Asian's cuisines!

[MissLT]

AMBARELLAS WITH SPICY SALT

Have you ever tried ambarellas with spicy salt? I used to eat those when I was in Vietnam. This type of fruits is quite cheap over there. I can't remember how much per a dozen anymore, but I still remember they were cheap and easy to eat with. Just a bowl of salt mixed with pepper or chili you'll have a good snack there. They're quite acidic and crunchy for the green ones; the yellow ones are soft and pretty sweet. The link below is a link to the image of how they look like.

A picture of Ambarella

[Chet Baker]

I believe there are two kinds of people: one is a kind who love food, period; the other kind is a kind who eat food to live, not live to eat. It

Hi LennyeTran, I agree that there are two kinds of people. First kind must love eating food, second kind must love cooking food for others. we call the second kind as chef.

To me, I am Chef, i love cooking.

[Chet Baker]

http://www.asiafood.org

This is a good website for chef and asian food lover, it contains lot of receips.

I have searched for the picture of amberella in order to see how does it looks like. I have found the following website eventurelly.
I have never tried this dishes. But it sounds attractive.

http://brentwoodtradinggroup.com/ambarella.html

Ironically, according to the meaning of ambarella in http://www.dictionary.com, ambarella has different meaning, could you tell us which one do you refer to? here is the result in the dictionary.

*** A tree (Spondias cytherea) native to the Pacific islands and grown in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible fruits.
The orange-yellow, egg-shaped fruit of this tree, eaten fresh or pickled, or used to make preserves. ***

[Chet Baker]

VIETNAMESE SPRING ROLLS OR GOI CUON
*** Last, serve with hoisin sauce or fish sauce. Enjoy the rolls.

LennyeTran, this wednesday, i ordered this Spring Rolls in Vietnamese restaurant in lunch time . I believe that the chef is vietnamese as he spoked something i don't understand. In Hong Kong, Shrimps will not be added to the spring roll, I have no idea why. But it taste real good. It serve with sour source. In Hong Kong, we used to put the spring roll into the sour source and cover it with lettuce before eat.

It is a good snack for beer. YEAH

[MissLT]

LennyeTran, this wednesday, i ordered this Spring Rolls in Vietnamese restaurant in lunch time . I believe that the chef is vietnamese as he spoked something i don't understand. In Hong Kong, Shrimps will not be added to the spring roll, I have no idea why. But it taste real good. It serve with sour source. In Hong Kong, we used to put the spring roll into the sour source and cover it with lettuce before eat.

It is a good snack for beer. YEAH

I believe they're not spring rolls because spring rolls have to have shrimps. Without them, spring rolls are not really spring rolls, you know what I mean? I think they're just rolls, without the spring.

[MissLT]

I have searched for the picture of amberella in order to see how does it looks like. I have found the following website eventurelly.
I have never tried this dishes. But it sounds attractive.

http://brentwoodtradinggroup.com/ambarella.html

*** A tree (Spondias cytherea) native to the Pacific islands and grown in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible fruits.
The orange-yellow, egg-shaped fruit of this tree, eaten fresh or pickled, or used to make preserves. ***

This one I was talking about . Don't you have them in Hong Kong?

[Chet Baker]

LennyeTran, this wednesday, i ordered this Spring Rolls in Vietnamese restaurant in lunch time . I believe that the chef is vietnamese as he spoked something i don't understand. In Hong Kong, Shrimps will not be added to the spring roll, I have no idea why. But it taste real good. It serve with sour source. In Hong Kong, we used to put the spring roll into the sour source and cover it with lettuce before eat.

It is a good snack for beer. YEAH

I believe they're not spring rolls because spring rolls have to have shrimps. Without them, spring rolls are not really spring rolls, you know what I mean? I think they're just rolls, without the spring.

Yeah, it should be Summer Roll.

[MissLT]

To me, I am Chef, i love cooking.

Really? For how long? And like you I love cooking also. People said I'n inherited my mom's skills of cooking-- I can use a recipe to cook a meal I never cooked before and the dish still comes out good . So what kinda food do you usually cook at home, all kinds? Which type of cuisines do you like best? I've studied different types of cuisines from different countries and to my observation I think:
- Everyday cooked dishes= Vietnamese and Korean are the best
- Special event's dishes= Chinese is the best
- Pasta and gelato= Italian is the best
- Classic, small portions, and 'upper-class'= French is the best
- Raw= Japanese is the best
- Asian BBQ= Korean is the best
- Curry and spicy= Indian is the best
- Breakfast and salad dishes= American is the best

Ok, pretty much it for now .

[MissLT]

Anyone knows any less than 30 minutes quicky-made everyday cooked meal dishes? If yes, please share 'em here.

[MissLT]

Vietnamese Dishes with Water Spinach
Water Spinach or Rau Muong in Vietnamese were originally from the North of Vietnam. Then it's moved down to the rest of the South area. Easy to cook and easy to eat are the best part of this type of "vegetables" (I think they're either herbs or vegetables; I don't know which section to put them yet.) http://users.net2000.com.au/~vankiem/seap/veg06.htm You can either boil, fry, making soup or eat them fresh with other types of meats and vegetables.

1. For boiling:
Put them in when the water is boiling. Put a little bit of salt in to retain the look of green. Eat them with boiled eggs, spicy fish sauce and rice.

2. For frying:
Fry them with beef, pork, shrimps, or whatever you'd like put in.
This is a pretty good sample recipe here, http://www.recipesource.com/main-dishes/meat/beef/fried-spinach1.html

3. For making soup:
Put them in when the water is boiling. Then put other ingredients that you'd like to cook in such as shrimps, eggs, tomatoes, etc. It's better to season it for sour taste. A lot of lime juice would work best.

4. For eating them fresh:
Eating them fresh takes a bit more than 30 minutes to do, so I won't go in details of how to do them. However, if you still feel like checking out the method, just request and I'll translate the recipe into English since it's only in Vietnamese.