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hawai'i

July 24, 2015 sarah lee
Kalua pig with poke tuna, stir fried vegetables.

Kalua pig with poke tuna, stir fried vegetables.

Hello Hawai'i...

My honest preconception of Hawaii prior to this trip:  Disneyland for adults, and don't forget the lose pants.  I was really interested in the food more than anything.  Like most places I travel.  Fortunately, I was inspired by the help of some local bloggers and native friends who reside there, with my curiosity of these islands far away from the mainland.  What was the fascination about this place?  Yes, Hawai'i is as American as you can get, but not really.  It provides the American 'large size' food offerings + the starbucks at every other corner. However, once you look around and absorb yourself with the people, the culture, the air, you begin to understand what it's really about.  You literally have to just drop your bags, put on your sunny's, look up, and breathe.  Breathe until you feel can taste the air.  

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In new york Tags hawaii, maui, honeymoon, hawaiian food, asian fusion, japanese, sushi, farmers market, poke tuna, vietnamese, tokkuritei, spam musubi, romys shrimp, oahu, pig and the lady, andaz maui, honolulu, sam sotos, romys
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vietnam

February 10, 2014 sarah lee
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Place with no name (hörnet Nguyen Trung Troc/Le Loi): best bun thit nuong in town 

When I lived in Seoul for 3 years, the one thing I regretted the most was not traveling around Asia as much as I should have. Yeah, I visited a few cities here and there.   Well, I guess you can say it's all about timing.  Perhaps I would not have enjoyed it as much traveling alone then.  Finding the right travel partner does make all the difference!  It wasn’t until after I left Korea did I finally visit Vietnam. So here we go.  Prior to this trip, I had a long list of expectations. Mainly food.  Okay, Vietnam has exceeded my expectations by miles. After picking the brains of 2 amazing bloggers/writers- Jen Yi from ‘Sites and Bites’ and Jan Ekholm who live in Vietnam, their list of favorites not only made our trip worthwhile, it made me anticipate my return trip. Hopefully sooner than later~

When I travel to different countries, I have to 'reset' my mind, body, emotions, habits, and attitude so that I can  'just be present'.  Upon arrival, I wasn’t anxious to know what was going to happen the next day.   Everyday felt like I was really given ‘just that day’ to live and eat, and wanted to take advantage of every moment.  If I didn’t, it would pass by under a blink.

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In seoul Tags ho chi minh city, nha trang, southeast asia, street food, tet lunar new year, vietnam, vietnamese
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last days in chicago....

February 23, 2010 sarah lee
As most of you may know, I left Chicago recently to pursue my next adventure-working with celebrity chef Edward Kwon in Seoul!  I will be posting more entries regarding my stay in Seoul, but I wanted to share a few things I will so miss in Chicago...

water tower and the john hancock building-chicagocoffee at julius meinl-chicago
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In chicago Tags brunch, chicago, chicago bars, chicago eats, korean, mexican, vietnamese
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last moments in sydney

December 13, 2009 sarah lee
pad thai with chicken at spice i am
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In sydney Tags hyde park, malaysian, sydney, thai, vietnamese, australia
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