Bánh Canh is the staple of Vietnamese homemade noodle soup. To make sure its freshness, the noodles are home made from different ingredients: wheat flour, tapioca starch, rice flour or a mix of tapioca and rice flour. The flour, whether lightly marinated or not, is kneaded into a dough, pinching off and hand forming into [...]
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Pad Thai is a signature dish of Thai cuisine. This dish has also been served at many Vietnamese restaurants called Hủ Tiếu Xào, a stir fried Hủ Tiếu noodle dish. Pad Thai noodles use the same flat rice noodles we see serving in Phở. Since you don’t boil noodles beforehand, soak the noodles in warm [...]
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This dish is simple and easy to make. You can fix it for quick light lunch or dinner. Recipe for Sauteed Lemongrass Beef with Rice Noodles and Salad – Bún Bò Xào Sả: Beef Marinade: – 1/4 lb of beef tenderloin, thinly sliced – 1 tbsp of fish sauce – 1 tsp vegetable oil – [...]
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Chả Cá Hà Nội is a signature dish from the North. When served at the restaurant, the fish is grilled partially before serving and then finished at the table in a skillet of oil, scallion and dill. This is one of very rare Vietnamese dish that we use dill (the northern people call it thì [...]
Curried chicken is one of the most popular dishes on Vietnamese table. Rich in flavor, with a blend of lemongrass, ginger and curry, and a touch of coconut juice, this is a wonderful dish to use simply as a stew. We also add in the stew some carrots, taro roots, potatoes, onions and button mushrooms. [...]