Banh beo, oh how we love to slurp up your delicate rice cakes topped with minced shrimp and crispy pork rind bathed in a spicy nuoc mam cham…We smile with satisfaction as we pile empty banh beo bowls upon...
Have you noticed that with close to 100 recipes, we haven’t posted a single recipe for pho? We adore pho and love the fragrance that wakes us up in the morning from an overnight marriage of beef bones, charred...
As many of our readers know, we’re writing this blog from both Los Angeles and Phoenix. So a typical weekend for us might be pick up Kim at the airport, spend time with family and friends, cook and eat...
Che Thai is our easy go to summer dessert when we’re serving lots of guests and in a crunch for time–we served these at our last 2 parties and it always seems to run out. It’s by far the...
The heat made us do it. Yes, we finally got an ice cream maker! We have the classic Cuisinart ICE-20 and are having a blast experimenting with fun flavors. So far we’ve made Cafe Sua Da (Vietnanamese Iced...
Have we mention how generous the food loving community in LA are and how we’re so happy to be a part of it? From the Eat My Blog bake sale to Taste of the Nation LA, Angelenos love to...
Bo Bia is a common street food in Vietnam made made of chinese sausage, jicama, carrots, dried shrimp, and slivers of thinly scrambled egg. Although the word “bo” means beef, there is no beef in this whatsoever. The dish...
Durian. Just the mere mention of the name elicits extremes of love and craving as well as horror and disgust. Anthony Bourdain, a lover of durian, describes his experience as thus: “Its taste can only be described as…indescribable, something...
Muc nhoi thit (Vietnamese stuffed squid) was a request from one of our loyal readers, Tung from Orange County, and luckily we had extra stuffing from our stuffed tofu (dau hu nhoi thit) so we decided to honor his...
Crack Pie by LA Times Daily Dish The Los Angeles food blogging community is one of the most creative, talented, and perhaps more importantly, most generous groups of people we know. Last weekend we participated in the Eat My...