Food Photo Friday - Bún Riêu

Bún Riêu? What is that?? Well I didn't know how to explain it so according to Wikipedia (lol..), bún riêu is a Vietnamese meat rice vermicelli soup with a tomato soup base that you top with a shrimp paste. Sound gross? No way! I love my dad's bún riêu. He makes the soup base from scratch, adds in eggs + shrimp/crab mix, tofu, two different types fish meatballs (chả cá), and tomatoes. It's a lovely mix of everything I love. Also, you can't beat that it's HOMEMADE! =) Yum yum...

 The smaller pot.. There was a bigger one in the fridge ;]

Look at all the tofu and fishballs floating =)

 Honey's bowl.. The picture doesn't do it justice. It. was. HUGE.

 My bowl =)

 The optional veggies you can add in.

Can't forget the garlic chili paste and fine shrimp paste!!

[Please excuse the quality of the photos. The lighting in my kitchen is terrible and using my flash makes the photos look too bright. So I worked with what I had..]

Food Photo Friday - The "Get Rid of the Sickness" Potion

I've been sick for the past couple of days and was feeling super cruddy last night. My throat has been hurting and I've been coughing up a storm. Of course, my dad noticed and opted to make me some Chao Ga (Vietnamese Rice Porridge w/ Chicken). He always knows how to make me feel better. As a kid, my dad always made me porridge when I was sick. Either porridge with salted eggs, porridge with chicken, or plain porridge with soy sauce. Yummy! No need for medicine, I have dad's porridge!

Chicken Porridge w/ Cilantro and Homemade Hot Oil

Makes my belly happy =)

Dad, What's For Dinner?

As some of you know, I still live with my parents. I love living with them. I know some people would be like "Okay! I'm 18,  let's get out of here!" I was never like that. I don't think I'll move out until I get married or have to move for work (IF I have to move for work). But for now, since I'm still in college, living with them is awesome. One of the best perks, besides getting to see my parents on a daily basis, is my dad's delicious food. Even if it's a simple dish, my dad makes it amazing.

So the other night I got home from the Austin Food Blogger Alliance HH and I was starving. My mom said just come home, dad is making dinner. When I pulled into the garage, I saw my dad cooking. We cook in the garage so it doesn't make the house smell. I asked, "Daddy, what's for dinner?" He said "eggs and rice are for dinner k?" I WAS DELIGHTED! I'm guessing you're like "eggs? REALLY?!" My dad makes these amazing egg "pancakes/omelettes" with some eggs, salt, pepper, and onions. Simple as that. I've loved it since I was a kid. We usually eat it with rice, but you can also wedge it in between some bread and it's awesome.

Daddy's Egg Pancake

My little bowl of rice and eggs =)

The joy of my night was sitting down for dinner with my parents and boyfriend, Jonhnny. It's rare that we all get to sit down and eat together because all of our schedules are hectic and different. I'm pretty lucky; I have the best parents in the world.