Author - Rose

Welcome to Travel and Beyond where the art of exploration intertwines with the allure of history, gastronomy, and culture.

A Scrumptious Pho Feast at Sapa

Had the most epic pho adventure at Sapa Asian Fusion Restaurant! Picture this: steaming hot broth in a stone bowl, so exciting, it just couldn’t stop boiling! Add in some tantalising ribs, and my taste buds were doing a happy dance.  Sapa, you’ve officially won a spot in my ‘Pho-nomenal Places’ list! Did you know pho is like a Vietnamese hug in a bowl? Rice noodles...

Delightful Malaysian Food at Ho Jiak

Malaysian food has been on my mind lately, and not the kind I make myself, but the food from Ho Jiak instead. During these trying times, dinning out or interstate travel has not been an option, but with restrictions easing a little and restaurants opening their doors to a few number of patrons at a time, I find myself reminiscing my experience at one of...

Canberra Balloon Spectacular 2019

If you’ve been up super early these past few mornings, you would have caught the balloons either inflating or already taken to the skies. For those of you who slept in, check out these lovely shots of the Canberra Balloon Spectacular 2019 from Bhaumik Bumia. An auditor by day (and sometimes by night), Bhaumik loves spending time with his daughters playing in the...

Tulip Top Gardens and the colours of spring

Dutch pancakes amidst tulips and flowering trees was a wonderful way to spend a day out in the lovely warm sun and cool breeze of springtime. Soaking in the beauty of Tulip Top Gardens, a 20-minute drive north of Canberra, was just what we needed after a hard work week. Well, depending on where exactly you live in Canberra, the time it takes you to reach this private...