Travel, Eat, Explore!

Follow with drinks to wash down the food. Sake and soju 🍶 taste testing. :D #afterdinnerdrinks #sake #soju #tastetest #nnn2017 (at Toronto, Ontario)

Family Christmas dinner is served! 1. Chicken cabbage salad - gọi/nộm gà 2. Sugar cane shrimp - chảo tôm 3. Clear pork and shrimp dumplings - bánh bột lọc 4. Combination vermicelli - bún thang #familychristmasdinner #vietnamesefood #vietfood #chickencabbagesalad #goiga #nomga #sugarcaneshrimp #chaotom #clearporkandshrimpdumplings #banhbotloc #banhloc #combinationvermicelli #bunthang #nnn2017 (at Toronto, Ontario)

Spring like weather (19°C) calls for some Vietnamese spring rolls (crab/pork). :) also a good way to get rid of all the leftover veggies from bánh xèo night. :D #vietnamesefood #vietfood #bunchagio #chagio #bunnemran #nemran #springrollvermicelli #springrolls #nnn2017 (at Toronto, Ontario)

Got twin burners running! :D #vietnamesefood #vietfood #banhxeo #sizzlingpancakes #twinburgers #nnn2017 (at Toronto, Ontario)

Getting ready to make some Vietnamese sizzling pancakes (bánh xèo)! #vietnamesefood #vietfood #banhxeo #sizzlingpancakes #gettingready #readytocook #batter #porkbelly #shrimp #beanspouts #nnn2017 (at Toronto, Ontario)

Keeping warm with a nice hot bowl of frog congee (cháo ếch). :D #vietnamesefood #vietfood #frogcongee #chaoech #nnn2017 (at Toronto, Ontario)

Happy Hallowe'en! 🎃👿🕯️ 🦇 🕷️🕸️⚰️⛼ 👻🌙. Jack-o-lanterns carved by my nieces. They're loving their pikachus. #halloween #jackolantern #carvedpumpkin #pumpkincarving #pikachu #nnn2017 (at Toronto, Ontario)

Dinner with the bears while watching Boston vs. Cleveland NBA Opening Night. Jerk chicken from scratch! #nbaopeningnight #bosvscle #jerkchicken #asparagus #brusselsprouts #mashedpotatoes #dinnerwiththebears #nnn2017 (at Toronto, Ontario)

Happy Thanksgiving Monday! Still eating leftovers from Saturday. Hahaha 😂 #happythanksgiving #thanksgivingmonday #leftovers #leftoverturkey #turkeystuffing #cranberrysauce #mashedpotatoes #gravy #creamycorn #canadianfood #nnn2017 (at Toronto, Ontario)

Turkey is ready! #thanksgivingdinner #thanksgivingturkey #citrusspicedturkey #canadiantradition #canadianfood #gravy #cranberrysauce #creamycorn #stuffing #mashedpotatoes #nnn2017 (at Waterloo, Ontario)

Turkey is ready for the oven. :D Happy Thanksgiving weekend! #citrusspicedturkey #thanksgivingdinner #turkeyintheoven #uwreunion #happythanksgiving #canadianfood #canadiantradition #nnn2017 (at Waterloo, Ontario)

Leftover lobster lunch - deconstructed lobster. #leftoverlobster #lunch #alanticlobster #deconstructedlobster #canadianfood #nnn2017 (at Toronto, Ontario)

It's the season for live BC spotted prawns! From ice > steamer > plate. Check out their eggs (roe)! There were also an abundance of gonads (gooey red stuff) in their heads. Yummy & delicious. 😋 #vietnamesefood #vietfood #nhauwithnhat #livebcspottedprawns #lobster #cornonthecob #martellxo #mnf #mondaynightfootball #nnn2017 (at Toronto, Ontario)

Sunday night football is back! Thanks @a.bears.life and @kimbearly87 for hosting! #goseahawksgo #nhauwithnhat is also back. :D #vietnamesefood #vietfood #snf #sundayfunday #sundaynightfootball🏈 (at Toronto, Ontario)

Oh Canada 🍁... Happy 150 years! #ohcanada #canada150 #canadaday #parliamenthill (at Parliament of Canada)

Toronto heat wave is comparable to Hanoi and HCMC now. Crazy! #torontoheatwave #firstheatwave #firstheatwaveoftheseason #firstheatwaveofsummer #firstheatwaveoftheyear #nnn2017 (at Toronto, Ontario)

Found a tree in bloom with a bunch of these cedar waxwing (bombycilla cedrorum) feasting away. They didn't mind me getting up close and personal. :D [Canon 100D, 250mm, f5.6, 1/1600, iso320] #cedarwaxwing #bombycillacedrorum #birdid #birdidentification #birdhike #birdwatching #birdwalk #birding #treeinbloom #tommythompsonpark #nnn2017 (at Tommy Thompson Park)