Phở

Phở is a typical vietnamese dish. It is a noodle soup based on a broth of simmered beef bones, that usually takes hours to prepare. rice noodles and thin slices of beef are then added as it is served. The beef is raw when added to the soup, but quickly cooks in the hot broth. Bean sprouts, corriander, thai basil, chilli and spring onions are then added to the soup, as well as freshly squeezed lime juice.

Phở 54 in Cabramatta and Phở pasture in Bankstown are good places for some of the best pho in Sydney

malaysian/singaporian/vietnamese ice coffee

Sorry for a quite week! We've been busy moving and working. We have left suburbia for a little more urban suburbia a LOT closer to the city. Yay! And my first week working in Australia. Yay again!

It is autumn here. Based on calender not climate. Autumn in Sweden is when the daily average temperature is 0 - 10 degrees Celsius for ten days in a row. Its 7 pm and 27 degrees! So time for a cool drink! Only 5 minutes from my house is a Vietnamese place where they do Asian ice coffee. I've tried this coffee in several places with several names but it is always very refreshing!

Freshly brewed coffee. Vietnamese roasted/French roasted/medium roasted coffee, fast and strong brew, espresso.  About a quarter to a half as much sweetened condensed milk as coffee. Poured over a lot of ice.

The taste is strong coffee and creamy taste of the condensed milk. I don't like sweet coffee but this actually fabulous. Try it at your closest Vietnamese restaurant or at home! 

grilled prawn paste on sugercane

This was a fantastic vietnames lunch in Cabramatta, Sydney. Prawn paste on sugercane stick being grilled and eaten on a leaf of salad with thai basil, mynth and bean sprouts dipped in a sour vietnamese souce with lots of chili. You don't eat the sugercane but it gives flavor to prawn paste. Very fresh and delicious! And I guess it is easy to do at home, just figuring out how to do the prawn paste in the right way. I think the main ingredients are minced prawn, pork and garlic.





And in a great atmosphere with mirrors and red glossy plastic menues.