Archive - Pass the Fish Sauce

midweek gems #32: Cool Noodles

5 Asian cold noodle recipes + California dining guide

Jun 19

Summery Chicken Pho Salad

When it's blistering hot, make this cooling Hanoi-style pho salad and turn it vegan if you like!

Jun 15 •

midweek gems #31: Cali Road Tripping

California Gold Rush country + Davis pho scene + Viet-French in NYC

Jun 12

Gluten-Free Panfried Noodles are Doable and Astonishingly Good

when you don't want to have wheat but want crispy panfried noodles, here's an easy option

Jun 1 •

May 2025

midweek gems #30

culinary DEI + finding everyday beauty in the kitchen + longevity strategies + pho workarounds

May 29

Resolve the Crispy Panfried Noodles Quandary by Doing things Differently

a blue-print and flexible plan for low-guilt veggie packed noodles

May 25 •

midweek gems #29

hoisin-glazed chicken wings + Hanoi style pho in San Jose + high tech floss

May 22

Years in the making, a keeper Japanese orange dressing

carrot-ginger salad dressing, salad blueprints and soba noodle salad

May 18 •

midweek gems #28

frozen pho soup dumplings + rose harissa fish + Viet short rib bo kho beef stew

May 15

Shortcut Sticky Rice and Mango (Khao Niew Mamuang)

skip the soaking for this Thai-Viet approach

May 11 •

midweek gems #27

Vietnamese bun rice noodle salad basics + Nashville Asian market and pho

May 8

Starting over -- here's what my family brought from Vietnam 50 years ago

What would you bring?

May 4 •

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