tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166641060916490585.post3926721030980486597..comments2024-03-28T16:53:20.412+11:00Comments on Footscray Food Blog: Phu VinhLauren aka Ms Bakloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08540872180823771651noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166641060916490585.post-12701836356179066272011-01-21T21:40:22.883+11:002011-01-21T21:40:22.883+11:00Hi George, thanks for stopping by and for the link...Hi George, thanks for stopping by and for the link to your blog! You have the perfect combination, a reliance on wonderful, peaceful, seasonal home-grown goodness but taking such delight too in the tumult of Footscray and all its colour, smells and noise. What a wonderful bowerbird approach you have, with no preconceived ideas about "oh I must only get X from this place" but just going where it's good. I had also seen the yufka in the Footscray Market supermarket and thought "how cool!"<br /><br />You would not believe the day before you stopped by, I had had the bo kho at Phu Vinh! Am loving their makeover so far. Thanks for the thumbs up about Scarlet Corner, will definitely stop in there next time I am out and about.<br /><br />See you at Buttacavoli's counter - LaurenLauren aka Ms Bakloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08540872180823771651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166641060916490585.post-18476863717324706592011-01-20T16:57:40.782+11:002011-01-20T16:57:40.782+11:00Hi Lauren
Just found your great blog I have been s...Hi Lauren<br />Just found your great blog I have been shopping here regularly for over 20 years and still find new things every week. Have you tried the stewed beef[ribs] with a bread roll here Phu Vhin one of the great dishes in the hood. <br />The cooking during the day is much better than the cooking at night. Two different crews on.<br />I love the dry noodle soup as well, a touch of sweet chilli sauce in this dish is just right for me and you do get a squeeze of lemon and plenty of chilli for balance. The owners son has recently opened an small coffee bar at the entrance of the market and he pulls careful well ballaed shots.[crap cakes though trying to get hom to stock Dolcetti's ricotta doughnuts <br />I shop in Footcray every thursday for my restaurant and always find a few extraordinary <br />points of difference to freshen up the menu.<br />Jicama today good fresh and small, Butacavollis for seriously fresh Mackeral the Saigon centre is only place I know for really tender Kohlrabi.<br />Thanks for the great insights Footscray has to be the most satisfying food enclave in Australia.Georgehttp://www.georgebiron.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166641060916490585.post-87922960573167539572011-01-06T07:22:58.384+11:002011-01-06T07:22:58.384+11:00Thanks Carlin - sounds like a great tip! I will b...Thanks Carlin - sounds like a great tip! I will be sure to revisit soon. Deb of Bear Head Soup did a guest review for me here on the blog and she gave it a big thumbs up. I think the post is called 'Phu Vinh 2' if you search for it.Lauren aka Ms Bakloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08540872180823771651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166641060916490585.post-39047492410247820522011-01-06T00:24:33.085+11:002011-01-06T00:24:33.085+11:00they have pho..I always go for special order beef ...they have pho..I always go for special order beef combination with chicken which is not on their menu..and it is not with extra charge..best of all..request for the chilli oil..it is to die for!<br /><br />Maybe time for review no. 2?Carlinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166641060916490585.post-25679881182638282732010-10-22T12:49:37.819+11:002010-10-22T12:49:37.819+11:00Anon - but it didn't have pho...? Do you mean...Anon - but it didn't have pho...? Do you mean the hu tieu mi clear soups? I will have to go and check it out again...Lauren aka Ms Bakloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08540872180823771651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166641060916490585.post-10408297404939486582010-10-22T12:26:21.492+11:002010-10-22T12:26:21.492+11:00What have they done to my favourite pho shop? It ...What have they done to my favourite pho shop? It has gone up market with a re-furb. A bigger menu but the pho now comes in smaller bowls. It's not the same place I have been going to every couple of weeks for the past 10 years. I want to cry. Still there are new places to try.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166641060916490585.post-55626163864977440492010-05-21T13:28:16.774+10:002010-05-21T13:28:16.774+10:00Hi all and thanks so much for your insightful and ...Hi all and thanks so much for your insightful and informative comments.<br /><br />The thing is, although sweet chilli sauce is indeed an authentic Asian ingredient, it has been overused by Western chefs. I mean, every populist cookbook or recipe mag (think 4 Ingredients, Super Food Ideas etc) is full of recipes for noodles, salads, rice paper rolls etc doused in sweet chilli sauce and called "Asian", just as Agnes says. <br /><br />Another "Aussie" recipe/travesty calls for a tub of cream cheese to be upended, doused in sweet chilli, and served with crackers as a dip.<br /><br />Yet, as Hung points out, there are real applications in authentic recipes for sweet chilli sauce. Hung, I would like to try as you suggest and add a little of the soup, as I think it would change the dish entirely. I am just "burned" from eating so much sweet chilli in the past, mostly at my own hands. Before I understood how to blend flavours from tamarind, palm sugar, lemon juice etc, I just tipped sweet chilli on everything. <br /><br />It's good to be reminded that this sauce, although overused in pseudo-Asian recipes, does have traditional uses.Lauren aka Ms Bakloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08540872180823771651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166641060916490585.post-61398965728814411932010-05-21T09:13:24.653+10:002010-05-21T09:13:24.653+10:00Forgot to add, one time when I took my friend to T...Forgot to add, one time when I took my friend to Thien An and the dry noodle came out WITHOUT the sweet chilli sauce. The horror. It mixed like it has lost its personality. Everything was loose and fell apart when pickup with the chopstick.<br /><br />Agnes, chilli sauce was not invented to appease Westerner taste. It's the incorrect used (ie with spring rolls) that gave it that impression.Hunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04605250807350438009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166641060916490585.post-84291282838564925142010-05-20T14:42:21.977+10:002010-05-20T14:42:21.977+10:00The sweet chilli sauce with the dry noodles has al...The sweet chilli sauce with the dry noodles has always been a staple with the dish in our culture. I can understand your irk with the spring rolls but if you didn't like the sauce with the noodles then, I can't imagine anywhere else that would use a different sauce with that type of dish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166641060916490585.post-65408500221994172612010-05-20T14:36:03.735+10:002010-05-20T14:36:03.735+10:00I only go there for noodles and not tried their sp...I only go there for noodles and not tried their spring roll before!penny aka jeroxiehttp://jeroxie.com/addictionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166641060916490585.post-29107423111622796752010-05-20T13:24:37.553+10:002010-05-20T13:24:37.553+10:00Oh I really dislike sweet chilli sauce so I can im...Oh I really dislike sweet chilli sauce so I can imagine your horror! <br /><br />My pet peeve is when a dish is called "Asian blah blah" because it has sweet chilli sauce with/in it. Rawr!Agneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02682199058521082342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166641060916490585.post-68511834034967076112010-05-20T10:44:33.830+10:002010-05-20T10:44:33.830+10:00Regarding the dry noodles with sweet chilli sauce ...Regarding the dry noodles with sweet chilli sauce (hu tieu kho), for me it's an essential ingredient. It the whole dish a slight sweet taste, but too much would ruin the dish. I usually dilute it slightly by adding some of the soup (1-2 spoon) from the small bow that came with the dish. This also has the added benefit of loosening and making things easier for mixing.Hunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04605250807350438009noreply@blogger.com