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BÁNH BỘT LỌC LÁ or BÁNH BỘT LỌC GÓI is very popular, is a traditional dish, originated from HUẾ (Vietnam). It look like TAMALE, but it is cooked with TAPIOCA flour, prawn and pork belly wrapped in banana leaves, to create delicious flavor. It is served with fish sauce and crushed hot chile. (But, sugar, […]
Bánh bột lọc is a small, clear-looking, chewy tapioca dumpling in Vietnamese cuisine that can be eaten as appetizers or small snacks. They are usually filled with shrimp and pork belly, often being topped with fried shallots and served with sweet chili fish sauce. It is said to have originated from Huế, as the city […]
CHẢ is Vietnamese “SAUSAGE”. It is made from beef (CHẢ BÒ), pork (CHẢ LỤA, CHẢ QUẾ, …) or fish CHẢ CÁ). The meat (or fish) is ground, added some ingredients then cooked. There are many types of shape and method cooking like steaming, roasting or deepfrying, wrapping (CHẢ LỤA, CHẢ HUẾ, …) or not (as […]
Kaddu Buranee or Kadu Bouranee – Afghani Sweet Pumpkin. Traditionally, Kadu Bouranee is served as a part of the several side dishes served at a Dastarkhan (the traditional Afghan table spread). One is supposed to eat the pumpkin dish with Afghan bread (Nan-I-Afghan) or one of the many rice preparations. To eat Kadu Bourani with […]
Dumplings filled with onion and ground beef or lamb. Mantu is steamed and usually topped with a tomato-based sauce and a yogurt- or qoroot-based sauce. The yogurt-based topping is usually a mixture of yogurt and garlic and split chickpeas. The qoroot-based sauce is made of goat cheese and is also mixed with garlic; a qoroot (Afghan […]
If you have a chance to visit Vietnam, do not miss the opportunity to visit Ha Tien (Kien Giang province – southern Vietnam), if you are a gourmet, Here is where you will discover a lot of things, I am sure you will be surprised by a lot of dishes that you have not known […]
A dish of coarsely ground or finely chopped high-quality, raw lean beef that has been seasoned with salt, pepper and herbs. It’s thought to have originated in the Baltic Province of Russia where, in medieval times, the Tartars shredded red meat with a knife and ate it raw. Today the seasoned raw meat is usually […]