Tomorrow is a big day! It's the first day of our journey. I'm a little scared. We are currently "stationed" in Vietnam, and I just researched what that means for our food prospects this weekend.
Apparently Vietnamese food involves a lot of rice and noodles. Dinner is usually a soup, and according to the information bible (AKA Wikipedia), fresh veggies and dipping sauce are a must. Many of the dinner plates are served family-style, with the only individual plate being a bowl of rice. According to this source, chopsticks and spoons are the utensils of choice and when in the presence of elders, custom requires younger generations to request permission to dig in. According to GuideVietnam.com a traditional meal consists of: "steamed rice; a soup dish to eat with rice, a meat or fish dish and a vegetarian dish (either stir fried or boiled)."
Sounds great! To be honest though, breakfast will be a little daunting. Our choices range from Pho (a meat based rice noodle soup) to mi quang (pork rice noodles), to banh mi (cold cut meat loaf). Somehow the prospect of starting my day with a nice cold lump of meat loaf doesn't sound too appealing. At least I'm allowed to drink juice with my breakfast! I guess it's all part of the experience we are looking for. So we shall do as the locals do.
Tomorrow's recipes are as follows:
Bun Cha (for dinner),
and I'll be preparing Sunday's breakfast (Chicken Pho) tomorrow evening as well.
Wish us luck because we'll sure be needing those good luck vibes!
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I found that Pho was a great way to start the day! Totally satisfying but doesn't weigh you down like an omlete or pancakes can. And don't underestimate the bahn mi pate -- a totally great sandwich any time of day ! :) Looking forward to reading about your adventures.
ReplyDeleteHi Julia! Thanks for the comment! We're still cooking the Pho (didn't read the part of the recipe that calls for a three hour cooking time!) but it smells delicious! What a great idea with the bahn mi plate - I never thought of eating it as a sandwich!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, once we've fully enjoyed our Pho we will be writing about the eating experience, and so far, Vietnamese food has been extremely delicious!
We've added your blog to our "blog list" - your Bun Cha recipe worked out very, very well for us last night so I'm sure we will be borrowing more recipes from your blog to try!
:-)