On Instagram, it’s almost like a requirement every food blogger do a pancake drizzled with maple syrup shot. I mean I get it. It’s a very mouth-watering shot with stunning syrup dripping off pancakes. But unfortunately, pancakes were never my thing. I always thought they were just…okay. So I set out to make some pancakes…
I have been having a lot of tv time lately because I’ve been spending a lot of time at home. Recently, I’ve been watching Street Food Latin America on Netflix where they spotlight amazing street food vendors in different Latin American countries. The one about Peru surprised me more than I thought it would. I…
I feel like right now people are really into eating salads because they’re easy to make and they’re refreshing to have during summer weather. But in Vietnamese culture, we don’t have salads. We have vermicelli bowls. They’re just as good as salads and just as easy to make. Personally, I think they’re better. They’re usually…
Vietnamese cuisine has many desserts but my favorite one to eat all year round is che ba mau. My mom never could make che ba mau, so I used to eat them at various Vietnamese restaurants, cafes, and dessert places in LA. My absolute favorite place to get it is this little food place called…
Right now, I am really feeling easy to make desserts because it’s summer! No one wants to be in the hot kitchen when it’s 80+ degrees outside. A few months ago, I made the most amazing lemon earl grey shortbread cookies. I remember I kept thinking why I’d never made shortbread cookies before. They’re the…
Over the past year, I have been working to improve my baking skills, and I think one of the pinnacles of baked goods is cake. I have always wanted to make a cake for myself and eventually for other people. This matcha cake is my first foray into cake baking, and it is definitely not…
I am so so excited for this blog post because this is a dish I’ve been wanting to make for a long time. I’ve seen multiple variations of seafood boils over the years like crawfish boils, shrimp boils, and crab boils. They all looked so good but also foreign to me because I am not…
