Vietnamese Food

When I travel, I know I will gain pounds for I don't limit myself on the food I eat during the trip.

Prior to going to Vietnam, my experience of Vietnamese food was only in a restaurant in Glorietta where I sampled a dish of fresh salad years back.

Imagine my excitement when I laid foot in Ben Thanh market. I saw a number of hawkers inside the market which reminded me of our own San Nicholas market in Angeles City before it was reconstucted. I had difficulty choosing which among the hawkers my tummy will approve of. Unfortunately, my excitement eventually gave me disappointment on the meal I chose and the money I paid for it. Overall though, the other foods I sampled enticed me to go back to Vietnam.

Vietnamese Fried Spring Rolls.

Vietnamese coffee that is sweetened with condensed milk. I love it! I tried the coffee in Pho 24 at Powerplant and it doesn't taste an inch of the one in Vietnam.


Phở with cilantro,basil, lime and bean sprouts

Coffee Ice Cream in coffee sauce. Redundant, huh? Coffee is one of their most sought after products.

Vietnamese vendor selling waffles. So far, her waffles are the best ones I have ever tasted. I guess it's one of the good things they got from French colonization.

Their version of barbecue.

Fresh Spring Rolls with dip. Even if the herbs inside the rolls are too strong, a distinction of their cuisine, that didn't stop me to finish all three of these.

Vietnamese Halo-halo with a compliment iced tea. Just like the ones in Singapore and Thailand, they use coconut milk instead of evaporated milk.

Another Pho bought in Ben Thanh market

My first Vietnamese meal - the worst I have ever tasted. It was too oily and spent me almost 300 pesos! What a shame I was fooled and didnt' get value for my money.

Single Ladies

I have in my mind a number of writings I wanted to publish - happenings from the previous months, I promised myself to write about so those people close to my heart have something to read about on what's in and out of my life. I'll open this with how I celebrated Vday this year.

When you're single and Valentine's day is coming, what comes into your mind? I am a hopelessly romantic person and even being single would not discourage me of thinking about flowers, chocolates, love letters and men seranading those they love even at this time and age. But that's not what I'll talk about.

I am glad that I had one remaining single friend, Carel who joined me last Valentine's Day. She's now in a relationship status and I am glad that she is. I was supposedly be flying by myself to Singapore last February but she decided to join me so we went to Vietnam as well. Here are some pictures of us together.

Dinner at Pho 24 in Vietnam

 

War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh

At the Esplanade waiting for dusk to come

Infront of Notre Dame Cathedral in Saigon

Blogging again?

December 11th of 2008, I decided for the nth time to blog again and as expected, I did not post regularly. This is my last try that I hope would record my experiences and feelings at the moment. Let's get started!

Btw, here's a link of my old blog - http://dimmpss.livejournal.com/

Vietnamese Food

When I travel, I know I will gain pounds for I don't limit myself on the food I eat during the trip.

Prior to going to Vietnam, my experience of Vietnamese food was only in a restaurant in Glorietta where I sampled a dish of fresh salad years back.

Imagine my excitement when I laid foot in Ben Thanh market. I saw a number of hawkers inside the market which reminded me of our own San Nicholas market in Angeles City before it was reconstucted. I had difficulty choosing which among the hawkers my tummy will approve of. Unfortunately, my excitement eventually gave me disappointment on the meal I chose and the money I paid for it. Overall though, the other foods I sampled enticed me to go back to Vietnam.

Vietnamese Fried Spring Rolls.

Vietnamese coffee that is sweetened with condensed milk. I love it! I tried the coffee in Pho 24 at Powerplant and it doesn't taste an inch of the one in Vietnam.


Phở with cilantro,basil, lime and bean sprouts

Coffee Ice Cream in coffee sauce. Redundant, huh? Coffee is one of their most sought after products.

Vietnamese vendor selling waffles. So far, her waffles are the best ones I have ever tasted. I guess it's one of the good things they got from French colonization.

Their version of barbecue.

Fresh Spring Rolls with dip. Even if the herbs inside the rolls are too strong, a distinction of their cuisine, that didn't stop me to finish all three of these.

Vietnamese Halo-halo with a compliment iced tea. Just like the ones in Singapore and Thailand, they use coconut milk instead of evaporated milk.

Another Pho bought in Ben Thanh market

My first Vietnamese meal - the worst I have ever tasted. It was too oily and spent me almost 300 pesos! What a shame I was fooled and didnt' get value for my money.

Single Ladies

I have in my mind a number of writings I wanted to publish - happenings from the previous months, I promised myself to write about so those people close to my heart have something to read about on what's in and out of my life. I'll open this with how I celebrated Vday this year.

When you're single and Valentine's day is coming, what comes into your mind? I am a hopelessly romantic person and even being single would not discourage me of thinking about flowers, chocolates, love letters and men seranading those they love even at this time and age. But that's not what I'll talk about.

I am glad that I had one remaining single friend, Carel who joined me last Valentine's Day. She's now in a relationship status and I am glad that she is. I was supposedly be flying by myself to Singapore last February but she decided to join me so we went to Vietnam as well. Here are some pictures of us together.

Dinner at Pho 24 in Vietnam

War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh

At the Esplanade waiting for dusk to come

Infront of Notre Dame Cathedral in Saigon

Blogging again?

December 11th of 2008, I decided for the nth time to blog again and as expected, I did not post regularly. This is my last try that I hope would record my experiences and feelings at the moment. Let's get started!

Btw, here's a link of my old blog - http://dimmpss.livejournal.com/

My Cycle...LOL

LOL. It's indeed funny that I thought I can keep up with an active blog when I started this one.  I can't help but laugh at myself while writing this.  I was only able to blog for two days!  How's that? Is it procrastination or something else? But, fortunately, I was able to post  seven entries.  At least, there's something to read for.  Haha!

A friend of mine would always tell me I have this CYCLE. One day, I would talk about blogging - how I love to read blogs and have my own.  To write about what's on my mind and share what's going on with my life.  I even thought of writing a novel that it made me buy a Tagalog love story book for me to get an idea.  After reading it,  I had a readied plot  for my own novel which just ended there. LOL

Few days later, I would be talking about baking - my dream of having my own bakeshop or specialty/gourmet shop. If I am on this cycle, I would be always browsing Heny Sison, Sylvia Reynoso, ISCAHM, CCA and name it sites for possible short courses to study.  It didn't stop there for I make it happn and enrol to a number of courses to enhance my current skills.  I am proud though that I was able to sell goodies and even wedding cakes for those persistent friends who bug me to bake for them. ;-)

Weeks after,  my mind is preoccupied with photography - how I love capturing great landscapes, expressions of people, etc.  Fortunately though, I didn't end up buying my own DSLR and enrolling in a photography class which I planned to, mind you.  I just feel nowadays that too many people are into this hobby and I don't feel like joining them at this time.

Months after, it 's all about make-up - me, being a make-up artist.  I would tell my friend how I want all the brides in the world to be very pretty on their wedding day.  I have seen worst make-up on beautiful brides and no editing can do justice to correct it. Haha! It's like I'm in for a mission.

Those are just a few of the things that go with my cycle. I can enumerate more but there's only one thing that I know of. It all has to do with ARTS.  And with that I am pretty sure I'll end up being successful in one of its fields.

Make a guess. What cycle am I in now. :P