Days of The Dragon

I had a craving for Matzo Ball soup this weekend – and having grown up eating Manischevitz brand matzo balls, that’s what I bought and mixed up. I use their matzo ball mix and make my own soup base – but, their matzo ball w/ soup mix is also very good. Normally I add cut [...]

“YES!”, I uttered a little too loudly on Sunday, when at the Indian buffet Parker finally relented and tried the delicious tandoori chicken – and, he liked it! I have been trying to get him to try it for almost a year now; I suppose that up until this point, bright red chicken was a [...]

This week I made another adventure into the world of Vietnamese food. I saw an entry for Bò Kho (Vietnamese Beef Stew) on my favorite Vietnamese-inclusive food blog, Wandering Chopsticks (WC). Bò Kho is pronounced similar to “baw kaw” in English, with a descending tone on the first word and a bit of a throaty [...]

Mì Quảng – this is a dish from the central province of Quảng Nam, Viet Nam. Parker An is from a town in Quế Sơn, Quảng Nam and so I’d like to find a recipe and instructions to make this dish. My tutor told me a little bit about it, but she hadn’t actually ever [...]

I need help from my Vietnamese readers! I’m not sure exactly what this dish is mainly because I’m not sure if the first word is “bùn” or “bún”. They mean “muddy” and “noodles”, respectively. The dish doesn’t appear to have any noodles and some of the ingredients do kind of look like soupy mud. When [...]