Our blog is officially 2 weeks old! We’ve only been reading blogs for the last 6 or 7 months and literally just dove head first into this blogging thing without much planning. So on this occasion, we do want...
Earlier in the week I posted my mom’s recipe for nem nuong (grilled pork patties) and presented it as nem nuong sliders and mentioned in passing how versatile this meat dish really is. I don’t think I paid nem...
One of our favorite restauraunts while I was training in NYC was a tiny cafe in SOHO called Cafe Habana. Based on the original restaurant in Mexico City, this cafe specializes in home-style Latin food with unique Cuban and...
Kim told me that the kids at the barbecue wanted “American” food, not Vietnamese food. Immediately I felt a bit irked. Our family came to America when I was about 4 years old. We were part of the wave...
The centerpiece of our mothers day barbecue bash were grilled lobster tails. We’re used to eating lobster sauteed with ginger and scallions which is delicious, but grilled lobsters are on a whole other level. So sweet and juicy with...
photo by grooble/flickr Every time I drink freshly squeezed sugarcane juice (nuoc mia), I reminisce about to the spring of 2002. Mom and I went with to Vietnam in the spring hoping to visit my aunt for the last...
In the middle of Southern California urban sprawl, there is a small strawberry patch next to the Costco. After shopping for her mother’s day gift, we were approached by a strawberry vendor hawking $5 cases of strawberries. Never to...
So what can you do with pickled carrots and daikon? Create lotus root salad (goi ngo sen), a simple, yet refreshing Vietnamese salad with a big crunch. We had a huge mother’s day feast this weekend and since it...
This is a staple in my fridge and so easy to make. it’s simply white vinegar, sugar, and salt. I can’t get enough of the sweet, sour, savory bite of pickled carrots and daikon. Keep some handy for accompaniments...
De nuoi. Literally means “easy to nurture/grow” in Vietnamese. Before the inevitable departure she always asks me what I like to eat….for the rest of the week. Yes, I’m very de nuoi. This weekend we came up with Com...
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