Ingredients: 1/4 cup teriyaki sauce 1 minced garlic clove 1 tablespoons Ginger, grated 1/2 lime, juiced 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil 1/2 teaspoon chili paste 1 pinch of salt 1 teaspoon honey (optional) 2 pounds of salmon steak (beware of bones) with skin on or salmon filet  Directions: Mix all ingredients together except for the salmon to make the marinade. Marinate salmon in the mixture …
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Spring Cleaning
Now that my passport is getting some needed rest, I’m going to focus a little bit more on the fashion angle of my blog. I’ll be doing some serious spring cleaning and as a result, start a new series on how to change up some looks. Especially during these economic times I don’t have the heart to shop (much) and have blogged …
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Recipes: Nem Nuong + Chao Tom
 NEM NUONG Ingredients 2.2 pounds/1 kg of ground pork shoulder; if leaner meat is used, add a bit of oil to the ingredients 6 finely chopped garlic cloves 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon of Alsa (or any brand) baking powder, 4 tablespoons corn or potato starch, 7 or 8 tablespoons water, all mixed together 2 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons …
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It’s All in the Wrist
 Today’s blog concludes my weeklong affair with the Vietnamese spring roll. As I’m helping my mom prepare the food for a small dinner party,  I figure I might as well make some videos of how the rolls are made. Tonight we’re serving nem nuong (baked pork flavored in ground, roasted rice) and chao tom (fresh shrimp ground into …
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Snackaholics
 Vietnam is a nation of snackaholics. Go down any street or alley and you will find neighborhood markets or makeshift food stands hawking Vietnamese junk food. And by junk food I mean steaming hot, fresh made, homemade noodles, rice crepes, soups, desserts, and anything your heart desires. From morning till night there are snackers trolling for food.  Even …