Five Spice Fish Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Vietnamese cooking class inspired by Mark Jensen! The Chinese five-spice marinade that chef Mark Jensen used for quail at Sydney’s Red Lantern Vietnamese restaurant was aromatic with star anise, cloves, cinnamon, fennel and Sichuan pepper. And it’s just as good with seafood as it is […]
Lemon-cured Tuna with Herb Salad Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Vietnamese cooking class inspired by Mark Jensen! Bò tái chanh is a classic Vietnamese dish made by briefly curing raw beef in a lemon marinade. Lemon-cured tuna makes a great pescatarian alternative to this easy dish. Whatever protein you use, it’s very quick […]
Char-grilled Five-Spice Prawns Like Vietnamese Food? Join Chef Mark Jensen and me for a special Vietnamese Feast at Red Lantern! These char-grilled five-spice prawns are a great filling for bánh xèo (Vietnamese rice flour crêpes). They’re also delicious served simply with a platter of fresh herbs and leaves – such as perilla, Vietnamese mint, Thai […]
Mini Bánh Mí Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Vietnamese cooking class inspired by Mark Jensen! Bánh mì, Vietnamese pork rolls, are a take-away mainstay, a healthy quick lunch to grab on the run. They’re also fun to serve as finger food or a starter if you turn them into mini bánh mì: little […]
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. In Vietnam it’s tomato rice, cơm đỏ, which is best made with cooked rice that’s been refrigerated overnight. I sometimes take Vietnamese […]
Glutinous Red Rice Dessert with Lychees Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Vietnamese cooking class inspired by Mark Jensen! I love glutinous rice desserts and have always wanted to experiment with them so, inspired by a red rice dessert that Mark Jensen served me several years ago, I came up with this easy, tasty […]
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, this Vietnamese chicken rice soup is generally a breakfast dish, often served with omelette. Cháo […]
Vietnamese Iced Coffee Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Vietnamese cooking class inspired by Mark Jensen! When I first visited Vietnam in the mid-90s it was impossible to get any coffee except the traditional dark roast dripped into a cup of sweetened condensed milk from a small aluminium filter called a phin. As I’ve […]
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 where they became the popular snack bánh mì. Just over a […]
