Diana Hubbell

  • This Tokyo Bar Is Run by Buddhist Monks

    For 17 years, Vowz Bar has been serving cocktails with a side of Buddhist philosophy, offering drinks with names like Mugen-Jigoku (Never-Ending Suffering in Hell) as well as medicinal liquors infused with turtles and snakes.

  • How Two Sisters Use Food to Celebrate Myanmar’s Most Misunderstood Minority

    The semi-autonomous Wa State, located on Myanmar’s eastern border with China, is often dismissed as a haven for drug trafficking. But Yangon’s Root Kitchen & Bar wants to give visitors a taste of true Wa culture.

  • Vietnam Is in the Midst of a Craft Beer Boom

    What started as a micro-movement has blown up into a craft craze, as Ho Chi Minh City's breweries experiment with local ingredients, from cacao nibs and passion fruit to smoked acacia bark and even durian.

  • Vietnam Is in the Midst of a Craft Beer Boom

    What started as a micro-movement has blown up into a craft craze, as Ho Chi Minh City's breweries experiment with local ingredients, from cacao nibs and passion fruit to smoked acacia bark and even durian.

  • Babi Guling Is a Glorious, Gluttonous Feast

    Bali boasts a number of specialities, but none are as revered as "babi guling"—suckling pig slathered in spice paste and served with shards of skin that splinter against the teeth.

  • How a Vietnamese Refugee Became a Celebrity Chef

    After his parents fled their native country, Luke Nguyen grew up washing dishes at their tiny Vietnamese eatery in Sydney. He now has multiple restaurants, cookbooks, and TV programs to his name.