Lemon-cured Tuna with Herb Salad Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Vietnamese cooking class inspired by Mark Jensen! One of my favourite Vietnamese dishes is bo tai chanh, a salad of beef cured in lemon juice – and the same method works just as well with tuna. Whatever protein you use, it’s a very […]
Char-grilled Five Spice Prawns Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Vietnamese cooking class inspired by Mark Jensen! Char-grilled five spice prawns are a great filling for bánh xèo (Vietnamese rice flour crepes). They’re also great served simply with a platter of fresh herbs and leaves – such as perilla, Vietnamese mint, Thai basil, bean […]
Prawn Laksa Lemak Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Singaporean cooking class! There are as many different versions of laksa as there are cooks, every Singaporean and Malaysian adds their own spin and there are distinct regional variations. Not all laksas contain coconut milk, but laksa lemak always does. Laksa lemak originated around the […]
Mini Bánh Mí Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Vietnamese cooking class inspired by Mark Jensen! Banh mi are a take-away mainstay. They’re a healthy quick lunch to grab on the run and fun to serve as finger food or a starter if you turn them into little open sandwiches on slices of baguette. […]
Vietnamese Red Rice Cake Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Vietnamese cooking class inspired by Mark Jensen! Every rice-centred cuisine has a version of fried rice to use up leftover cooked rice. I created this Vietnamese red rice cake inspired by the Vietnamese tomato rice, cơm đỏ, which chef Mark Jensen introduced me to. […]
Vietnamese Chicken Rice Soup Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Vietnamese cooking class inspired by Mark Jensen! Every culture seems to have a chicken soup that’s the universal panacea, and in Vietnam it’s cháo gà. Similar to Chinese congee, it’s sometimes called chicken rice porridge and is generally a breakfast dish, often served with […]
Bánh Mí Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Vietnamese cooking class inspired by Mark Jensen! I love the way food travels around the world, weaving aspects of one culture into another. The French brought their crisp, fluffy baguettes to Vietnam in the mid-1800s and just over a century later, the Vietnamese brought them to […]
Asian Warm Beef Salad Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Asian home cooking class inspired by Cheong Liew! I love Asian flavours, but don’t have a lot of patience for cooking elaborate Asian dishes. So I love this Asian warm beef salad. It’s easy to toss together, looks impressive and is full of flavour. […]
