Comments on: Mom’s In Town http://www.simcooks.com/469/moms-in-town/ Cooking Made Easy Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:05:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: yich http://www.simcooks.com/469/moms-in-town/#comment-35803 Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:44:24 +0000 http://www.simcooks.com/469/moms-in-town/#comment-35803 Hi Binnie, Wandering Chopsticks has a Lemongrass Chicken recipe :) Go check her out... I mean check out her blog :) Hi Binnie, Wandering Chopsticks has a Lemongrass Chicken recipe :) Go check her out… I mean check out her blog :)

]]> by: Binnie http://www.simcooks.com/469/moms-in-town/#comment-35713 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:16:00 +0000 http://www.simcooks.com/469/moms-in-town/#comment-35713 You guys sound hilarious. I live in a so call "smaller city" in Canada, it's called Winnipeg. Therefore, I don't have the previlige to have good Vietnamese food. Not so long ago, my friend had a Vietnamese restaurant and boy her food was delicious. However, it was closed down, I was so sad. Now, I'm pregnant and craving Vietnamese food like crazy. I've been begging her to cook for me but so far I just have a little success. Umm, lemongrass chicken sounds good, you can either grill it or pan fried. It's delicious. You guys sound hilarious. I live in a so call “smaller city” in Canada, it’s called Winnipeg. Therefore, I don’t have the previlige to have good Vietnamese food. Not so long ago, my friend had a Vietnamese restaurant and boy her food was delicious. However, it was closed down, I was so sad.
Now, I’m pregnant and craving Vietnamese food like crazy. I’ve been begging her to cook for me but so far I just have a little success.
Umm, lemongrass chicken sounds good, you can either grill it or pan fried. It’s delicious.

]]> by: yich http://www.simcooks.com/469/moms-in-town/#comment-31438 Sat, 02 Jun 2007 03:13:45 +0000 http://www.simcooks.com/469/moms-in-town/#comment-31438 Whoa! Thanks for taking time to write this essay. Hehe. I'll have to print this out before I go to Vung Tau. Nope, I can't eat raw stuff now... but can do so in TWO weeks. Hip hip hooray! #21 and #17 sounds good. Whoa! Thanks for taking time to write this essay. Hehe. I’ll have to print this out before I go to Vung Tau. Nope, I can’t eat raw stuff now… but can do so in TWO weeks. Hip hip hooray! #21 and #17 sounds good.

]]> by: Wandering Chopsticks http://www.simcooks.com/469/moms-in-town/#comment-31414 Sat, 02 Jun 2007 02:18:11 +0000 http://www.simcooks.com/469/moms-in-town/#comment-31414 Yich, Pho Hoa isn't good pho. It's a chain. On my blog is a review of Bun Bo Hue Annam. That's the central VNese lemongrass spicy beef noodle soup with blood cubes. Normally it's served with pig's feet but not at that restaurant. My friends say it's the best in San Jose. Vung Tau is a coastal town so seafood would be their specialty. I went for lunch so we just got dry noodle bowls (bun), that's why I recommended the bun sadec. That shrimp was like 3 inches! I also liked #21 their dry noodles with shrimp and pork. and #17 bun bo nuong, with beef. The noodles are chewy, which I like. And there's lots of veggies in the bowl so it's very filling. That's just recommendations of food I've actually tried. For menu stuff that looks interesting or is more VNese specific, #11 is Trieu Chau (that's VNese for Teo Chew), and since you are...you might be interested? I've never heard of this dish myself. #33 banh hoi chao tom looks really good. They're steamed rice vermicelli noodle sheets with grilled shrimp paste wrapped around sugarcane so the sugarcane juices will flavor the shrimp. Hmm. I gotta get around to making that soon. Typing the description is making me hungry! :P #34 is the ground pork version that I posted the recipe for. But go with the shrimp! It's got sugarcane! #60 is the lemongrass chicken I just made for the bbq. #67 lotus root salad is good. It's young lotus root, not the big kind made into soups. #69 the lemon-cured beef is good but I'm not sure if you should be eating raw meat right now. The lemon "cooks" the beef. Think of it as a beefy version of ceviche. There's a fish version as well so that you can get VNese ceviche. :) #73 is sour catfish soup, similar to a tom yum in the sourness, but with a lot more veggies and fish. #88 and 89 are catfish, fried crispy, or braised in a rich carmelized clay pot (my recipe for this coming soon). #97 is the fancier larger version but only order that if you plan to eat a whole catfish with rice paper and herbs to wrap them up. OK, I hope those other dishes are good for you. I haven't tried them myself, but I recommended this place to a friend who was in Hawaii for a week. And when she got back, she immediately (as in half an hour after she got home) drove there and thought the food was much better than what she had all week in Hawaii. She's been back several times since then too. Yich,

Pho Hoa isn’t good pho. It’s a chain. On my blog is a review of Bun Bo Hue Annam. That’s the central VNese lemongrass spicy beef noodle soup with blood cubes. Normally it’s served with pig’s feet but not at that restaurant. My friends say it’s the best in San Jose.

Vung Tau is a coastal town so seafood would be their specialty. I went for lunch so we just got dry noodle bowls (bun), that’s why I recommended the bun sadec. That shrimp was like 3 inches! I also liked #21 their dry noodles with shrimp and pork. and #17 bun bo nuong, with beef. The noodles are chewy, which I like. And there’s lots of veggies in the bowl so it’s very filling. That’s just recommendations of food I’ve actually tried.

For menu stuff that looks interesting or is more VNese specific, #11 is Trieu Chau (that’s VNese for Teo Chew), and since you are…you might be interested? I’ve never heard of this dish myself.

#33 banh hoi chao tom looks really good. They’re steamed rice vermicelli noodle sheets with grilled shrimp paste wrapped around sugarcane so the sugarcane juices will flavor the shrimp. Hmm. I gotta get around to making that soon. Typing the description is making me hungry! :P #34 is the ground pork version that I posted the recipe for. But go with the shrimp! It’s got sugarcane!

#60 is the lemongrass chicken I just made for the bbq.

#67 lotus root salad is good. It’s young lotus root, not the big kind made into soups.

#69 the lemon-cured beef is good but I’m not sure if you should be eating raw meat right now. The lemon “cooks” the beef. Think of it as a beefy version of ceviche. There’s a fish version as well so that you can get VNese ceviche. :)

#73 is sour catfish soup, similar to a tom yum in the sourness, but with a lot more veggies and fish.

#88 and 89 are catfish, fried crispy, or braised in a rich carmelized clay pot (my recipe for this coming soon). #97 is the fancier larger version but only order that if you plan to eat a whole catfish with rice paper and herbs to wrap them up.

OK, I hope those other dishes are good for you. I haven’t tried them myself, but I recommended this place to a friend who was in Hawaii for a week. And when she got back, she immediately (as in half an hour after she got home) drove there and thought the food was much better than what she had all week in Hawaii. She’s been back several times since then too.

]]> by: yich http://www.simcooks.com/469/moms-in-town/#comment-31407 Sat, 02 Jun 2007 01:52:29 +0000 http://www.simcooks.com/469/moms-in-town/#comment-31407 She would probably like Pho (with the tripe, tendon and all the weird stuff), but that she can get from Pho Hoa, which is also available in Singapore. Vung Tau Restaurant look so classy! There's one in Milpitas too. Yay! Can you recommend one more dish? *so that I don't have to think* :p Something not sweet, not spicy and not cold. She would probably like Pho (with the tripe, tendon and all the weird stuff), but that she can get from Pho Hoa, which is also available in Singapore. Vung Tau Restaurant look so classy! There’s one in Milpitas too. Yay! Can you recommend one more dish? *so that I don’t have to think* :p Something not sweet, not spicy and not cold.

]]> by: Wandering Chopsticks http://www.simcooks.com/469/moms-in-town/#comment-31319 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 22:06:53 +0000 http://www.simcooks.com/469/moms-in-town/#comment-31319 Yich, Does your mama wanna try VNese food? I'm not sure where you are, but there's three locations for Vung Tau Restaurant. I've only been to the one in San Jose but it's very good. http://www.vungtaurestaurant.com/ It's a little pricier than the average VNese restaurant, but the decor and food kicks it up a notch. I'd recommend getting #5 banh khot, they're fried rice discs with a bit of coconut milk topped with shrimp, and the #8 bun sadec has a x-large shrimp. Yich,

Does your mama wanna try VNese food? I’m not sure where you are, but there’s three locations for Vung Tau Restaurant. I’ve only been to the one in San Jose but it’s very good. http://www.vungtaurestaurant.com/

It’s a little pricier than the average VNese restaurant, but the decor and food kicks it up a notch. I’d recommend getting #5 banh khot, they’re fried rice discs with a bit of coconut milk topped with shrimp, and the #8 bun sadec has a x-large shrimp.

]]> by: yich http://www.simcooks.com/469/moms-in-town/#comment-31005 Thu, 31 May 2007 18:20:21 +0000 http://www.simcooks.com/469/moms-in-town/#comment-31005 Steam! Eating the ducks' feet was a good tongue workout! :p :b :p DF: Yeah... that's why the term Asians use is called "confinement period" - sounds more like jail time to me. W&S: Thanks! KM: Mom said she doesn't want to eat crab cos she's afraid the hard shells may break her teeth. Crab season is over liow. The best time to eat Dungeoness Crabs is Dec and Jan when supply is plentiful and the crabs are Hohoho BIG! Tiga! Ya... cow stomach is tripe. I also ate them in Pho or Beef Noodles before, but just a few strips, not a whole qtr pound of tripe! :P She likes the weather where we live but not in SF - too windy! We brought her to Mayflower in SF. Will check out the location of HK Saigon Seafood Rest for more Chinese food. Thanks for the reminder! Steam!
Eating the ducks’ feet was a good tongue workout! :p :b :p

DF:
Yeah… that’s why the term Asians use is called “confinement period” - sounds more like jail time to me.

W&S:
Thanks!

KM:
Mom said she doesn’t want to eat crab cos she’s afraid the hard shells may break her teeth. Crab season is over liow. The best time to eat Dungeoness Crabs is Dec and Jan when supply is plentiful and the crabs are Hohoho BIG!

Tiga!
Ya… cow stomach is tripe. I also ate them in Pho or Beef Noodles before, but just a few strips, not a whole qtr pound of tripe! :P She likes the weather where we live but not in SF - too windy! We brought her to Mayflower in SF. Will check out the location of HK Saigon Seafood Rest for more Chinese food. Thanks for the reminder!

]]> by: tigerfish http://www.simcooks.com/469/moms-in-town/#comment-30986 Thu, 31 May 2007 16:30:19 +0000 http://www.simcooks.com/469/moms-in-town/#comment-30986 Sim's Mama in town! Cool! I love duck feet (duck web) braised with sea cucumber. Very Very nice arh! Cow stomach-is it tripe? I see them in my pho sometimes. I still eat it but not a fan of it. Does your mum like the weather here? So you brought her to Koi liow? Maybe you could bring her to HK Saigon Seafood Rest(nearer but as crowded-crowder means good mah!) for more chinese food if she no like other food. I remember seeing duck tongue/feet being served in dim-sum carts. :D Sim’s Mama in town! Cool! I love duck feet (duck web) braised with sea cucumber. Very Very nice arh! Cow stomach-is it tripe? I see them in my pho sometimes. I still eat it but not a fan of it. Does your mum like the weather here? So you brought her to Koi liow? Maybe you could bring her to HK Saigon Seafood Rest(nearer but as crowded-crowder means good mah!) for more chinese food if she no like other food. I remember seeing duck tongue/feet being served in dim-sum carts. :D

]]> by: keropokman http://www.simcooks.com/469/moms-in-town/#comment-30975 Thu, 31 May 2007 15:45:21 +0000 http://www.simcooks.com/469/moms-in-town/#comment-30975 I have not had duck webs for a long time liao! Bay Area has lots of things to eat! Dungeon Crabs!!! Did you bring your mum to eat? Wonder if it's in season... I have not had duck webs for a long time liao!

Bay Area has lots of things to eat! Dungeon Crabs!!! Did you bring your mum to eat? Wonder if it’s in season…

]]> by: wokandspoon http://www.simcooks.com/469/moms-in-town/#comment-30870 Thu, 31 May 2007 07:22:08 +0000 http://www.simcooks.com/469/moms-in-town/#comment-30870 Baby? I didn't know about the baby! and in 2 weeks too! wow! hope it all goes well! Baby? I didn’t know about the baby! and in 2 weeks too! wow! hope it all goes well!

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