We were staying at the Vinpearl Resort on Binh Minh beach on the East Sea coast of Vietnam. The beach is pristine, and the resort is 20 minutes by Grab…

Time to hit the road, so we climbed on the bus for the road trip to Hoi An. Hoi An is truly a magical place, a charming town of small shops and restaurants…

Finally, the rumored dress-up night arrived, and we met in a hotel dressing room filled with imperial-style clothing in all sizes, shapes, and colors.

After a brief nap (who can sleep after a couple of salt coffees), a few of us slipped across the street to have lunch at a magnificent hotel, the Azerai La Residence…

We got up for an early breakfast because we were going to the Imperial City, or Imperial Palace, also known as Đại Nội, in the walled city of Huế.

Time to pack our bags and leave the Old Quarter of Hanoi for an adventure on a boat in Ha Long Bay, a UNESCO site known for its thousands of towering limestone islands topped by rainforests.

Breakfast is served in the hotel's basement. That sounds bad, but it was a charming restaurant with smiling waiters and waitresses who immediately fetched coffee. The cool thing about hotel breakfasts in Asia is the variety.

We gathered in the hotel lobby at 6 pm to meet our fellow food tour travelers. This is when you discover who you will be traveling with for the next 10 days.

I was very excited. We were about to embark on a 10-day food tour with celebrity chef Luke Nguyen, zipping from the top of Vietnam in Hanoi to the bottom in Ho Chi Minh City (or Saigon).

Tokyo has 37 million people. The trick is to zoom in and look for the smallest things.

We were headed to Vietnam for a 10-day food tour with celebrity chef Luke Nguyen, but we wanted to stop in Tokyo on the way because it's one of the coolest cities in the world…

A few years ago, I went to the Sydney Fish Market in Blackwattle Bay in Pyrmont. I love a good bustling fish market, but this one had seen better days.

The whole Shogun thing is a pretty compelling tale. It's got drama, legend, romance, myth, swords, costumes, everything that appeals to my long-lost childhood.

Denmark is one of those countries where citizens are deliriously happy all the time, at least according to surveys conducted by someone.

Sometimes I dream I'm living in Bangkok's Chinatown, a Chinatown like no other that I've been to. It's enormous, and every night it's packed with people who are mainly there to eat.

I thought the simple pleasure of flying a kite was a product of my childhood (when my frazzled mom suggested that I do just that). But no, this is an ancient invention dating back 2,000-3,000 years in China…

Who doesn’t like ramen? Like American chicken noodle soup, pho in Vietnam, Mexican tortilla soup, or Tuscan bean soup, it’s comfort food.

The first time we were headed to Greece, we were going to island hop around the Cyclades in the Aegean Sea for a couple of weeks.

Din Tai Fung may only be a dumpling joint at heart, but it is legendary.  It’s everywhere in Asia, popping up in America, and immensely popular wherever you can find one.

Paris at sunrise. The simple pleasure of going out in the morning to buy a fresh baguette.