Girl Eats World

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This week’s FFD is a video blog. I’ve only made one once before, so I’m still a video neophyte. The video below was my first and only take. Had my roomie not come home so soon, I would have maybe tried a few more times to speak slower, corrected myself when I said “minced”, the [...]

I hope everyone had a lovely Mother’s Day! I went home for the weekend for some mom and daughter time. Some of my best tasting meals I’ve had courtesy my momma. She does have this pesky habit of hers of overfeeding me. I’ve once told my friend Dave that sometimes I’m so full from eating [...]

Every time I go to Houston, my mom makes a huge pot of bún riêu for me and I eat it for every single meal I have at home. My schedule is usually as follows: Friday night get into Houston. Eat a bowl of bún riêu . Stay up late either at home or out [...]

Here is Part One. As stated in Part One, Bánh Cuốn (directly translates to “rolled cake”) is rice crepes rolled with minced pork and wood ear mushrooms. Apparently, it’s traditionally eaten as breakfast food but I could eat it any time of day. You dip it in a special dipping sauce and it’s usually garnished [...]

I know this may be obvious as I’m a Vietnamese American girl, but I really enjoy Vietnamese cuisine. I don’t get to eat it enough. Austin has an abysmal selection of Vietnamese restaurants in comparison to Houston. I think my personal appetite for Vietnamese food has finally pushed me to start learning how to cook [...]