Last Tuesday, we were in a mood for Vietnamese food. We went to Bien Hoa since their food was delicious and I especially love their quails. Not every Vietnamese restaurants have quails in their menu, so this is one of the reasons why we keep coming back to this place.
That night we ordered goi du du (papaya salad with beef jerky), cha gio (Vietnamese egg rolls), com tam suon bi cha trung ga (grilled pork chop with shredded pork, crab meat patty and egg on broken rice), and of course chim cut ro ti (roasted quails). As expected, all of the food was delicious! The papaya salad was crunchy with sweet and sour taste coming from the sauce, also they were not skimpy with the beef jerky. The egg rolls was hot and crispy, while the pork chop was tender and excellent. Last but not least was the quails, they were amazing, the meat was tender and very tasty.
Goi du du and Cha gio
Com tam suon bi cha trung ga and Chim cut ro ti
By the way, we tried one of their pho during our previous visit, but unfortunately the soup was not that tasty. If I remember correctly, the ones from Pho Anh Dao tasted better last time we had them. It has been a long time since we went there, so we plan to give them a visit when the weather gets cooler.
Pho xe lua
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Bien Hoa
2090 State Route 27
Edison, NJ 08817
(732) 287-9500
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Dinner at Bien Hoa
Monday, April 28, 2008
Good food from Paris Sandwich, Tafu, Bouchon Bakery
Before going to Chicago, we took a small trip to Manhattan. We stopped by Paris Sandwich to pick up something for breakfast, we got green tea waffles (one plain and one with kaya), pancake muffins, grilled chicken sticky rice. The waffles only cost me $1 a piece (extra for the kaya), they were light and tasty. "Kaya" is a jam that is quite popular in Indonesia, I was pleasantly surprised to find it here. The sticky rice was also good, a little salty but it has a lot of meat in it mixed in. Unfortunately the muffins were disappointingly dry, and didn't really have much taste to them.
Green tea waffles with kaya and Pancake muffins
Grilled chicken sticky rice
We then stopped by at Tafu. I love anything with green tea, so it's been a while since I wanted to go here and finally today was the day. When I opened the door, I was very happy to see a lot of goodies and wanted to buy one of everything :-) These were what I bought:
- Houjicha cheesecake: very creamy
- Matcha, Houjicha and Sakura truffle chocolates: good
- Matcha, Houjicha and Genmaicha cookies: dry
- Matcha daifuku: good
- Matcha cupcake: very moist, they were from Kyotofu
- Matcha rollcake: very good
- Matcha, Kocha, Plain financiers: very moist, they were from Kyotofu too
Cheesecake and Daifuku display at Tafu
Actually I also wanted to try their iced latte, unfortunately the machine was broken so they didn't have it today. I guessed now I have more reasons to go back.
From Tafu, we went for more sweet at Bouchon Bakery, one of my favorite places to go. I told my husband that I had to go there at least once a month, crazy huh?! :-) Today I bought boston cream donut, flourless chocolate cake, spring bonnet and quiche lorraine. The donut was moist but dense, the custard was not too sweet. The chocolate cake was good and chocolatey. The spring bonnet was okay, the cake was a little bit too dense but the mousse was creamy. The quiche lorraine was amazing, the crust was flaky and buttery, the filling was smooth and not overcooked.
Boston cream donut and Flourless chocolate cake
Spring bonnet and Quiche lorraine
Then we went to Mitsuwa Marketplace for their Glico sweets fair, read about it on my next post.
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Paris Sandwich
113 Mott St
New York, NY 10013
(212) 226-7221
http://www.parissandwich.com/
Tafu
569 Lexington Ave
Double Tree Metropolitan Hotel 1F
New York, NY 10002
(212) 980-1310
http://www.tafuny.com/
Kyotofu
705 Ninth Ave
New York, NY 10019
(212) 974-6012
http://www.kyotofu-nyc.com/
Bouchon Bakery
Ten Columbus Circle, Third Floor
New York, NY 10019
(212) 823-9366
http://www.bouchonbakery.com/
