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My new found favorite snack

Friday, July 20, 2012 1:58:27 PM

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Read my story at http://lanhue.blog.com/2012/07/20/banh-khoai-ca-kinh/.

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A lovely bicycle ride to Thanh Toàn Bridge

Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:49:03 AM

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Eating fried insects in Cambodia

Monday, August 22, 2011 11:48:28 AM

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Nậm & Lọc

Friday, January 21, 2011 1:03:45 PM

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bánh nậm
"Nậm loves her outfit made of green banana leaf or dong (a kind of leaf whose scientific name is Phrynium placentarium) and wears it all the time. Lọc is a naughty guy. Sometimes he puts on the same banana leaf outfit as Nậm does, but sometimes he just enjoys being uncovered. Huế people call him Lọc Gói (wrapped Lọc) when he has clothes on and Lọc Trần (topless Lọc) when he goes naked.

Both Nậm and Lọc are fond of being steamed in a big steamer. They feel more beautiful and aromatic after going out of that smoky steamer. But there is time when Lọc decides to stay naked, he prefers bobbing on the boiling water."
bánh lọc trần
Read more here.

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Bún mắm nêm – stinky but addictive

Thursday, November 4, 2010 12:24:36 PM

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Four years ago when I was in a foreign country to study, what I missed the most from home was the food. All most every day I dreamed about going home just to eat Huế specialties and enjoy my mother’s cooking. One of the dishes that made my nostalgia worse was bún mắm nêm (rice vermicelli with smelly fish sauce).

I believe that among many Vietnamese fish sauces, mắm nêm is the smelliest one. Some people even compare its odor with that of a stinky shoe. However, for some foodies like myself, we are addicted to this distinctive scent. I often fight hard to keep my saliva from running whenever I smell its aroma. Like renowned durian, mắm nêm also “smells like hell, tastes like heaven”.

Read more about bún mắm nêm here.

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