For my second Cookbook Challenge, Andrew chose one of my favourite (but not well used) cookbooks: The Food of Vietnam, by Luke Nguyen. I have a couple of books by him, and they are great to read as they have collections of recipes by region, so you feel like you are travelling around Vietnam with […]
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A perfect night of gin and vietnamese
As I got a little windfall from work last month, I decided to treat Andrew to dinner. I was expecting him to request steak (I had my eye on Hawksmor or MASH) but he wanted Vietnamese for dinner, which I was very happy with as well! We used to live in Islington and adored Viet […]
Pho-nomenal leftovers
I love it when a recipe comes together, and as I do have a tendency to keep going back to my old favourites, that doesn’t happen as often as I would like. Last week I made a Vietnamese Pho (noodle soup) for the first time, and it was a fantastically successful experiment, so I repeat […]
Vive La France
It has been a busy couple of weeks, including a 3 day business trip to Paris. Whilst I love spending time there, I do not enjoy the early morning wake up call … especially when the heating had not come on and I still had to get undressed for a shower in minus degrees. I […]