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Vietnamese

Delicious Vietnam finale – Bò Kho or Vietnamese beef stew

by jeroxie December 31, 2011

Final edition of Delicious Vietnam that is created by lovely Melbourne food blogger, Anh. I had to participate even though I have been so lazy this holiday season. Very unproductive but loving every second of it. Mister asked if I was bored not going anyway this year but I said ‘No’. I am happy being alone at home while he heads back to work this week. Plus I had loads to do. Packing, cleaning the house, playing The Sims, watching House, Grey Anatomy and cooking! To top that up, the very lovely Li, Robert and their kids were in town for a very short visit. So good to see familiar faces in Sydney. We really miss our friends in Melbourne.

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MissChu Tuckshop, Melbourne CBD

by jeroxie April 23, 2011

MissChu tuckshop is the new super hyped eatery in the city. It serves popular Vietnamese food like Pho and rice paper rolls. It seems that at one point, twerps were going a little gaga over it. Since I had the forced luxury of time before leaving for holiday, I decided to head down and check it out. Anh (@anhsfoodblog) was my lunch buddy and it was really good to catch up with her since we last met for mooncake making session last year.

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Dong Ba, Footscray

by jeroxie November 28, 2010

With Billy’s recommendation, Mister ordered the bun bo hue. It is also known as spicy beef. I think Billy had a kick from our bad pronunciation. It was seriously good. I could taste the lemongrass and not much chilli. Apparently it is not suppose to be chilli hot? There is so much flavour in the broth. I just wanted to drink the whole bowl and not return it to Mister. And look at the blood cube! Delicious. I must order this the next time.

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Delicious Vietnam #7 – My first balut

by jeroxie October 17, 2010

Balut draft – 2nd of May 2010. Another old post in draft. I deleted the whole post and started writing it with a new perspective. I shall start with thanking Tammi for opening up her house to us. I can vaguely remember how the conversation started and who started it but it seemed like a dare to most of us to try balut. We have a few seasoned balut munchers amongst us – Anh, Phil Lees & Billy. We were in safe hands. We also decided to try balut from different suburbs – Richmond, Footscray and Springvale.

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Hung Vuong, Footscray

by jeroxie August 15, 2010

I cannot believe that I have blogged about Hung Vuong in Footscray. With so many choices along Hopkins Street, this has been our preference lately. Maybe because it has heating in winter and air-condition in summer unless many of the older establishments. And also maybe because it has nice white light and better for taking photos!

I made my usual order of beef special combination. It is basically pho served with beef slices, beef sausage that is heavily laced with black pepper, tendons and thinly sliced tripes. The broth is quite heavily scented and flavoured with clove. MSG? Of course! But still a nice broth. The portions here are quite generous. As usual, I love topping it with bean sprouts, Vietnamese basil, a good squeeze of lemon with slices of fresh chill, chilli sauce, hoisin sauce and more chilli oil. Stir, combine and slurp! Pho is the best in winter! Comforting and somehow doesn’t make me feel too heavy after

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Delicious Vietnam #4 – Melbourne Banh Mi Showdown

by jeroxie August 3, 2010

What is Banh Mi? To many, it is known as Vietnamese roll or Vietnamese baguette. The ones that we get in Melbourne are usually filled with different types of pork slices, pâté spread and a nice dose of pickled salad, fresh coriander and chillies. Over in Vietnam , there is no luxury of meat and it is the bread roll that is the star. I like mine crunchy and flaky. I am prepared to have bread crusts all over me when eating banh mi. That is the first good sign of a good banh mi. And then it is the salad. It has to be fresh with a nice crunch.

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Delicious Vietnam #3 – Flourless cassava cake

by jeroxie July 11, 2010

I was not able to make it for last month’s edition of Delicious Vietnam. My site was down most of that fateful Sunday with server issues. It was hard and frustrating trying get onto those ‘tech support’ via live chat. It was a feeling of hopelessness. I have since changed my host and extremely happy and satisfied with it. So far it has been smooth sailing. I DO NOT recommend anyone to sign up with Fatcow!

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Meatless Day #20 – Vegetarian rice paper roll

by jeroxie May 14, 2010

We are on a Vietnamese theme this week. Along with the smoked duck rice paper roll that was made over the weekend, I made a vegetarian rice paper roll as well. And as promised earlier in the week, there is the recipe. And I had enough to pack our lunch boxes as well!

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Delicious Vietnam – Smoked duck rice paper roll

by jeroxie May 10, 2010

Who doesn’t love Pho? But Vietnamese food is beyond Pho and through this monthly event started by A food lover’s journey and Ravenous Couple, it gives me the opportunity to explore more into the Vietnamese cuisine and its culture.

I had no plan and what I bought from the market was a little random as you can see. And what I have also included in the mix is the smoked duck that we bought from Bruny’s Island. It isn’t exactly Vietnamese but looking at the expiry date, it will have to do. I will suggest getting roast duck instead of using smoked duck. Including in the mix were fish floss and crispy rice cakes that I did not use. Shall leave it for another time. I have other ideas for it.

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Sapa Hills, Footscray

by jeroxie April 1, 2010

It has been awhile since we have tried anything new places in Footscray. We always end up in the same Pho restuarants or just grabbing some roast duck takeaway from Golden Harvest. There has been a couple of new faces but for some reason we stayed away and preferred to stick to the oldies but goodies.

We have walked past this restaurant several times and never thought of going in. It was very modern and it seems like what Phil said, is the new generation of restaurants that we popping up in this area. Anyway, after reading Ms Baklover’s review and also having a chat with Phil Lees at the Eat Drink Blog conference, a decision was made to visit Sapa Hills, the newish kid on the block to try the Bo La Lot.

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Cookbook Challenge W17 (Vietnamese) Caramelised fish with pineapple

by jeroxie March 16, 2010

Many of twitter friends has heard me moan and whinge about the Metro last week. The trains are late almost everyday for the last 3 weeks. It is such a failure and it’s frustrating during peak hours to travel in jam packed trains. The current transportation system is just not ‘smart’ and ‘fit’ enough to handle the increased population. It gets worse when it gets hit with extreme weather conditions.

Some of you may not be aware of our recent flood and hail that happened in Melbourne. We were fortunate to be home. The hail stones were as big as golf balls! And have a look at one of the many videos that can be found on YouTube.

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