Late Post: Viet Nam

We followed our New Year's dinner with a Vietnamese dinner on Jan 2nd. All of the recipes we used were from the cookbook "Cafe Viet Nam," which we borrowed from the library. We made:

* vegetable spring rolls
* fish congee
* coconut creme brulee

While everything was good, I didn't feel like any of it was outstanding. The fish congee was similar to, but not as tasty as our earlier Thai Rice Soup (which we have since made a second time and still loved!).


M's Interruption
The spring rolls were good but the crunchy shells are not as good as soft shells (as you will see if you try making them). The coconut creme brulee was good but not the best dessert ever.


Back to Mom
Good remembering, M. Yes, some of our spring rolls turned out crunchier than we had planned.

Tonight we making pupusas and curtido from El Salvador. After reading Rick Steves' recent post about his trip to San Salvador and, particularly about dining at a pupuseria near his hotel, I am excited to try making pupusas -- and we'll try not to wait a month to write about this one! :)

Late Post: Happy New Year 2011!

Yep, we're just getting around to writing our posts about meals we made the first week of January. Where did the last month go??

For New Year's Day we made hoppin' john, collards (using the recipe at my favorite food blog Cook for Good), and German chocolate cake. All were yummy!

M says
The German chocolate cake was one of the best desserts I've ever eaten! Try it!