Vietnam is my own definition of asian wonderland. Imagine being thrown onto the side of a bustling street while motorbikes spend their entire existence avoiding crashing into one another. Every alleyway (you know how I feel about alleys) stocked with cute old ladies throwing anise star and fresh cilantro into the air as they whip up their latest concoction. Traditional Pho Cuon First I think we need to define a Pho Cuon. This is rice noodle roll packed with the same flavors and ingredients from a traditional Vietnamese pho soup. It is rolled similarly to a spring or egg roll…
vegan pho
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Continue ReadingVietnam is perhaps my greatest love affair of them all. I spent several months working at a nonprofit just outside of Hanoi. So for a brief moment in time, Hanoi felt like a place I would call home. I fell in love in between almost being ran over by motorbikes in the middle Old Quarters. Skipping the streets on a Sunday morning with an iced Vietnamese coffee (recipe to come) was my literal love language. Every street was not so neatly organized by what it was selling. You had silk street down one row and medical street down another. Maybe…