This is greeting season
This is the end of the year 2007
End of year start of year.
May all of you have a wonderful holiday season
And peace will be with you and your love ones all.
This is something wonderful from Youtube, the Raymond Crowe' amazing work:
Thursday, 20 December 2007
Thursday, 6 December 2007
Our eating journey
Well, where will we begin?? Of course from Saigon, but because this blog is all about food and eating, so no attraction sightseeing here but food glorious food
We start with Nam Giao restaurant. This restaurant is serve Hue' food. We had Beef soup ( Bun bo Hue ), steamed rice cake ( banh beo) , rice noodle soup Nam Pho style ( Banh canh Nam Pho) and steamed prawn rice cake wrapped in banana leave ( banh nam). The restaurant interior is too dark so out photos turned out as it been over cooked in the oven hahaha so here just have the steamed rice cake ( banh beo ) as it was the better look of all. Oh, and Nam Giao address is : 136/15 Le Thanh Ton st . It is in Lonely Planet and it worth a try , you'll see so many Westerners, tourists or expats eating here and the price is so low.
Then a well knownnoodle house in Saigon is Hong Phat restaurant. below is our breakfast at Hong Phat. Dont ask me the address as this one not listed in LP's , just remember it is on Vo van Tan st, many taxi drivers know it.
Talking Vo van Tan st, I'd like to tell you a story: along Vo van Tan next to Cach Mang thang Tam st, there's an alley special with carrot cake. My daughter is a carrot cake addict ( I made the dish here in Syd for her since she was a little girl, now still make for her) so We had diner there. While eating, an old man looked at us, just looked - He not begged- So my daughter told me she couldn't eat with an old man who appeared starved next to us. She gave him some money ( 20 thousands Dong I remembered, and the price for one serving was 5 thousands Dong by that time in year 2000) and said: Dear old man, you can buy your diner now. To our surprising, he went, not to buy carrot cake but a small bread roll!!. My daughter stopped eating ,cried and said : I understand why he bough the bread: he would survive longer with the bread!! The poignant point here is the old man was respected himself, he was not a beggar!!Oh my poor people!!
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Our special treat in Thap Cham, Ninh Thuan: blue swimmer hotpot!! Yumm, couldn't cook in here,
We start with Nam Giao restaurant. This restaurant is serve Hue' food. We had Beef soup ( Bun bo Hue ), steamed rice cake ( banh beo) , rice noodle soup Nam Pho style ( Banh canh Nam Pho) and steamed prawn rice cake wrapped in banana leave ( banh nam). The restaurant interior is too dark so out photos turned out as it been over cooked in the oven hahaha so here just have the steamed rice cake ( banh beo ) as it was the better look of all. Oh, and Nam Giao address is : 136/15 Le Thanh Ton st . It is in Lonely Planet and it worth a try , you'll see so many Westerners, tourists or expats eating here and the price is so low.
Then a well knownnoodle house in Saigon is Hong Phat restaurant. below is our breakfast at Hong Phat. Dont ask me the address as this one not listed in LP's , just remember it is on Vo van Tan st, many taxi drivers know it.Talking Vo van Tan st, I'd like to tell you a story: along Vo van Tan next to Cach Mang thang Tam st, there's an alley special with carrot cake. My daughter is a carrot cake addict ( I made the dish here in Syd for her since she was a little girl, now still make for her) so We had diner there. While eating, an old man looked at us, just looked - He not begged- So my daughter told me she couldn't eat with an old man who appeared starved next to us. She gave him some money ( 20 thousands Dong I remembered, and the price for one serving was 5 thousands Dong by that time in year 2000) and said: Dear old man, you can buy your diner now. To our surprising, he went, not to buy carrot cake but a small bread roll!!. My daughter stopped eating ,cried and said : I understand why he bough the bread: he would survive longer with the bread!! The poignant point here is the old man was respected himself, he was not a beggar!!Oh my poor people!!
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Our special treat in Thap Cham, Ninh Thuan: blue swimmer hotpot!! Yumm, couldn't cook in here,
From Ninh Thuan, Phan Rang we come to Nha Trang, and dear oh dear we just starved for our tradional meal: A meal with a stir fry dish, a salty dish, and one soup.That the way an ordinary Vietnamese served their daily meal with rice.
The Cauliflower stir fry with prawn
The salty dish: fresh water fish ( mud fish) caramelise and cooked in clay pot
Nha Trang specialty is Nem Ninh Hoa
And we finished with some jack fruit bough at Nha Trang market
And here it is: Cao Lau. Gotta eat Cao Lau with Rice paper cracker
And White rose
Hanoi: Prawn fritter at West lake ( ho Tay)
Of course we had more in hanoi, but dear oh dear the food was so good that when I remember my camera, I only took the plate's picture :0). I promise, I 'll REMEMBER my camera before lift my chopstick next time. Bye for now
The Cauliflower stir fry with prawn
The salty dish: fresh water fish ( mud fish) caramelise and cooked in clay pot
Nha Trang specialty is Nem Ninh Hoa
And we finished with some jack fruit bough at Nha Trang market
In Hoi An, every one about Cao Lau, but Hoi An is known for Chicken rice, Fried wonton and White Rose ( steamed prawn wrapped in rice paper : translation from LP's hahaha)
This is Chicken rice, quite different with Hainanaise Chicken rice.
And here it is: Cao Lau. Gotta eat Cao Lau with Rice paper cracker
And White rose
Hanoi: Prawn fritter at West lake ( ho Tay)
Of course we had more in hanoi, but dear oh dear the food was so good that when I remember my camera, I only took the plate's picture :0). I promise, I 'll REMEMBER my camera before lift my chopstick next time. Bye for nowAn orphanage
Before I show you our Vietnam' trip for leisure and eating, I'd like to share with you some heart broken moment.
On our last trip to Vietnam, we visited a private orphanage. I said private, because my sister in-law is the person who in charge of this house, and they didn't allowed to received any donation from stranger.Because this reason, I am sorry that I couldnt provide you the house's location .
On the night before our visit, at 11 p.m my sis just found a new born baby dump in front of her door. Sounds familiar?? Looking at the angel face sleep in peace and smile, my tear almost gone out.
Some of the orphans are disability. Some of them found a new house and has a new life, but not all of them. What will happen for those one who left behind??I got no answer and I dont really want an answer.
My son in law's friend's eye was wet so the same as ours. We all left a small donation ( since I am not a stranger) but I know, we couldn't do much for those poor babies. May God bless them all
On our last trip to Vietnam, we visited a private orphanage. I said private, because my sister in-law is the person who in charge of this house, and they didn't allowed to received any donation from stranger.Because this reason, I am sorry that I couldnt provide you the house's location .
On the night before our visit, at 11 p.m my sis just found a new born baby dump in front of her door. Sounds familiar?? Looking at the angel face sleep in peace and smile, my tear almost gone out.
Some of the orphans are disability. Some of them found a new house and has a new life, but not all of them. What will happen for those one who left behind??I got no answer and I dont really want an answer.
My son in law's friend's eye was wet so the same as ours. We all left a small donation ( since I am not a stranger) but I know, we couldn't do much for those poor babies. May God bless them all
My travel (eating) journey :-) - Singapore 2007
We came back to Singapore after 7 years. To me Singapore hasn't changes much. We only stayed here for 2 nights before heading home so I booked The Rendez-vous hotel since it locate next to Dhoby Ghaut MRT station at the end of Orchard Rd and next to Bencoolen a.k.a backpacker' street, best of all we got a very good deal for its prime location.
Upon check in, the lady at front desk -who looks not too friendly, never seen a smile on her face - took quite a long time to settled our booking. When she done, she put me and hubby into a smoking room, requested for a change and glad that we did. Here is she and our room
Lady at the front desk
Our twin bed, the window looking to the park infront of YMCA hotel
Working desk and TV
Bath room with marble vanity and nice bath tub, the water pressure was so good
Across the hotel, on corner of Bencoolen and Bras Basah Rd is a Kopitiam ( food center) open 24 hours)
The Kopitiam has varieties of stall cater for many different dishes :
There're even a Yumcha stall right at the entrance. Yummy:
The next morning I and my daughter took the MRT to Chinatown, we had our coffee and sandwich with Kaya at Nayang coffee shop . We saw Singaporians ate their soft boiled egg by cracked it to pour into their coffee' dish,add a dash of soya sauce !!We did asked our egg hard boiled, and gotta have a good waiting time for our egg to served
When go for a walk, I and hubby saw Strand hotel
And Hotel 81 Bencoolen .
We crossed the crossing of Bencoolen and Middle Rd
And found a big food center called Parkland Center, we had the short noodle and yellow noodle. They tasted so good and the price was cheap too
Couldn't go to Singapore without eating Chillie Crab ( my son in law ) and oyster omelette( Me, hubby and daughter had ). The lady at Newton Circus done the best oyster omelette
After chillie crab, an ice kacang goes to recues my son in law' tongue!!
Upon check in, the lady at front desk -who looks not too friendly, never seen a smile on her face - took quite a long time to settled our booking. When she done, she put me and hubby into a smoking room, requested for a change and glad that we did. Here is she and our room
Lady at the front desk
Our twin bed, the window looking to the park infront of YMCA hotel
Working desk and TV
Bath room with marble vanity and nice bath tub, the water pressure was so goodAcross the hotel, on corner of Bencoolen and Bras Basah Rd is a Kopitiam ( food center) open 24 hours)
The Kopitiam has varieties of stall cater for many different dishes :
There're even a Yumcha stall right at the entrance. Yummy:
The next morning I and my daughter took the MRT to Chinatown, we had our coffee and sandwich with Kaya at Nayang coffee shop . We saw Singaporians ate their soft boiled egg by cracked it to pour into their coffee' dish,add a dash of soya sauce !!We did asked our egg hard boiled, and gotta have a good waiting time for our egg to served
When go for a walk, I and hubby saw Strand hotel
And Hotel 81 Bencoolen .Both hotel almost sit next to each other. Good neighbourhood I guess. :-)
We crossed the crossing of Bencoolen and Middle Rd
And found a big food center called Parkland Center, we had the short noodle and yellow noodle. They tasted so good and the price was cheap too
Couldn't go to Singapore without eating Chillie Crab ( my son in law ) and oyster omelette( Me, hubby and daughter had ). The lady at Newton Circus done the best oyster omelette
After chillie crab, an ice kacang goes to recues my son in law' tongue!!
Below are some of Singapore photos. Bye Sing, and we will come back to visit you
Tuesday, 27 November 2007
Opera House in Syd and My(quick) Brisbane trip
It is not fair to just tell you about our oversea trips whilst we live in a beautiful country full of milk and honey ( and of course the sun!!). Sadly that we human always looks out and forget our present place ( tell me can you see your own eye without looking into an other object?? Hahaha)
Few years ago my husband's sister came over from US to attended my daughter's wedding. That was the first time my hubby met his younger sis after 27 years.So we took her to Sydney and introduced to her our national' symbol: The SydneyHarbour bridge and the Opera House.
And the Opera House
What a beauty combination to becomes State' symbol ( and National too)
Sydney 's skyline view from the bay
Sydney center point ( the tower)
See the monkeys?? Ever you heard: say no evil, see no evil, hear no evil?? Good eh??
And of course, we took her to see the Blue Mountain with the famous Three Sisters. Never heard of Three Sisters? how do they look??
Here are Three Sisters: They look gorgeous eh?
Wonder why the Blue Mountain got its name? look into the photo and you'll see why.
We also made a short hop to Brisbane as well. The trip was just one day, so we just stayed at the Brisbane ' CBD
Brisbane' skyline view from the river
The Brisbane's bridge
Few years ago my husband's sister came over from US to attended my daughter's wedding. That was the first time my hubby met his younger sis after 27 years.So we took her to Sydney and introduced to her our national' symbol: The SydneyHarbour bridge and the Opera House.
Brother and sister after 27 years.
The Bridge ( Coat hanger is its nick name )
And the Opera House
What a beauty combination to becomes State' symbol ( and National too)
Sydney 's skyline view from the bay
Sydney center point ( the tower)
See the monkeys?? Ever you heard: say no evil, see no evil, hear no evil?? Good eh??
And of course, we took her to see the Blue Mountain with the famous Three Sisters. Never heard of Three Sisters? how do they look??
Here are Three Sisters: They look gorgeous eh?
Wonder why the Blue Mountain got its name? look into the photo and you'll see why.
We also made a short hop to Brisbane as well. The trip was just one day, so we just stayed at the Brisbane ' CBD
Brisbane' skyline view from the river
The Brisbane's bridge
Hey!! it' a Vespa in Brisbane??
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