Bubble Tea for Dinner | Bubble Tea for Dinner http://www.bubbleteafordinner.com Making desserts, lusting for street food and travelling Asia ~ a pastry cook's inspiration. Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:52:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Finding Your Third Eye Through Consumption of Large Quantities of Bacon http://www.bubbleteafordinner.com/2013/02/06/finding-your-third-eye-through-consumption-of-large-quantities-of-bacon/ http://www.bubbleteafordinner.com/2013/02/06/finding-your-third-eye-through-consumption-of-large-quantities-of-bacon/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:52:29 +0000 admin http://www.bubbleteafordinner.com/?p=4677 I found this zine in my front hall once, a long time ago.  I only just remembered that I’d taken pictures of it now.  It turns out, it came in a bag with my boyfriend from Halifax; one of his friends had made it (Credit: Fresh Flesh).  Genius, genius work. …

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]]> http://www.bubbleteafordinner.com/2013/02/06/finding-your-third-eye-through-consumption-of-large-quantities-of-bacon/feed/ 5 Celebrating the Year of the Snake… with Snakewine http://www.bubbleteafordinner.com/2013/02/04/celebrating-the-year-of-the-snake-with-snakewine/ http://www.bubbleteafordinner.com/2013/02/04/celebrating-the-year-of-the-snake-with-snakewine/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:02:25 +0000 admin http://www.bubbleteafordinner.com/?p=4644 The past few days have been a study in spot pedestrian survival manoeuvres.  Motorbikes are careening through the cobbled streets with even more creativity than usual.  And when actually on my bike?  Standstill traffic jams packed with buoyantly amiable drivers and practiced pillions carrying presents, flowers, crates of crackers, cooking …

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]]> http://www.bubbleteafordinner.com/2013/02/04/celebrating-the-year-of-the-snake-with-snakewine/feed/ 1 A Visual Guide to Over 150 Vietnamese Desserts http://www.bubbleteafordinner.com/2013/01/31/a-visual-guide-to-over-150-vietnamese-desserts/ http://www.bubbleteafordinner.com/2013/01/31/a-visual-guide-to-over-150-vietnamese-desserts/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:45:45 +0000 admin http://www.bubbleteafordinner.com/?p=4640 To you, I present, the ongoing visual guide to Vietnamese pastry in all it’s gooey, flaky, psychedelic, fresh and fruity, dark and rooty splendour.  Seriously I never realized how incredibly varied and complex the dessert culture is here until I dove headfirst into it.  I hope you get excited about …

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]]> http://www.bubbleteafordinner.com/2013/01/31/a-visual-guide-to-over-150-vietnamese-desserts/feed/ 0 Chả cá Lã Vọng (Hanoi Dill-Turmeric Fish), with Nước chấm sauce http://www.bubbleteafordinner.com/2013/01/22/cha-ca-la-vong-hanoi-dill-turmeric-fish-with-nuoc-cham-sauce/ http://www.bubbleteafordinner.com/2013/01/22/cha-ca-la-vong-hanoi-dill-turmeric-fish-with-nuoc-cham-sauce/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:45:41 +0000 admin http://www.bubbleteafordinner.com/?p=4621 I admit, I’ve never had the iconic dish at the famous restaurant near Hoan Kiem Lake.  They have only this; charcoal-grilled catfish, marinated in turmeric and ginger, then bubbled in hot fat in a communal hotplate ready to be swirled with buoyant rice noodles, copious herbs, and sweet-tart nuoc cham… …

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]]> http://www.bubbleteafordinner.com/2013/01/22/cha-ca-la-vong-hanoi-dill-turmeric-fish-with-nuoc-cham-sauce/feed/ 4 Lương Khô – dehydrated field rations in the candy aisle. http://www.bubbleteafordinner.com/2013/01/20/luong-kho-dehydrated-field-rations-in-the-candy-aisle/ http://www.bubbleteafordinner.com/2013/01/20/luong-kho-dehydrated-field-rations-in-the-candy-aisle/#comments Sat, 19 Jan 2013 22:14:24 +0000 admin http://www.bubbleteafordinner.com/?p=4616 Wandering the aisles of Fivimart (major mega grocery store chain with 23 kinds of frozen fish balls and gum on every corner), I threw this pack in my bag.  Mostly because it was cheap, and weirdly brick-like in texture, and it said “chocolate flavour!”, although that should have tipped me …

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]]> http://www.bubbleteafordinner.com/2013/01/16/red-chili-chocolate-chunk-muffins/feed/ 0 How to Make Sugar Wax at Home (without a thermometre) http://www.bubbleteafordinner.com/2013/01/14/how-to-make-sugar-wax-at-home-without-a-thermometre/ http://www.bubbleteafordinner.com/2013/01/14/how-to-make-sugar-wax-at-home-without-a-thermometre/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 05:30:12 +0000 admin http://www.bubbleteafordinner.com/?p=3996 It’s spring in Hanoi.  Spring spring spring -  It happened this morning like a gold brick landing on that nasty 5-week winter we had and that means bare legs, and that means sugar wax.  Homemade sugar wax, even.  Who needs to run around expat shops looking for an overpriced bucket …

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]]> http://www.bubbleteafordinner.com/2013/01/14/how-to-make-sugar-wax-at-home-without-a-thermometre/feed/ 0 Weekly Photo Challenge – Resolved http://www.bubbleteafordinner.com/2013/01/10/weekly-photo-challenge-resolved/ http://www.bubbleteafordinner.com/2013/01/10/weekly-photo-challenge-resolved/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:06:11 +0000 admin http://www.bubbleteafordinner.com/?p=3865 Resolved. There at least two meanings of the word that I can think of.  The first that came to me, and perhaps the one with the most meaning anyway… is the resolution to finish something, to see it through despite all setbacks and fears. I’m trying right now to move my blog …

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