Gỏi Ngó Sen Tôm Thịt – Vietnamese Lotus Stem Salad with Prawns and Pork

Vietnamese salad is healthy, refreshing and has an explosion of flavours. A Vietnamese salad always makes an appearance at every of my family parties.
This delicious lotus stem salad is another version of a Vietnamese salad with prawns and pork I made previously. Using the lotus stem gives this salad an amazing crunch. This refreshing, [...]

Bánh Xèo – Vietnamese Sizzling Crepe

Whenever I see the abundance of Vietnamese herbs growing in my parent’s backyard, I always crave for a refreshing Vietnamese dish served with lots of fresh herbs.
I decided to make bánh xèo (sizzling crepe) to make use of the fresh herbs. Bánh xèo is made from rice flour, coconut and turmeric, and is pan-fried with [...]

The Cookbook Challenge Week 17: Bánh Cuốn – Vietnamese Rice Rolls with Pork

Theme: Vietnamese
Since I moved away from home and started my own family, I have come to appreciate my mum’s cooking. I love her soup noodles that she had boiled for hours and that I would slurp up the very last drop, or the comforting and delicious taste of plain rice served with thịt kho. But [...]

Bún Chả Giò – Vietnamese Spring Rolls with Vermicelli Noodles

Back in the days when family get-together was a regular event, mum would used to fry up batches of spring rolls. I was given the task of rolling up the spring rolls and it was a task I enjoyed the most (better than washing herbs and cutting up vegetables). I took pride in rolling the [...]

Bò Kho – Vietnamese Beef Stew

Sunday is my cooking day as I prepare the family meals in advance for the next two days. Our household become quite chaotic come every Mondays and Tuesdays as I go to my part time work. It’s a frantic rush to drop the kids at childcare and then try to get to work at a [...]

Bò Bía – Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls with Jicama, Eggs and Chinese Sausage

Rice paper rolls makes a delicious healthy snack. When I want a quick rice paper rolls snack and don’t want to bother with fancy fillings, I use left overs for fillings, wrap it with rice paper and dip it with fish sauce dipping sauce (a sauce we always have in the fridge) and you [...]

Gỏi Mực – Vietnamese Squid Salad

Summer may be coming to an end but we are still experiencing a heat wave. But this is also the weather to enjoy a refreshing Vietnamese salad (gỏi). Vietnamese salad is a resfreshing healthy crunchy dish that when drizzled with the fish sauce dressing it’s an explosion of flavours in your mouth.
Prawns and pork are [...]