A delicious and beautiful soup containing white asparagus, crab, chicken, and quail eggs- commonly served as an appetizer during Vietnamese parties and weddings.
Appetizers & Sides
Hors d’oeuvre/appetizer/starter and sides – small dishes that can start or accompany a meal.
Bò lá lốt • Grilled lemongrass beef in lốt leaf
Skewers of minced beef seasoned with lemongrass wrapped in fragrant lá lốt – lolot/piper sarmentosum leaves.
Vol-au-vent de Boursin au saumon • Smoked salmon & Boursin puff pastry bites
We don’t know about you, but we are incredibly excited to be fully vaccinated so we can have dinner with friends and family again.When the time comes, these salmon Boursin vol-au-vent amuse-bouches will be a huge hit with your loved ones! Deliciously airy and crispy […]
Garlic mustard “Boursin” cheese
This is a super easy and delicious cream cheese spread that you will definitely love! We have developed this recipe with garlic mustard that we foraged at a local state park in our area – you can imagine our excitement when we made it! Garlic […]
Bánh gối • Vietnamese “pillow” meat hand pies
Meaty fillings encased in dough transcends cultures. So many different peoples have come up with their own version- there’s the Cornish pasty, Eastern European piroshki, Jamaican patty, Spanish & Latin American empanada, Levantine fatayer, South Asian samosa, Southeast Asian curry puff, Cantonese ham sui gok- […]
Céleri rémoulade
“Céleri rémoulade” is one of these dishes that Maxime grew up with but that he can rarely find here in the U.S.He remembers the countless times this was served as an appetizer at school. This dish is also very commonly found in French restaurants on […]
Salade niçoise
Summertime is fast approaching, which means that Maxime will get to make/eat one of his favorite summer dishes- salads! Seriously, he loves them. ‘Salade niçoise’ is named after the city of Nice in southeast France and is usually served as an appetizer or a side. […]
Ốc nhồi thịt • Stuffed snails
Appreciation for snails is a culinary similarity between the French and Vietnamese. Although, Vietnam definitely wins in the different types of snails consumed and variety different dishes! Boiled, sautéed, braised, cooked in noodle soups- you name it! Restaurants dedicated to snails are beloved institutions in […]
Croquettes de cabillaud • Cod croquettes
We are excited to publish our croquettes recipe- a beloved shareable that you will love to make for your next get-together! Maxime remembers feeling excited growing up whenever he knew that croquettes were on the menu. Those little mashed potato bombs are very versatile. You […]