pikelet & pie

Cà phê trứng – Egg coffee
Thick, sweet, egg custard froth with chocolatey Vietnamese coffee, ca phe trung is a dessert. Really, it’s just a strong coffee flavoured, wine-less sabayon, made by whisking egg yolks, sugar, condensed milk and other ingredients until fluffy and adding...

Here’s a dish that I often overlook. It seems so insubstantial, more of a snack than a meal, yet every time I eat these crisp, thin rice flour crepes filled with prawns, pork, mung beans and bean sprouts, I walk away sated. They are Bánh xèo (bang say...

I’m writing this at my dining table, fans blasting against another 30°+ Hanoi night. I probably should be doing work, but I just can’t get my head into it.
There’s loads of other things that I probably should be doing, like throwing away half of the clothes in my closet, or watching this, or organising whatever it is that’s festering in the junk corner behind the door. Because after living in this apartment...

Pizza with cheese, roasted tomatoes and basil
I used to make pizza for a living. While I was at university I worked in a popular local pizza and gelato joint and, as is often the case with such things, I rarely had any desire to eat pizza. And when I did, I had a pizza oven at my disposal. So there...