Growing up in a Vietnamese household, family dinner time was really important in my family. No matter how busy my parents were from work, (even when they worked multiple jobs), they always found time to cook up delicious Vietnamese home-cooked meals for my siblings and me. One of my favorite family-style meals included Canh Chua … Continue reading Vietnamese Sweet and Sour Soup with Catfish (Canh Chua Cá Bông Lau)
Category: Asian Food
Quoc Viet Foods recently hooked me up with Pork Flavored Soup Base. My family and I have been using their other soup bases for years and I was super excited to try it out this new soup base and it surely did not disappoint. Lately, I've been a fan of making Bún Riêu with pork … Continue reading Quick Vietnamese Crab Noodle Soup (Bun Rieu)
I had tons of leftover Japanese rice from the other day and recently just bought a big 'ol jar of kimchi from Costco that I wanted to use so I decided to freestyle it up and make some Spam Kimchi Fried Rice..because I always have Spam in the pantry. The fried rice turned out great … Continue reading Spam Kimchi Fried Rice
On restaurant menus, I've seen Korean Spicy Pork identified with various names like Jeyuk Bokkeum, Dweji Bulgogi, and even just Spicy Pork Bulgogi. I would love to know the actual name of the dish if anybody knows! Whatever the name of this amazing dish is, Korean spicy pork is probably my favorite Korean dish of … Continue reading Korean Spicy Pork (Jeyuk Bokkeum)
As long as you have the right technique to cook chicken wings, there ain't no limit on how you can dress and sauce your wings..or eat it naked and plain. Last week, I shared a technique I learned, called the Bullseye technique, which involved putting lit coals in char-baskets in the middle of the Weber … Continue reading Korean BBQ Chicken Wings
Pad Kee Mao, also known as Drunken Noodles, is the supercharged aromatic and herbaceous Thai version of Chow fun using the same wide flat rice noodles. I can eat Pad Kee Mao anytime and definitely do not need to be drunk to enjoy it. The girls and I love Pad Kee Mao. The pungent, well-balanced … Continue reading Pad Kee Mao
Late last summer, my friends and I took a friend's trip to North Lake Tahoe for a weekend getaway. People were assigned cooking duties for each meal and on the last night, the friends hosted a seafood boil for our 30 friends and kids. They cooked a cooler full of fresh head-on shrimp, tons of … Continue reading Asian Cajun Seafood Boil
Weeknights are super busy! The girls are receiving plenty of homework and projects from school and participating in various extracurricular classes after school. While I'm at work, even if it's at six in the morning, I am constantly thinking about food and what to cook for the girls for dinner. I always think to myself..we're … Continue reading Beef and Broccoli
