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Hawker Chan — Eating at Singapore’s Cheap Michelin Star Restaurant

by Ivan B on April 7, 2019August 24, 2019 in Food, Travel

Singapore is a crossroads of Asian and international cultures smack dab in the middle of Southeast Asia. Due to its handy location, a melange of new tastes and flavours have… [Continue Reading]

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5 Must-Try Yunnan Food Dishes

by Ivan B on October 2, 2018October 10, 2018 in China Life, Food

Yunnan food is the best Chinese food you’ve never heard of. How this style of Chinese cuisine has not yet reached the masses is beyond me, but I guess it… [Continue Reading]

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The Pressures to Spend Money as a Twenty-Something in Asia

by Ivan B on August 15, 2017 in China Life, Money

It happens like this: you’re scrolling through your WeChat moments and see that your friend just posted a fancy arrangement of three kinds of sashimi on a beautiful wood board… [Continue Reading]

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Cheap and Delicious Street Foods in Luang Prabang, Laos

by Ivan B on January 13, 2017August 24, 2019 in Food, Travel

Cheap and delicious street foods abound in Luang Prabang, a charming little tourist town in north central Laos. The town itself is a UNESCO Heritage Site, having earned that reputation… [Continue Reading]

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Pink Dot Hong Kong Adventures

by Ivan B on October 25, 2016February 26, 2018 in China Life, Travel

Pink Dot is an annual event held in Hong Kong to raise awareness and show support for the LGBTQ community in Hong Kong and around the world. It is one… [Continue Reading]

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What are Muslim Noodles?

by Ivan B on October 4, 2016September 15, 2018 in China Life, Food, Money

Muslim noodles are a special kind of hand-pulled Chinese noodles made and popularized by the Chinese Muslim minority. Yes, there are Chinese Muslims; they make up about 2-4% of the… [Continue Reading]

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How to Save $10000 a Year Teaching English Abroad

by Ivan B on August 9, 2016August 11, 2018 in China Life, Money, Teaching

Here’s a little known fact about me. I’m rich. Okay, not really. But over the past year I have managed to save a lot more money than I ever expected… [Continue Reading]

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10 Things to Do in Kaohsiung if You Only Have Two Days

by Ivan B on February 19, 2016September 28, 2018 in Travel

Now you know I got love for Taipei. It’s the heart of Taiwan. But Kaohsiung (pronounced GAO – SHONG), a city at the southern tip of Taiwan, would no doubt… [Continue Reading]

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5 Taiwanese Night Market Foods

by Ivan B on February 15, 2016October 27, 2018 in Food, Travel

Oh, the Taiwanese night market. This cultural icon is so embedded in Taiwanese culture that travelling to Taiwan and not going to a night market would be like going to… [Continue Reading]

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Turkish Food in China?

by Ivan B on January 15, 2016July 19, 2016 in Food

After a long hiatus where I set off on a journey to the far reaches of the galaxy to train with an aging swordsman (and a general tendency towards procrastination)… [Continue Reading]

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