To^m Chie^n Ta^y Ho^` - Shrimps & Sweet Potato Fritters

Since I have some veggies and herbs left, I like to finish them up.  How am I going to do that? I have some sweet potato at home with some shrimps. Then I decided to make Shrimps and Sweet Potato Fritters.  Actually, these are great for snacks but can be quite filling for dinner or eaten anytime of the day.  Check them out.

They are crunchy and the sweet potato just make it so much better.

 I toasted them up before we eat them since I love the crunchy texture.

 Once you wrap them in summer herbs and lettuce and dip them in the fish sauce, it's like you're in heaven.  They are out of this world. Yummy!

Fish sauce for dipping

Enjoy!

Ingredients ( serves 4-6)

For the Batter:

• 1 cup rice flour
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 cups water
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp tumeric powder
• 1 tsp baking powder 

For the Shrimps:

• 1 lb small white shrimps**
• salt, pepper, chicken stock to taste
• 1 tsp minced garlic
• 500g (1.1 lb) sweet potatoes
• canola oil to deep fry
• fresh greens: lettuce, corriander, mint, cucumber/apple
• Pickled carrots and daikons
• Vietnamese light dipping sauce (nuoc cham)

Assemble:

Wrap the fritters with the lettuce and fresh herbs and veggies and dunk it into the fish sauce.  Then it's chow time, baby! :-)

Banh Khot - Mini Shrimp Pancakes

Today I saw someone made these mini shrimp pancakes and all of a sudden I have a craving for them.  This mean I need to make them ASAP.  It was a good thing that I have all the ingredients at home, and half an hour later, check out what I have? Dinner!  Yummy!

I just love to eat all these little tiny shrimp pancakes with ton of veggies and different kinds of herbs.  You know what's even better? My mints keep coming back every year in my garden. All I had to do was to step into my garden and I have a fresh bunch of fresh mints.  This would be great with lettuce, cilantros, and and pickled carrots and daikon.  All wrap up and dip in lemony, garlic fish sauce.  Gosh..I can't wait to bite into them!

Fresh veggies and herbs (cilantros, mints, and lettuce).

 One whole platter.  Yummy!

 This is how you wrap it and dunk it in garlic, lemony fish sauce.  Delish!  It really hit the spot. LOL.

Enjoy!

Be'be' Financiers

What is mini-financiers you might ask? Well, these are tiny mini French treats made out of almond meal and butter base.  They are great for tea party and you can't just eat one.  They are quite addictive!!!

I just learned how to make them today.

Enjoy!

Braised Chicken with Bamboo Shoots

Since I still have some bamboo shoots left, I decided to make braised chicken bamboo shoots dish. This dish would be awesome with Jasmine rice. It's easy to eat and the meat of the chicken just fell out of the bone. I added some chilli pepper for some heat.  It's very good.

I made the whole pot.

This platter made for hubby.  He loved it. Rice with braised chicken and bamboo shoots. I garnished it with some cilantro.

Enjoy!

Bún Măng Ga` (Vietnamese Bamboo Shoots and Chicken Vermicelli Rice Noodle Soup)

My Aunt bought me some Vietnamese Bamboo Shoots and I did not have a chance to make anything with it yet.  All of a sudden, I have the crave for the Bamboo Shoots and Chicken Vermicelli Rice Noodle Soup.  Therefore, I went grocery yesterday and got all the ingredients so I can make the dish today for lunch.  It turned out perfectly.  I especially love the vietnamese salad with chicken and dip in the ginger fish sauce.  They are out of this world.  You can't just have one piece since they are quite addictive.

My Bamboo Chicken Broth!

Vietnamese Bamboo Shoot

Check it out! Mmmmm....Hmmm...Yummy in the tummy!

I learned how to make via this youtube.  See below.  Instead of duck, I used chicken.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr9tB_3qT7E

Happy Mother's Day!

Yesterday we went to Silver Fountain's and had our Mother's Day celebration.  The food was really good.

Cold Cut Platter & Crabmeat Fish Maw Soup

 Shrimp Combination Fried Rice

 Deep Fried Stuffed Crab Claws

 Whole Flounder and Mixed Veggies

 Roasted Chicken

Two Hong Kong Style Lobsters

Sea Cucumber stir-fried with Veggies

 Silver Fountain's House Mix

 The Whole Table of food.

Baby Shower's in April 2013

I had two baby showers.  One at home and one at work.  Both of them were lovely.  I feel so blessed to have such great families and wonderful colleagues.  

The theme of the baby shower is "READY TO POP".

Snacks table

Diaper Cake

Baby Shower's Gifts

Cup cakes

Desserts - Banh Xu

Photo Booth Props.  It was FUN.  Everyone loves to strike a pose.

I had another baby shower at work.

MOM-To-Be's Chair.

Cake

Balloons. I just love the pastel colors.

Beer Drinking games with the guys.

Adorable cookies.

Cupcakes my colleagues made for the baby shower.

Adorable cookies.

Veggies dip and Vietnamese Cream puff.

Watermelon Baby Carriage.  My sister-in-law made it.  Cute huh?

Food: shrimp noodles, egg rolls, Vietnamese salad, sticky rice with lemongrass pork, Vietnamese Jello,  Summer rolls, butterfly-shrimps, veggies dip, fruit platter, and Vietnamese cream puff with vanilla fillings, cupcakes, and fruit sangria.  

The whole gang at work.