The Funnelogy Channel

A Culinary Travel blog capturing stories and moments from around the world to feed our minds. The revolution will not be microwaved.

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Vietnam’s Noodle Scene

Bún, Phở, Mì. Bún, Phở, Mì. The staples of Vietnam’s noodle scene. Like the melody of a song, the different notes compliment each other so that you can pick what you fancy depending on your mood. The thick and luscious rice noodles of phở, are there to warm you on cold winter days. The Bún, soft rice vermicelli for when you are feeling like a bit more of a pick-me-up, usually presented and drenched in bold flavours, and finally mì, often made from wheat flour, for those looking for a bit of bite and a drier mix. As with most of Vietnam’s creative culinary traditions, there are noodles which fall outside of the three major categories, regional specialities which are worth seeking out and hunting down. 

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Christmas baking in the tropics, Happy Holidays everyone!! 🎉🎉🍾🍾🌲🌲

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HOI AN MANGO TURMERIC SMOOTHIE

The colours and flavours of this smoothie bring me straight back to Hoi An. Dragon fruit also known as pitaya is native to Central America, but has been grown in Vietnam for a long time where it is called thanh long, green dragon. Its mild sweetness blends perfectly with the bold flavours of mango, ginger and turmeric. The mix of these fruits and spices deliver a vitamin and anti-oxidant kick that is hard to beat.

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People flock to the Old Town for its night lights, its romantic strolls, its picturesque An Hội Bridge, but it is only with the morning light that the ancient trading port blossoms and comes to life in all shades of pale ochre.

Behind its colourful wooden shutters, the fading blue, the vibrant turquoise, are walls etched away by time and sunlight. The peeling layers of citron, ginger and bleached cinnamon. Thin plaster painted in natural earth, its pigments of iron oxide creating an inborn rust colour that dissolves into a deep sumptuous yellow.

The yellow ochre of Hội An.

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Home Grown lemons and the real reason I bake! 

There are so many reasons to bake. And bake as in cake.

After years of comforting myself in the kitchen by stirring, mixing and rubbing in butter, I suddenly realised why I am the one often bringing the cake to the party. The one who bakes banana bread after work, who makes scones for the next day at nighttime, who flips pancakes in the morning (actually that rarely happens), who shapes cookies in the afternoons and makes brown butter walnut brownies on the weekends.

Basically, I am lazy.

Hah. There I said it.

Not lazy to cook, but lazy to source ingredients. As in lazy to shop (...)

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Our monthly dose of Food for Thought. A collection of favourites to read, eat, make and explore.

The Funnelworthy List September 2016 issue 

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Latest Recipe on our Blog: Lamu Island Spice Cake and Swahili Chai 

The cake turned out so well that we never came round to shooting it. By the time it came out of the oven it was dark and by the time daylight came, all that was left were crumbs. If you do manage to save some for the next day, it is even better sliced, toasted and smeared with salted butter. Don’t fight it, indulge away.

Do I really need to tell you it is excellent accompanied by a cup of Swahili chai?

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Waking up early can also be rewarding 📸 | Luberon, Provence

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Goodbye Lamu, you will always be one of our first travel loves. See you soon again 😍 We are off to Provence now, back to Europe for the last leg of our summer adventures!

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Can't get enough of this place. There's a fisherman hiding in that show somewhere, you can get fish fresh off the boat and whatever doesn't get sold fresh fresh is turned into dry fish 😜 | Shela, Lamu, Kenya

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Habari ya asubuhi! Good morning Lamu Island. It's time for a spicy Swahili Chai. #discoverlamu

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New recipe up on the blog - Mkoko House BBQ Gambas. I can think of no other way I would rather eat prawns and they are perfect do a summer garden BBQ or by the beach. Drenched in flavours of the Swahili coast, they will always bring me back to this perfect place called Manda island | Lamu, Kenya #discoverlamu

http://www.funnelogychannel.com/mkoko-house-bbq-gambas/

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Lunch in a lost world of angel rays and old crumbling Swahili walls. Our kind of secret garden 😍 | Shela, Lamu, Kenya

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It's tough to find a nicer place than right here 😍 | Peponi | Lamu, Kenya

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Traditional Swahili interiors have gorgeous craftsmanship, every piece has details of flowers or symbols including the amusing wooden slippers with a single stub for the toes - essential for bathroom trips 😜| Lamu, Kenya

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Thank you for another gorgeous day Lamu, we'll just chill right here over on Manda while looking over at your spectacular sand dunes | Lamu Island, Kenya

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Elegance can't be taught, you're just born with it | Shela, Lamu Island, Kenya