Living
in the U.S., David H.Chiem and his girlfriend Amber share a strong love for
Vietnamese dishes, and they have decided to share them with the world on the
Instagram account @davidthefoodie, a combination of Amber’s cooking skills and
David’s social media skills. In this photo, a typical meal that you can easily
find in any Vietnamese home: braised fish, stir-fried spinach, fried tofu with
tomatoes and rice.
Banh
canh cua, or sea crab noodle soup. They say that finding the ingredients to
cook Vietnamese food is easy, but the work really starts in the kitchen.
But
it seems Amber can handle it quite well as she can cook typical dishes from
different parts of Vietnam like this Bun bo Hue, or Hue beef noodle soup, a
specialty of Vietnam’s central region that not many Vietnamese people find easy
to cook.
Another
version of crab noodle soup: bun rieu cua. For this one, the freshwater crabs
are pounded to make a fine paste and then this paste is strained to cook the
broth.
Steamed
rice rolls, or banh cuon.
David
and Amber are regular customers at Vietnamese restaurants in California, where
they learn to cook the food in true Vietnamese style. This bun dau mam tom, in
which rice tofu, boiled pork, fried chopped fish and fresh herbs are served
with fermented shrimp paste and rice vermicelli, is one of the dishes they have
learned.
Instead
of grilling these oysters western style with tomatoes or butter, Amber makes
them the Vietnamese way with fish sauce and scallion oil.
Banh
xeo, crispy Vietnamese pancakes that go with fish sauce and fresh herbs.
Banh
bot loc, a chewy tapioca dumpling.
Banh
ram it, a type of dumpling with a crispy attachment.
Banh
khot, a rice pancake slightly smaller size than banh xeo.
Bun
thit nuong cha gio, a mixture of rice noodles, lean grilled pork, fried spring
rolls and fresh vegetables.
Hu
tiu, a cousin of pho.
By Nguyen Chi/
VnExpress