Comments on: Pineapple peddler in Hanoi

By: Jade*ndGinger

Jade*ndGinger — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 07:03:54 +0000

Oh this blog is sooo romantic! ugh! Everything is so beautiful and sweet in honestly brought tears to my eyes. What a perfect food blog! The love is just overflowing on the pages which means your food is probably magical! hehe. I’m glad to have found this site. I look forward to visiting!

By: Bren@Flanboyant Eats

Bren@Flanboyant Eats — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:39:15 +0000

what an absolutely beautiful woman and picture of her. it’s wall frameable.
i can’t wait to spend a couple of hours sitting back and catching up on your wonderful trip to Vietman!! And .20 per pineapple! Wow. That’s a deal to make you want to smuggle 10 lbs back!

I’m so glad you had a chance to go back and visit! how incredibly special. I’m going to Cuba sometime in the next 5-6 months and I can’t wait!

By: Bren@Flanboyant Eats

Bren@Flanboyant Eats — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:38:00 +0000

what an absolutely beautiful woman and picture of her. it’s wall frameable.
i can’t wait to spend a couple of hours sitting back and catching up on your wonderful trip to Vietnman!!

By: courtney

courtney — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:45:55 +0000

What a great post. I need to make more of a effort to visit here . Wonderful writing and pictorials.

By: Precious Pea

Precious Pea — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:25:00 +0000

Ahh..it requires skill to cut up a pineapple perfectly. I can never do that. Beautiful post!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:18:00 +0000

My dad cleaned toilets for a while, as a second job, when I was in my early teens. I remember asking him if he minded and he told me something I’ve (obviously) never forgotten. That whether you’re an executive or a physicist or a janitor, you should always do your job with integrity and pride. And those toilets were the cleanest they could be.

This woman exemplifies that (Eastern) philosophy and her skill is admirable. What a lovely story.

By: White on Rice Couple

White on Rice Couple — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:40:45 +0000

CB – Oh you are so right! We love them in the chili salt, too.
shayne – She was touching for us too. We had to share.
noobcook – Thank you. We’ll keep them coming.
Chez us – It was fun to see the differences in the fruits. Although the white pineapples we had in Hawaii were pretty damn tasty, too.
Cynthia – Indeed they do. We never come home from a trip like this unchanged. And always more appreciative of the world and its people.
Tony – She did it so fast we were barely able to get any shots off. We got a bit lucky on this one. She definitely had mad knife skills.

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:24:40 +0000

D&T these are some top notch photographs!! those pineapple cutting skills are impeccable… I can never do the swirl properly to remove all the eyes and I end up hacking away half the fruit :-\

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:29:39 +0000

This is what I like about travelling… having these encounters and making these connections. They make our lives richer.

By: Chez us

Chez us — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:14:47 +0000

What a fantastic photo of her – WOW! You really caught the moment.

I remember the pineapples over in Asia to be the best … not like the ones here, in Hawaii or Mexico. Just sweet and bursting with juices and flavor!

Thanks for sharing your trip with all of us!