Archive for February, 2010

Bun is one of the most popular dishes of Vietnam. Almost every area has a separate domain with its own characteristics. If North Vietnam has bun cha (fried fish paste noodle)and bun oc (shellfish noodle), Hue has bun bo (beef noodle) and bun thang (noodle served with mixture of pork, ... Full story

As food is an important part of culture, discovering new cuisines is a passion for many travelers. Those visiting the border town of Chau Doc for the first time should not miss bun nuoc leo Chau Doc (a kind of rice noodle soup), an indigenous rustic dish. Bun nuoc leo Chau Doc, gently sweet and fragrant, ... Full story

Braised pork with hard-boiled eggs also known as : thit kho nuoc dua or thit kho tau, thit ko riu, thit kho trung. This dish usually cooked in the Tet holiday (Vietnamese Lunar New Year ) and served with fresh cabbage, bean-sprouts pickles, pickled spring onions and steam rice or sometimes rice-paper. Ingredients: 1kg boneless ... Full story

Ingredients: 4 mangosteens 4 shrimps ( 200 g), boiled, shelled. 100g shredded dried squid 80 g lean pork, boiled, cut into threads shredded coconut onion, thinly sliced, vietnamese herbs, finly chopped sesame, shrimp crackers Salad dressing: 1 tablespoon vinegar 1 tablespoon fish sauce 1/2 tablespoon sugar 1 dash of salt Dipping sauce 1 tablespoon lemon juice 2 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons fish sauce 1/2 tablespoon finely chopped garlic and chilli. Method: Using a ... Full story

Mangosteen is a small fruit grown on evergreen trees. They are grown mainly in southeast Asia ( Thailand, Vietnam...). They are purple when ripe and about two inches in diameter.A mangosteen consists of a sweet white flesh resembling garlic cloves, surrounded by a hard, inedible skin . The number of petals on the bottom of the mangosteen indicate how ... Full story

Ingredients: 500 g eel 100 g wheat flour 20 g dried spring onion stalks 300g salad, coriander 20g woodears 100g cooking oil 20g dried garlic 200g shoulder lean pork 1fresh lime ginger 1tsp sugar 1 fresh chilli pepper fish sauce fresh spring onion leaves Method Wash the eel. Place in a pot with 3tsp of the lime juice. Leave for 10 - 15 minutes, then dry. Cut off the head and gut the ... Full story

Vietnamese nougat This is the famous nougat from the Vietnamese capital Imperial (Hue) - a mixture of peanut, flour, sesame peanut, sugar. Ingredients: 1 cup sugar 2/3 cup roasted peanut 1/2 cup roasted sesame 2 tablespoons waterchestnut flour juice of 1/2 lemon 2/3 cup water 2 tablespoons cooking oil 1/4 teaspoon vanilla essence metal tray Method: Grease metal tray with ... Full story