Daddy made bun rieu tonight!

It’s a Vietnamese vermicelli soup dish with tomatoes, meatballs, on a dried shrimp soup base (with beaten egg), served with lemon juice, pepper, and mint.

It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but to me, it’s delicious!!

When I tell people that I eat rice with a few dishes for breakfast on most mornings, people find it a little strange that I eat a full-blown dinner meal so early on the day, especially if they’re not used to eating breakky at all…

Well, I had toast for dinner tonight. Yes, toast…

Actually, this was meant to be last night’s dinner, but I came home from uni late and didn’t get to have it. So I had it tonight; salmon, poached egg, and onion on toast!

Yum!

I think dad’s fianlly gotten used to me snapping at people not to eat before I snap pictures of the food… hehehe :3

Anyway, these are some home foods of late… yummy =]

1. Chun choy (春菜), literally means “spring vegetable”.
   Doesn’t look all that appetising, but as a non-vegie lover, this is one of my favourite vegie dish.
   
   
2. Ga xe phai: Vietnamese Chicken and Cabbage Salad.
   This one has marinated cabbage, different types of mint, and freshly steamed succulent chicken pieces. As always, anything my dad makes, served with fish sauce usually gets my appetite going =9
   
   
3. Gai lan (芥蘭), Chinese broccoli served with oyster sauce.
   Dad gives the stem part of the vegetable to us while he eats the leaf himself… Chinese vegie enthusiasts enjoy the stem more than the leaf… and Chinese restaurants such as yum cha sell only the stem, and sometimes charge $8+ for it. 
   
   
4. Ca kho to: Vietnamese braised fish in claypot
   Best one dad’s made yet, go dad! =) It’s meant to be both sweet and savoury, but I think I don’t like overly sweet (unlike “authentic” Vietnamese people)… 
   
   
5. ?? choy
   I forget what this particular choy is called… but it’s apparently very difficult to get some that is in-season, so we rarely eat this dish. These are very… for lack of a better word, “young baby-like”. Very sweet, and has a lovely texture. 
   
   
6. Bun ga: Vietnamese style chicken with vermicelli
   Dad’s style garlic steak seasoned chicken vermicelli, served with onion, 3 different types of mints, cucumber, lettuce, red onion fried oil, and fish sauce.

Breakfast

Dinner