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2008: One last big adventure before settling down
Fragrant Heart
What you need to know before your trail
In 2008, Miranda and her partner set off for one last big adventure before settling down. They chose to travel through South-East Asia. All did not go to plan: Asian flu, falling off boats and the general chaos of a life abroad challenged them at every step, and yet, in the midst of it all, they fell in love with the culture and culinary delights of China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia.
Travel Guide
South East Asia
Travel around the culture and culinary delights of China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia.
A journey in food
“We buy food we can point to. We stalk the streets until rush hour and wait for the little hatches to open in the sides of restaurants. From the steamy openings, cooks in overalls sell jiaozi (dumplings) and bowls of thick, sticky, white congee – an unholy cross between soup and porridge. Baozi, steamed white buns, are light as air. I buy them filled with water spinach and nettle – delicious dipped in sharp, black Chinese vinegar.”
Amongst the other foodie treasures sampled, there’s crispy read beans with mint, pineapple rice, vietnamese spring rolls, rice noodles with lamb, fish – fragrant aubergine, beer fish, mango salsa, and back to pineapples – pineapple curry this time.
The travelogue includes drawings and anecdotes from her travels and history too
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Fragrant Heart
Destination: China, South East Asia Author/Guide: Miranda Emmerson Departure Time: 2008
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