Bún Riêu Cua -Vietnamese Tomato and Crab Noodle Soup

Bún riêu is a crab noodle soup with many colours and flavours. So I may have cheated by using the bún riêu flavouring from a can, but if there ever was a time to use canned flavouring for a dish this would be the one time. The aroma and flavours from this canned bún riêu flavouring [...]

Bún Thang – Vietnamese Vermicelli Noodle Soup with Chicken, Pork and Egg

We love our noodle soup and each week I would boil a huge pot of stock to make our favourite noodle soup to eat for at least two meals. We have a couple of favourite noodle soup dishes that are on our rotation list and bún thang is one them. Bún thang is a dish [...]

Gỏi Cuốn Chay – Vietnamese Vegetarian Rice Paper Rolls

I think everyone should have a packet of rice paper in their pantry. It is so easy to make fresh and delicious rice paper rolls for a snack or light lunch. You can pretty much wrap anything in it; the choice of fillings is only limited by your imagination.
For these vegetarian rice paper rolls I [...]

Har Mee – Prawn Noodle Soup

I have been religiously saving prawn heads for the last couple months so that I could make Har Mee. Har Mee is a spicy prawn noodle soup served with a mix of hokkien and vermicelli noodles, whole prawns, boiled egg, water spinach and garnished with fried shallot. This is one of my favourite dish to [...]

Phở Gà – Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup

Happy new year!
We recently got back from our annual end of year trip to the coast for a week of quality family time and relaxation. I can really get used to the carefree life of lazing around by the pool, afternoon naps, eating and just playing with the kids. It’s really nice to start the [...]

Bún Bò Xào (Vietnamese Stir Fry Beef with Vermicelli Noodles)

This refreshing vermicelli noodles with wok-tossed beef is our family’s favourite during the summer months. Thin juicy slices of beef with beautiful flavours of lemongrass is served on a bed of cold vermicelli noodles, fresh herbs, topped with sprinkles of fried shallot and chopped peanuts, and drenched in fish sauce.
This dish is really easy to [...]

Bì Cuốn (Shredded Pork and Pork Skin Rice Paper Rolls)

It’s cold and I have been super lazy. Gosh, I hope I’m not too late for this month’s Delicious Vietnam.
It’s winter in Sydney at the moment but it’s never too cold to have refreshing and healthy rice paper rolls. Mum made cơm tấm bì sườn chả (broken rice with pork chops, pork skin and steamed [...]