I love Vietnamese food! They look delish! Btw, do you know what the egg/coconut/bean sprout pancakes are called? I remember they were so yummie.

Wow, thanks for the tips! I'm surprised to hear that black or pink pepper (never seen pink pepper before) goes well w/ vanilla and strawberries, it's odd just like balsamic and strawberries. I will definitely give that a try next time. Yes, I'm going for more of a yogurty cream so I'll take your advice and try crème fraiche or sour cream. Lemon peel sounds great for decoration and it also add to the tartness. Oh no wonder the strawberries didn't blend well w/ the cupcakes, I didn't know to soak it a little with liquor. Wow, these are amazing tips, Chef Allen! I will make them next time and let you know how they taste =). Thanks a bunch!

well a lot of viet/chinese places are pretty damn lazy or just non-chalant about the business... they know ppl want to eat so it's like here's your damn food now pay me... surprisingly i would still go back and eat just bc their food is among the best of other viet/chinese places...

would you care to maybe give us a cooking lesson someday? =D

o' my gOOdness! Must you do this nOw? i always check your posts in the morning...as soon as i get in at the office...hmm, maybe I should try checking in around nOOn (lunch time) instead! lol...the food looks so good to eat right now!!! Yum! Yum!! =P

omg your entries are making me hungry and its only 5:30 in the morning! geez! oh oh, but yesterday, I cooked my FIRST OMELETTE!! AHH! and to tell you the truth? it wasn't bad, I feel i can do better though but I was like "woooaaah" and then my mom wanted a chicken burger or w/e so, after the chicken was done and out of the oven, i made a NICE NON-SLOPPY CHICKEN BURGER!!! AHHH!

i think all of this really good cooking occured because I couldn't get Pixar's "ratatouille" off of my mind.

are you going to go see that film??