Sunday, September 21, 2014



Vietnamese Name: Đậu Hủ Dồn Thịt Sốt Cà Chua,
English Name: Pork Stuffed Tofu with Tomato Sauce,

This is a very simple yet super delicious dish to serve with hot steamed rice. It's one of the typical dishes that you can find in a daily Vietnamese meal.

Ingredients:

  • Tofu
  • Pork
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Fish sauce
  • Vegetable oil
  • Tomatoes
  • Onion

Price: $3
Great for: 1 people
Better if use with: white rice





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Vietnamese Name: Đậu Hủ Dồn Thịt Sốt Cà Chua,
English Name: Pork Stuffed Tofu with Tomato Sauce,

This is a very simple yet super delicious dish to serve with hot steamed rice. It's one of the typical dishes that you can find in a daily Vietnamese meal.

Ingredients:

  • Tofu
  • Pork
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Fish sauce
  • Vegetable oil
  • Tomatoes
  • Onion

Price: $3
Great for: 1 people
Better if use with: white rice






Vietnamese Name: Tôm Ram Thịt,
English Name: Caramelized Shrimp and Pork,

This is a very simple yet super delicious dish to serve with hot steamed rice. It's one of the typical dishes that you can find in a daily Vietnamese meal.

Ingredients:

  • Shrimp
  • Pork
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Fish sauce

Price: $5
Great for: 1 people
Better if use with: white rice




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Vietnamese Name: Tôm Ram Thịt,
English Name: Caramelized Shrimp and Pork,

This is a very simple yet super delicious dish to serve with hot steamed rice. It's one of the typical dishes that you can find in a daily Vietnamese meal.

Ingredients:

  • Shrimp
  • Pork
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Fish sauce

Price: $5
Great for: 1 people
Better if use with: white rice





Vietnamese Name: Bánh Mì Xíu Mại,
English Name: Meatball Sandwich,

Ingredients:
  • Ground pork
  • Mushrooms 
  • Onion
  • Tomato
  • Pepper
  • Fish sauce
  • Salt
  • Bread
  • Garlic
Price: $3
Great for: 1 people
Better if use with: Bread or white rice



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Vietnamese Name: Bánh Mì Xíu Mại,
English Name: Meatball Sandwich,

Ingredients:
  • Ground pork
  • Mushrooms 
  • Onion
  • Tomato
  • Pepper
  • Fish sauce
  • Salt
  • Bread
  • Garlic
Price: $3
Great for: 1 people
Better if use with: Bread or white rice



Saturday, September 20, 2014


Vietnamese Name: Rau muống xào tỏi,
English Name: Stir-fried Water Spinach with Garlic,

Also known as water convolvulus, swamp cabbage, or swamp morning glory in English, and rau muong (Vietnam), bongz (Laos), and trakuon (Cambodia), this leafy green vegetable is abundant in Southeast Asia. Prized for being versatile, flavorful, nutritious and well-textured, it has tender, narrow and pointy leaves with crunchy, hollow stalks. Water spinach can be added whole to soups or to stir-fries such as this one where it is seasoned with fish-sauce, garlic and a pinch of sugar. Thought of as a wonderful embodiment of the ancient Chinese philosophy of yin and yang (balanced opposites), it combines tender and crunchy textures in each bite!
Ingredients:

  • Water Spinach
  • Garlic
  • Vegetable oil

Price: $6
Great for: 2 people
Better if use with: white rice




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Vietnamese Name: Rau muống xào tỏi,
English Name: Stir-fried Water Spinach with Garlic,

Also known as water convolvulus, swamp cabbage, or swamp morning glory in English, and rau muong (Vietnam), bongz (Laos), and trakuon (Cambodia), this leafy green vegetable is abundant in Southeast Asia. Prized for being versatile, flavorful, nutritious and well-textured, it has tender, narrow and pointy leaves with crunchy, hollow stalks. Water spinach can be added whole to soups or to stir-fries such as this one where it is seasoned with fish-sauce, garlic and a pinch of sugar. Thought of as a wonderful embodiment of the ancient Chinese philosophy of yin and yang (balanced opposites), it combines tender and crunchy textures in each bite!
Ingredients:

  • Water Spinach
  • Garlic
  • Vegetable oil

Price: $6
Great for: 2 people
Better if use with: white rice





Vietnamese Name: Thịt Kho Tàu,
English Name: Braised pork and eggs,

Vietnamese people prepare a wide variety of food for Tet (the Vietnamese Lunar New Year). This dish, called Thịt Kho Tàu (caramelized pork and eggs braised in coconut juice), is one of the most popular traditional food served during Tet in southern Vietnam.
It's a slow-cooked dish with the sweet flavor of coconut juice and a beautiful caramel color. It is as comforting as it is easy to make. It's great with pickled veggies!
Ingredients:

  • 2.5 lbs pork belly, cut into 1″ x 2″ pieces
  • 3 eggs, hard boiled, peeled  
  • juice from 2 young coconuts
  • ¼ cup sugar 
  • ¼ cup of fish sauce
  • garlic
  • salt
  • pepper
  • onion
Price: $6
Great for: 1 people
Better if use with: white rice






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Vietnamese Name: Thịt Kho Tàu,
English Name: Braised pork and eggs,

Vietnamese people prepare a wide variety of food for Tet (the Vietnamese Lunar New Year). This dish, called Thịt Kho Tàu (caramelized pork and eggs braised in coconut juice), is one of the most popular traditional food served during Tet in southern Vietnam.
It's a slow-cooked dish with the sweet flavor of coconut juice and a beautiful caramel color. It is as comforting as it is easy to make. It's great with pickled veggies!
Ingredients:

  • 2.5 lbs pork belly, cut into 1″ x 2″ pieces
  • 3 eggs, hard boiled, peeled  
  • juice from 2 young coconuts
  • ¼ cup sugar 
  • ¼ cup of fish sauce
  • garlic
  • salt
  • pepper
  • onion
Price: $6
Great for: 1 people
Better if use with: white rice







Vietnamese Name: Giò thủ
English Name: Vietnamese Head Cheese
Giò thủ is traditional Vietnamese Tet food is gio thu, or head cheese. This is not a cheese at all, but a cold cut made from a pig’s head but can also be made with calf or sheep. Congealed together by the natural gelatin of the head organs, gio thu is served as a cold cut and also luncheon meat. During the Tet celebration it is often served as a charcuterie to be dipped in soy sauce and chili peppers.

Ingredients:
  • 2 pig ears
  • 2 pig tongue
  • pork
  • dried wood ear mushrooms 
  • pepper 
Price: $5 for 3.5 oz (100 gram)
Better if use with: rice or bread



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Vietnamese Name: Giò thủ
English Name: Vietnamese Head Cheese
Giò thủ is traditional Vietnamese Tet food is gio thu, or head cheese. This is not a cheese at all, but a cold cut made from a pig’s head but can also be made with calf or sheep. Congealed together by the natural gelatin of the head organs, gio thu is served as a cold cut and also luncheon meat. During the Tet celebration it is often served as a charcuterie to be dipped in soy sauce and chili peppers.

Ingredients:
  • 2 pig ears
  • 2 pig tongue
  • pork
  • dried wood ear mushrooms 
  • pepper 
Price: $5 for 3.5 oz (100 gram)
Better if use with: rice or bread






Vietnamese Name: Nem rán,
English Name: Southern Vietnamese spring rolls
Nem rán (alternatively Chả giò ["minced pork sausage"] in the Southern Vietnamese dialect), is a popular dish in Vietnamese cuisine and usually served as an appetizer in Europe and North America, where there are large Vietnamese communities. In standard Vietnamese, it is called nem rán ("fried roll").

Ingredients:

  • Ground pork
  • Dried wood ear mushrooms
  • Bean threads
  • Taro
  • Vegetable oil
  • Onion
  • Spring roll wrappers
  • Eggs
  • Salt
  • Chicken flavor bouillon
  • Fish sauce
  • White sugar

Price: $1/1 Roll
Better if use with: sweet and sour sauce or hot chili sauce




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Vietnamese Name: Nem rán,
English Name: Southern Vietnamese spring rolls
Nem rán (alternatively Chả giò ["minced pork sausage"] in the Southern Vietnamese dialect), is a popular dish in Vietnamese cuisine and usually served as an appetizer in Europe and North America, where there are large Vietnamese communities. In standard Vietnamese, it is called nem rán ("fried roll").

Ingredients:

  • Ground pork
  • Dried wood ear mushrooms
  • Bean threads
  • Taro
  • Vegetable oil
  • Onion
  • Spring roll wrappers
  • Eggs
  • Salt
  • Chicken flavor bouillon
  • Fish sauce
  • White sugar

Price: $1/1 Roll
Better if use with: sweet and sour sauce or hot chili sauce




Friday, September 19, 2014


Vietnamese Name: Cơm chiên,
English Name: Fried Rice,
Ingredients:
  • Jasmine rice
  • Onion
  • Vegetable oil
  • Carrot
  • Peas
  • Chicken
  • Beef
  • Eggs
  • Use with hot chili sauce or soy sauce
Price: $6
Great for: 1 people
Better if use with: Sriracha HOT Chili sauce




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Vietnamese Name: Cơm chiên,
English Name: Fried Rice,
Ingredients:
  • Jasmine rice
  • Onion
  • Vegetable oil
  • Carrot
  • Peas
  • Chicken
  • Beef
  • Eggs
  • Use with hot chili sauce or soy sauce
Price: $6
Great for: 1 people
Better if use with: Sriracha HOT Chili sauce