Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Super Chef

My sister

Whenever I come down to Saigon, I always enjoy eating whatever my sister, Hang, cooks. She cooks very well and she knows what I love. While I was there recently, she spoilt me. So many times, Hang made a quick visit to the market near her home, and thirty minutes later I'd have one of my favourites in front of me. Some of her best dishes are sweet and sour broth with Bong Lau fish, stir fried prawns with pork, steamed mixed vegetables and some eggplants. Sometimes she makes really good beef steak to eat with rice instead of French fries and salad.

Hang's dish- stir fried prawn and pork

She varies what she cooks very often, which impresses a lot because I can eat something delicious and different almost daily. My sister and I both love tennis and we play every night whenever I come down to Saigon. I join her club to play doubles which gives me a good chance to practice my doubles skills. Usually I only play singles in Hanoi.

sweet and sour broth with fish

Spending time with Hang was good fun as always. I love Ho Chi Minh City and I'm thinking about moving down here to live at the end of this year. Let’s see.

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

that "canh chua" looks soooo good.

drifter1dc said...

That soup looks sooo good I want to jump in the computer......what is it called? Maybe your sister could make it for me when I come to HCMC?

Drifter

Rhiannon said...

Sisters are just great huh? Mine always amaizes me at the things she can do! And what a testiment to howmuch she loves you. Going right to your stomach! So lucky!

ScruffyEatsLambchop said...

Not that you or your sis needs it but I found this great VN recipe website and thought I'd share:

http://www.luulythao.dk/cookbook/index.php

Winn said...

hmmmmmmm......yummy!!!:)

Monika said...

I'm so hungry =(

Chương Thuận Hải said...

Wish I had a sister who would cook for me. :)

Rhiannon said...

Hey anh! Are you moved yet?

Bear Bear said...

wow...
suddenly miss my mother cooking

Kelvin said...

Kia Ora Tu, from that krazy monkey down under in New Zealand. You are lucky to have such a good sisier. If you ever came to New Zealand, it would be cook-it-yourself or go without !!! (hehe)

drifter1dc said...

God,

Is that your mom?

alan said...

Catching up with you after two weeks vacation...read several posts but the prawn dish in this one really caught my eye! I'm going to have to figure this one out!

Thank you for your wonderful posts and photos!

alan

junebee said...

Ooh, you are spoiled rotten by your sis! Lucky guy. The shrimp dish looks delicious!

Van Cong Tu said...

Lacie, yes, I know :) I will move at the end of the year, i will let you know.
drifter1dc, called Canh Chua in Vietnamese, That's my sister and it said so in the post.
ScruffyEatsLambchop, Thanks, Thats a great website. Thanks for sharing .
Kelvin, I will go NZ next year, I will call you.
alan, Winn, Monika, bearbear, junebee, Chương Thuận Hải: Thanks.

Trisha said...

How nice! I love visiting my sister in HK but she can't cook like your sister! Thanks for sharing your story.

Invertir en Oro said...

hmmmmmmm......yummy!!!:)

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