A Vietnamese Moment

I've been making an effort to blog more recipes... hopefully over the next few months, I get all the recipes I want from my mom. I haven't had much practice in making these dishes on my own though because I don't like to eat my own cooking (weird, I know). My next step is perfecting these dishes... hopefully I can make my boyfriend or dad eat whatever the heck it is I make. Anyway, this dish is present at many Chinese restaurants. It's super easy and quick to make... seriously, this is done in 10 minutes! The only thing is - I don't think I translated the name into English correctly... will update when I find out what the English name is! Ingredients: 1 large bag of snow pea shoots (the market I went to didn't have snow pea shoots so I bought pea sprouts instead... tasted exactly the same! I think they are the same...) Bot nem ga (chicken broth) 9 cloves of garlic Fish Sauce (optional) Oyster Sauce 1. In a large skillet, heat cooking oil on low/mediu...

Here Danh - it's one of the recipe's you've been asking and asking me for. So here it is.... you're welcome!! I had to endure mom for 2 hours for this -___-; one hour to get the recipe and another hour for that 2 mile night walk she made me go on with her. You owe me. Anyway, this is a savory egg pancake that you can eat with rice. I know what you're thinking... eggs... as a meal?? But this is actually a pretty hearty entree. Not sure if it's considered a "pancake" or some type of Vietnamese omelette. Ingredients: 1 lb of minced pork 20 medium shrimp (peeled) 1 small bag of vermicelli (about 1.7 oz) 3 small red onions 1/2 large white onion fish sauce sugar pepper bot nem ga (chicken broth) 12-13 large eggs 1. So, let's start with prepping the vermicelli. You want to soften the vermicelli (thin-white noodles) by soaking/washing it in room temperature water (or cold, whatever) for about five minutes. Dry in a colander. With scissors,...

So, when people think of Vietnamese food, they think of PHO. This is the quintessential Vietnamese dish - I have it several times a week (not by choice!). My dad and my boyfriend are both pho lovers ... seriously, I think my boyfriend loves pho more than any Vietnamese person I know and he's not even Vietnamese. I personally think pho is just so-so. However, I always crave pho on a rainy, gloomy, or cold day. It's perfect for when you're sick too because its flagrant aroma really wakes up your senses! Yes, this is my momma's pho recipe! WOOT! :D Warning: This recipe takes around six hours to make. I want to perfect this recipe... and to tell you the truth, my mother's pho recipe isn't that great. I've read some pho blogs and some recipes call for an 8 hr simmer instead of 6 hr simmer. One day, when I'm a lady of leisure and my only worries include shopping and cooking (trophy wife ;) I want to experiment with this recipe and improve it. Until then, t...