For quite some time now when we crave for some Vietnamese noodles soup our only resort was Hansan or Pho Bien but last weekend we found a third solution when we have our cravings also located in North Shore and it is Hai Phong in Northcote. We passed by this...
Cha Gio is a type Vietnamese Spring Rolls that are either consumed fresh or fried, usually filled with meats and vegetables then wrapped in a rehydrated rice paper. Similar to the Chinese spring rolls where you can fill it with whatever you want but instead of the usual wrapper made...
Pho usually is prepared by meticulously simmering beef bones for a long time using like backbones and oxtails with some Asian spices and aromatics, then served with thin slices of raw beef. We barely see Pho served with the very bones it was made of, not that I am 100%...
Caramel in Chicken? Well it might sound odd but if you come to think of it salty and sweet will always be a perfect combination whether it a dessert or a savoury dish. Time and time again these two flavours had made desserts like salted caramel anything, ginataang halo halo...
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by Raymund · Published August 31, 2017 · Last modified August 23, 2017
Explorer Club is a restaurant inside Hong Kong Disneyland located in Mystic Point just located between Grizzly Gulch and Toy Story Land, they serve mostly Asian cuisine like Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Indian, Vietnamese and Malaysian. Prices here range from HK$100.00 – HK$200.00 which is in the above affordable scale, but...
I like discovering hidden places like this, unpopular underrated establishments that needed to be known. I might be wrong but I am speaking for the majority, since places like this can be popular with the nationals of the foreign cuisine they represent. Pho Bien is located in a quite hard...
When I see Bún chả I always remember the episode of Parts Unknown when Anthony Bourdain and Barack Obama dined in a small restaurant in Vietnam to have this dish. It must be a really special dish especially when you want to serve it to one of the most powerful...
Shaking Beef or Bò Lúc Lắc is a French-inspired Vietnamese dish of cubed steak of beef served with vegetables such as cucumber, tomatoes, red onions, Thai basil and/or salad greens. It’s a simple dish where beef is cut into small diced shaped pieces then tossed while cooked like playing dice...
Bún bò Huế is one hell of a delicious noodle soup dish, it’s a meat lover’s perfect bowl as this amazing Central Vietnamese noodle soup is made from tender slices of beef shanks and pork hocks. The slow process of cooking the meats together with the spices creates this magical concoction...
Bánh Xèo or when literally translated “Sizzling Cake” is a Vietnamese style crepe / pancake prepared with rice flour, turmeric, pork, shrimps and a variety of vegetables like spring onions and bean sprouts. It got its name from the sound it produces when cooking it, when the batter made out...
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