Was lucky enough to have, for the first time in my entire life, proper authentic home-cooked Vietnamese Pho! *smug grin*
Our French friends hosted the Pho party and she’s of Vietnamese descent, so we were convinced we were in for a treat 😛 The cooking started 3 days(!) prior, so the pork bones and marrow infuse into the broth. This means, there is NO use of msg or beef stock (which is cheating, btw).. but pure Pho broth made in the most natural way. Mmmmmm…..
We arrived in the afternoon, so we could go for a dip at their pool. I’ve been to the beach last week, to the pool, and also again to the beach today, but have got NO TAN WHATSOEVER!! So sad!! I’m destined to be pasty-white for life *cries*
ANYWAY. Chris and I brought all the ingredients for Vietnamese rice paper rolls, which was our appetizer. I’m glad we did – it was fun rolling our own rolls and chattering away 🙂 It turned out pretty well too, especially after we finally discovered the ‘right’ way to dip the rice paper sheets into the water so they didn’t go soggy and fall apart.
The Pho was obviously what made us all go weak at the knees though. The broth was rich and full of (natural) meaty flavour, and the beef! OOH!!! It was all super tender and really really tasty. And unlike what you get at restaurants, there was TONS of beef. We slurped away and gobbled up our noodles, before sitting back and patting our happy bellies.
But wait, there’s more!! Another couple brought a homemade Strawberry Tiramisu, complete with fresh strawberry puree. Mmmm… I’m not a fan of cream (actually, I hate it), but this cream was rich and, err, creamy. I can’t stand that normal weird cream, but this one was different (mascarpone?). The moist sponge fingers were the best though…. mmmmmm!!
Sat round afterwards and bummed the night away, before playing a French game – Werewolf. It’s basically a social/strategic thinking game, similar to Murder Mystery/Mafia. The site says it originated in Russia but the game we played was in French so I’m calling it a French game 😛 It was almost 2am by the time we left, so you can imagine how interesting it was! Ahhhh was a nice day/night, please don’t go away Summer days!
Speaking Mandarin with a French guy that can speak it fluently!! *impressed*
Chris preparing our Rice Paper Rolls
Our hosts!
Table setting
Hee hee
Waiting eagerly for our Pho!!
The face matches the tee’s colour 😉
Yay girls!
Me and Chris 🙂
Yummy Yummy Pho
We also had Chinese donuts sticks
Playing “gay chicken”. ROFL!!!!!!!!
Homemade strawberry tiramisu
WOW!
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Beverly – you look so gorgeous with those curls!!!
Aww thank you hon! *blush*
Beverly – you look so gorgeous with those curls!!!
Aww thank you hon! *blush*
babes, i had a shock when i saw the first picture of you and chris! thought you chopped off your hair! 😉
actually it does look rather cute!
Hehe noooo would never chop my hair, I look terrible with short hair I reckon 😛
you do look rather sharp actually!! 😉
i don’t know why though. i too cant seem to get too creative in hair lengths! maybe my long hair is my security blanket!
babes, i had a shock when i saw the first picture of you and chris! thought you chopped off your hair! 😉
actually it does look rather cute!
Hehe noooo would never chop my hair, I look terrible with short hair I reckon 😛
you do look rather sharp actually!! 😉
i don’t know why though. i too cant seem to get too creative in hair lengths! maybe my long hair is my security blanket!
tirimisu….*drools*
I hadn’t had it in ages.. and def not strawberry-style, yum!
tirimisu….*drools*
I hadn’t had it in ages.. and def not strawberry-style, yum!
you look really pretty bev!
and wow a home-cooked pho!! I’m jealous. I love pho (always ordered mine with rare beef, meatball and tripe.. yummm!
I’m a huge Pho fan.. I’m craving it again, think will have it for lunch tomorrow, hehe
you look really pretty bev!
and wow a home-cooked pho!! I’m jealous. I love pho (always ordered mine with rare beef, meatball and tripe.. yummm!
I’m a huge Pho fan.. I’m craving it again, think will have it for lunch tomorrow, hehe
I am seriously soooooooooo jealous right now. I had pho last night at my local favorite pho restuarant. But WOW to have it made for you by friends and chatting away. JEALOUS!!! I need to move to Austrlia and become friends with you!!! Your friends & dinner parties seem so fun. 🙂
Hehe it definitely was fun, and the first time I’ve had homemade Pho! now i’m going to be sooo critical of the ones outside now…….
I love Viet food! And also their tomato rice with crispy chicken chicken mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
You are so lucky to have good friends who cook! My friends generally don’t – we end up eating out, which is fine, but I would love some homemade pho!
My friends cool REALLY well, thank goodness! I love all our food parties.. hehe
I am seriously soooooooooo jealous right now. I had pho last night at my local favorite pho restuarant. But WOW to have it made for you by friends and chatting away. JEALOUS!!! I need to move to Austrlia and become friends with you!!! Your friends & dinner parties seem so fun. 🙂
Hehe it definitely was fun, and the first time I’ve had homemade Pho! now i’m going to be sooo critical of the ones outside now…….
you look so different in these pictures! 🙂
Eep really, in what way?! Maybe I’m just fatter cos we’ve eaten so much lately HAHA 😛
mmm i love pho! it looks great!
Metoooo.. i’m craving it today for lunch now hehe
your photos are great! you seem like a really cool girl. add me? =)
Hi hon, I added ya back!1
strawberry tiramisu looks great!
and i finally know the english name for ‘you tiaos’ – chinese donuts sticks
Hahah that’s just my translation, who knows?!
What a fun party. I loved the table setting and you look really pretty in the first pic.
Aww thanks! Yeah it’s great spending a sunny weekend with friends 🙂
Strawberry tiramisu? That’s a first! It looks yummers! 🙂
First time I’ve had it too. It was goooood, esp that strawberry puree!
I love Viet food! And also their tomato rice with crispy chicken chicken mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
You are so lucky to have good friends who cook! My friends generally don’t – we end up eating out, which is fine, but I would love some homemade pho!
My friends cool REALLY well, thank goodness! I love all our food parties.. hehe
I used to love Pho but now I have a *Pho Phobia* — we ordered beef pho at this Vietnamese restaurant and they brought out the soup and the beef seperate. The beef was bloody and they told us to cook it in the hot soup. I felt sick looking at the bloody beef and I never wanted to eat pho again. 🙁
Awww bummer. They do normally serve the thinly-sliced raw beef separately on top of the broth which you then stir in to cook (unless you order the version that has it all pre-cooked in the broth), but it’s usually not bloody at all!
So we’ve been relegated to being simply “another couple” now are we??? Oh that stings it does……
And are you still persisting with the delusional notion that you can actually speak fluent mandarin? 😛
That, or Korean couple, take your pick 😉
Eric totally understood what I was staying in Mandarin!! Just cos yours sucks……..
Oh that’s not true, my Mandarin doesn’t suck… it’s non-existent!
Oh yum, everything looks awesome and super fresh!
It was the first time ever I’ve had homecooked Pho.. .now I want more. Hehe!
Oh, I love your dress! Who is it by? And, you look really good with the curls. Gives you an added sophistication 🙂
Erm I think I got it at Witchery! it’s super super soft which is the best thing about it 🙂
I never had Pho(?) before. Is it a noodle soup from Vietnam?
It sounds and looks really delicious!!!
It is and OMG it’s good! Plus healthy too 🙂
I love your top/dress Bev! It’s really pretty!
Yay thanks! It’s a nice, thin summer dress.. good for Singapore, hehe
you look so different in these pictures! 🙂
Eep really, in what way?! Maybe I’m just fatter cos we’ve eaten so much lately HAHA 😛
mmm i love pho! it looks great!
Metoooo.. i’m craving it today for lunch now hehe
your photos are great! you seem like a really cool girl. add me? =)
Hi hon, I added ya back!1
strawberry tiramisu looks great!
and i finally know the english name for ‘you tiaos’ – chinese donuts sticks
Hahah that’s just my translation, who knows?!
What a fun party. I loved the table setting and you look really pretty in the first pic.
Aww thanks! Yeah it’s great spending a sunny weekend with friends 🙂
Strawberry tiramisu? That’s a first! It looks yummers! 🙂
First time I’ve had it too. It was goooood, esp that strawberry puree!
I used to love Pho but now I have a *Pho Phobia* — we ordered beef pho at this Vietnamese restaurant and they brought out the soup and the beef seperate. The beef was bloody and they told us to cook it in the hot soup. I felt sick looking at the bloody beef and I never wanted to eat pho again. 🙁
Awww bummer. They do normally serve the thinly-sliced raw beef separately on top of the broth which you then stir in to cook (unless you order the version that has it all pre-cooked in the broth), but it’s usually not bloody at all!
So we’ve been relegated to being simply “another couple” now are we??? Oh that stings it does……
And are you still persisting with the delusional notion that you can actually speak fluent mandarin? 😛
That, or Korean couple, take your pick 😉
Eric totally understood what I was staying in Mandarin!! Just cos yours sucks……..
Oh that’s not true, my Mandarin doesn’t suck… it’s non-existent!
Oh yum, everything looks awesome and super fresh!
It was the first time ever I’ve had homecooked Pho.. .now I want more. Hehe!
Oh, I love your dress! Who is it by? And, you look really good with the curls. Gives you an added sophistication 🙂
Erm I think I got it at Witchery! it’s super super soft which is the best thing about it 🙂
I never had Pho(?) before. Is it a noodle soup from Vietnam?
It sounds and looks really delicious!!!
It is and OMG it’s good! Plus healthy too 🙂
I love your top/dress Bev! It’s really pretty!
Yay thanks! It’s a nice, thin summer dress.. good for Singapore, hehe