How do I cook Pho (beef noodle) in Belgium?

by huonggiang February 23, 2010

In Belgium or in any European countries, cooking Pho- Vietnamese beef noodle is easy and cheap. In Vietnam, it is more difficult to find beef bone in markets, it was all sold to Pho restaurants.  I can find this beef bone in any supermarket in Belgium. It is really cheap, about 80 cents for each. [...]

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Vietnamese beef stew (bo kho)

by huonggiang February 22, 2010

Ingredients for 3 persons:
0.5 kg beef shank (bo bap)
0.5 kg beef tail (optional), to make beef broth
0.3 kg beef brisket (nam bo) (optional)
2 small carrots (cutting into small pieces)
2 big tomatoes (finely chopped)
2 big potatoes (optional, cutting into small pieces)
1 stalk lemongrass (beated, cut into 2cm- length)
2 cinamon sticks, 3 star anises
Garlic, shallot, pepper, ginger, [...]

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Grilled beef wrapped in wild betel (Bo nuong la lot)

by huonggiang February 21, 2010

Ingredients for 3 persons:
400g tenderloin steak (or ground rump beef)
50g pork fatback, ground or finely diced
100g wild betel (la lot)
2 shallots, finely chopped
3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 tablespoon fish sauce
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon ground pepper
1 teaspoon sesame oil
100 g peanuts, roasted, ground
300g rice noodle (cooked)

Preparation:
1/Cut the tenderloin steak into slices as [...]

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Vietnam’s Lunar New Year food

by huonggiang February 15, 2010

Vietnam’s Lunar new year (Tet) this Tiger year is from February, 13 to 16 (Tet starts on the first day of the first lunar month and is the first season of the new year, according to the lunar calendar of Vietnam).
One of the most popular food during Tet holiday is banh chung (square sticky rice [...]

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Banh xeo (sizzling crepes) (Vietnamese pancake)

by huonggiang January 29, 2010

Ingredients for 3 persons:
1 pack of banh xeo prepared mix flour (turmeric powder inside)
1 egg
1 coconut milk can (250ml)
50g spring onion (thinly chopped)
500g shrimps (shelled, deveined)
200g pork belly, cut into small pieces (or pork shoulder, sliced)
200g bean sprouts
Lettuce, corriander, mint, basil to your choice.
fish sauce, pepper, chilies to taste.
Dipping sauce.
Preparation:
1/ To make batter: In a [...]

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Where to eat in Ha Noi?

by huonggiang January 14, 2010

Matt Gross wrote for The New York Times about how modern restaurants in Ha Noi developed and attracted foreigners.
By MATT GROSS
CA KHO is one of those Vietnamese dishes that is so simple to prepare that it poses a challenge to chefs who want to make it uniquely their own. After all, it’s just fish braised [...]

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Eating Vietnamese food in Paris

by huonggiang January 10, 2010

You can find authentic Vietnamese cuisine like Pho, banh my, che, banh xeo and even bia hoi anh dragon fruits in Paris.  Enrin G. Edwards shared his feeling about Vietnamese food when he was in Paris for the New York Times.

By Erin G. Edwards/IHT Paris
In 2000, I was fortunate to live in Hanoi, Vietnam. It’s [...]

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Soup & Nem bistro in Leipzig, Germany

by huonggiang January 10, 2010

This is one of the most successful bistros in Germany, especially in crisis period. The reason for its success is the combination between European taste and Vietnamese one. For example pho xao (fried beef noodle) was added with curry and more spicy which suit the taste of German.
Soup (Pho noodle – beef noodle soup), Nem [...]

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Famous books of Vietnamese cooking in Belgium

by huonggiang January 10, 2010

Truong Thi Quyen, the owner of Little Asia restaurant in the heart of Brussels has just published her second book of authentic Vietnamese cooking. The book that is in French and Dutch telling about her life in Vietnam and in Belgium through stories of famous journalist Alain Coninx named “Quyen, my life, my cooking” (“Quyen, [...]

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Vietnamese omelette (Trung duc thit)

by huonggiang January 7, 2010

Ingredients for one dish:
100g pork mince
3 eggs
1 small tomato, coarsely chopped
1 small onion, coarsely chopped
10g spring onion, coarsely chopped
fish sauce or salt, sugar, pepper to taste.
Preparation:
1/ Mix well pork mince, beaten eggs, tomato, onion and spring onion together. Season with fish sauce (or salt), a small pinch of sugar and pepper.
2/ In a flat [...]

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