Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Travels

A Foodie’s Guide to Avalon Park – Spring 2023

The charming Avalon Park neighborhood was founded in the late 1990s by Swiss developer Beat Kahli, who envisioned a community that combined modern amenities...

A Foodie’s Guide to Florida’s Space Coast – Part II – Spring 2023 – 24 Hours in Space Coast

With its stunning beaches, rich history, and exciting festivals and attractions, as well as some fantastic hidden gem restaurants, Florida's Space Coast is the...

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex debuts Gateway Experience and Artemis Mission Manual Scavenger Hunt –

The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is the visitor center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center just a short car ride away from Orlando in...

Vietnam – Summer 2011 – Street Scenes from Sa Dec, Vietnam

Sa Dec is a city in the province of Dong Thap, about 2 and a half hours away from Saigon. It's my dad's hometown...

Vietnam – Summer 2011 – Street food in Sa déc, Vietnam

River in Sa déc, Vietnam - This is the river my father swam in as a child during the hot summer months. My grandfather would...

Vietnam – Summer 2011 – Banh Mi Bread man

This man sells banh mi (french baguette style bread) early in the mornings in Sa Dec, Vietnam. He sells them for 5000 dong for...

Vietnam – Summer 2011 – Travelling to Kinh Nuoc Man and Binh Dai, Vietnam

In Vietnam, I spent several days trekking out to the rice field laden countryside to visit the ancestral homes (que huong) of my grandparents:...

Vietnam – Summer 2011 – Prosperity and Poverty

No doubt in these past ten years, Vietnam has enjoyed unprecedented levels of prosperity as their government has moved towards a market economy, while...

Vietnamese Street food – Banh Bot Chien

Banh Bot Chien is actually a food with Chinese roots (Chiuchow or Trieu Chau). It literally means fried powder cake, a rice flour cake...

What the? McDonald’s in Hong Kong !!!

At McDonald's in Hong Kong - Don N. expressing his "delight"When I was in Hong Kong recently (okay it was a few months ago,...

Hong Kong Street Food Extravaganza!!

This blog is from a trip I took a few months ago to Hong Kong...sorry for the delay! It will be featured in the...

Breakfast in Hong Kong – Hong Kong Series

Your local Orlando food blogger Tasty Chomps! went on a short vacation this summer to Hong Kong. This is the first part of the Hong...







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