From the archive
Stories, films and things I learned along the way. Originally published between 2017 and 2025.
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Crackling Fresh Seafood at a Thai Fish Market
Try one of the best Thai seafood at the Naklua fish market in north Pattaya Thailand. Explore Thai seafood at its best at the Naklua seafood market. Naklua fish market proves the amazing Thai food culture.
Bakso Sum Sum: Indonesian Meatball & Bone Marrow Soup
Reverse engineers is having dinner in Mataram Lombok eating BAKSO SUMSUM at Bakso Sumsum Ala jalanan. If you're looking for a nice dinner in mataram, and if you love to suck bone marrow, then this food is a must try! At this local dinner in Mataram, you will find real Lombok food.
Bami Kiew, Yellow Noodles in Savannakhet
In Laos, you can eat like a king for under $2 USD. It will buy you a huge bowl of BAMI KIEW.
Laos Hangover Cures: Khao Piak Sen
After a long night drinking, I was desperately in need of something to cure my hangover. My friend Thuan wanted to show me some real Lao breakfast, which we tried to use to cure our hangovers. Close to his house, in Savannakhet Laos, there was an excellent restaurant who just had the thing to fix our hangovers.
Laos drinking food: Duck Blood Salad
Just a quick little impression of a dish which contains raw duck blood. It's called LEUD PED (blood duck) and it contains barbecued duck pieces, duck broth fresh herbs, a lot of lime, fish sauce and off course the raw duck blood. Once the dish is served, you have to let it rest for a while.
Best noodle soup I've ever had
This is probably the best noodle soup I've ever had. Well, the best tasting broth. I've had this PHO in Savannakhet in Laos.
Lao drinking snack: Buffalo Skin
I am exploring food in Laos. Did you know you can eat buffalo skin? It comes with hair and all.
Thai Italian Fusion - Spaghetti Tom Yum Kung recipe
This is a recipe for Tom Yam Kung Spaghetti. It's a fusion and modern twist of a Thai classic. Tom Yam Kung is a traditional Thai soup, which is one of the most popular Thai dishes men have ever known.
The secret to perfect Vietnamese spring rolls
This recipe video will show you how to exactly make the Vietnamese fresh spring roll (Goi Cuon) with rice-paper. This recipe is very easy and will guarantee you for success. The chef of LiefHotel in Saigon showed me a little trick which will give you guaranteed success in creating these Vietnamese fresh spring rolls.
Searching for authentic street food in Ho Chi Minh City
This video is about my first real and authentic Vietnamese Street food experience. At the streets of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) in Vietnam, I got to sit down and have a beer with two Vietnamese locals to enjoy the street food in Saigon. The day started off with lunch, where I had a simple, clean and lean dish: Stir-fried beef noodles with fresh vegetables and a sunny side up egg.
This is what a Thai eats every day
In this video, I show you what people in Thailand could eat on an ordinary day for breakfast, lunch, dinner and as a snack or desert. The day starts off with Khao Thom for breakfast; that's rice soup with fresh herbs and some meatballs. With having street food in Thailand, it's very common that you will have to perfect the dish to your taste.