Vietnam Summer Rolls! After Dan and I returned to West Virginia from our last trip to Vietnam in 2015, having taking a number of cooking classes and “foodie” tours all across the country, I sourced seeds for Vietnamese herbs online, and began growing them in our garden at the Elkhorn Read more
As my faithful readers know, I am a bit of a “sweeper”, and enter a lot of contests and sweepstakes- usually late at night, when everyone else is apparently playing Candy Crush! LOL I have won a lot of wonderful things, and as 2015 comes to a close, I’d like Read more
“Back of the Bike” Chef’s Tour Chef Dan and Foodie Elisse that we are, and Saigon being world-famous for its food, I booked us two food excursions during our three days: an amazing private, evening, 5-hour “Chef’s Tour” with Fred, the Director of “Back of the Bike” Tours, and the Read more
Saigon was the last stop of our month-long vacation traveling through Vietnam, thanks to the wonderful trip I won from Vietnam Central Coast Tourism, and this will be my last post about our time in Vietnam! I’ve written previously about our two great foodie adventures in Saigon: our Amazing, evening “Chef’s Read more
The place closest to Dan’s heart is the Central Highlands of Vietnam. After 14 years together I can attest to that. I gave him Israel, my home, and he gave me Vietnam! The only place he looks Truly at home, and Truly happy, as I look in Israel, is when Read more
Dan & Elisse, riding high! On our recent, marvelous month in Vietnam, we traveled down the coast from Hue to Hoi An to Nha Trang, and then inland to Dalat, on our way to the Central Highlands– the place we love the best, as it’s the closest to Dan’s heart Read more
The Dalat Honemoon Experience: our Pumpkin Coach! Emperor Dan & Empress Elisse! On our marvelous month in Vietnam, we went from Nha Trang inland, heading for the Central Highlands, taking the really nice “Sinh Tourist Bus” to Da Lat, the Honeymoon Capital of Vietnam! Da Lat (or Dalat) is a Read more
And now, back to Vietnam! 🙂As my few faithful readers know, we recently spent another glorious month in Vietnam, thanks to my winning a trip from Central Coast Vietnam. My previous posts have detailed the fabulous, delicious & adventurous fun we had in the Hoi An area, and in Hue. Read more
Hue is one of the places in Vietnam that is famed for its food- not just the “Royal Cuisine”, such as I wrote about in my previous post, but for its unique and special “street food”. As I’m married to Chef Dan, and thus his little “foodie” (LOL), when we Read more
As my readers know from my previous blogposts, Dan and I just came back from a wonderful month in Vietnam, thanks to my winning a trip on Facebook from Vietnam Central Coast Tourism! We started our trip in Hoi An, where we spent 6 amazing days, and from there, railfans Read more