This post was originally published in August 2015 and updated in August 2020. Each and every one of these restaurants is still open. Each has taken measures to abide by new guidelines due to Covid-19, so you might want to click on the website links to check for hours, socially distanced rules and reservation requirements. …
When I think back on my summer spent in Da Nang and Hoi An, I pretty much think all about food. I did a lot of eating last summer. I just couldn’t help myself. Now that I’ve lived in Ho Chi Minh City for two years, one would think I’d be sick of Vietnamese food….
Being a vegetarian in Southeast Asia isn’t always easy, but luckily Vietnam is a super vegetarian and vegan-friendly country. Because of the large Buddhist influence here, most big cities in Vietnam have an abundance of “chay” restaurants, which are pure vegetarian (and mostly vegan) eateries. (Chay means vegetarian in Vietnamese.) Coming from Saigon, I wasn’t…
I’m just going to come right out and say it – being a vegetarian in Ho Chi Minh City (aka Saigon) rocks. Sometimes traveling as a vegetarian in Southeast Asia can be brutal, but that’s not in the case in Saigon. Thanks to Vietnam’s sizeable Buddhist population, there are tons of vegetarian restaurants in Ho…
Sure, traveling as a vegetarian in Southeast Asia can be challenging, but every country in the region has plenty of vegetarian options. Except maybe the Philippines… the Philippines is tough. But trust me when I say traveling as a vegetarian in Vietnam is relatively simple and an absolute joy. So if you’re a strict vegetarian (like…
When I first traveled to Indonesia, I was under the impression that being a vegetarian would be really difficult. That was largely because most travel blogs and guide books I read all said the same thing: “being a vegetarian in Indonesia is challenging.” I went into my two-month backpacking trip around the islands of Java and…
I think it’s safe to say that I love food. This might be a travel blog, but one of the topics I seem to write about the most is food – vegetarian food, that is. Yet, despite my love of eating, photographing and learning about food, I’ve somehow never gone on a food tour. During…
After moving abroad I started compiling monthly roundup posts about life as an expat in Asia and all the nitty gritty that goes on behind the scenes here at Travel Lush. You can find all of my previous monthly roundup posts here. Given how petrified I was to move to China, I’m still kind of surprised by…
It’s now been a little over three weeks since I moved out of my apartment in Phnom Penh and flew back to my home state of California. Considering that I am so preoccupied with my imminent move to Beijing, China, I haven’t really had the chance to give Phnom Penh a second thought. Well, that’s not…
This is probably the most difficult post I’ve ever had to write. Okay, I’m being a bit hyperbolic here. But seriously, being a Mexican-food-obsessed Californian who’s living in Southeast Asia is freaking hard. I’m the person who has to sample every single Mexican restaurant she comes across in Southeast Asia regardless of the fact that I…