (and fork): its equally magical underground culinary scene.

Fine dining in Orlando is undergoing a massive boom – since 2022, it now has four Michelin star restaurants, and one of them is Spanish-inspired steakhouse CAPA at the Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World. But this is hardly Disney World's sole claim to culinary fame; its luxury accommodation properties are home to AAA Five Diamond-winning tasting menus, the only master sommelier-owned wine bar in Florida and a slew of Bib Gourmand and Michelin-recommended restaurants.

It's nearly midnight in Singapore.A senior officer of the Luftwaffe, the German Air Force, is in his hotel room.He's in ...
08/03/2024

It's nearly midnight in Singapore.

A senior officer of the Luftwaffe, the German Air Force, is in his hotel room.

He's in the region to rub shoulders with defence industry players at Asia's largest air show.

He's has had a long day - but he can't go to bed just yet.

Brigadier General Frank Gräfe has a work call to dial into with his boss - the commander of the German air force.

It's not a big deal for the head of Air Force Operations. He sounds relaxed on the line as he chats with two colleagues about the "mega" view from his room, and how he's just come back from a drink at a nearby hotel where there's an incredible swimming pool.

During the present conflict between Israel and Hamas, the "uncommitted" movement gained endorsements from at least 39 st...
07/03/2024

During the present conflict between Israel and Hamas, the "uncommitted" movement gained endorsements from at least 39 state and local elected officials in Michigan, including Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib.

Ms Tlaib's sister was the campaign manager for Listen to Michigan campaign.

Samraa Luqman, an activist with the Abandon Biden campaign, said her goal was to "oust somebody from office for having this many lives lost without calling for a ceasefire".

Another woman, who did not want to be named, told the BBC she had even switched to the Republican party over the Middle Eastern conflict.

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