on the menu

So I’m back in Dhaka after about seven weeks away and looking for somewhere to have supper when I spot this Chinese restaurant advertising its special 400 Taka (3 pounds) buffet:

On the menu are:
Fresh-Faced Sea Fish
Youngish Chicken and Duck
Delicate Porridge
Lively Vegetables
and the scarily named Mouth Licking Hot Pot – or at least I assume its on the menu and not [...]

Living off the sewers of gold

The sewers of Dhaka, Bangladesh’s overcrowded and polluted capital city, are as unpleasant as you could imagine.
But they are also an incredible source of income for a small group of men who do not mind getting their hands dirty.
They earn their living by finding tiny specks of gold that are accidentally brushed into the open [...]