Monthly Archives: July 2010

soda sua hot ga (egg soda)

soda sua hot ga (egg soda)

I was craving some banh cuon the other day (Vietnamese rice sheets), so Dean and I headed over to Little Saigon to eat at Banh Cuon Tay Ho in Westminster.  They are famous for their banh cuon, which is always fresh and perfectly thin and chewy.  To accompany my plate of banh cuon that night, I decided to order an egg soda. I had never had an egg soda before and was intrigued by the …

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bun rieu cua (crab and tomato noodle soup)

bun rieu cua (crab and tomato noodle soup)

My sister and her husband came to visit two weeks ago, and, it being crab season in the Mid-Atlantic, we thought it’d be fun to try our hand at crabbing, which none of us had ever done before. We drove out to Chesapeake Beach, armed with our chicken necks, string, and lots of sunblock. The only thing we were missing was a net. This turned out to be pretty crucial, but luckily we were able …

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