My imaginary explanation letter would start this way: Dear plantain chips, please forgive me, but these boniatos (white sweet potatoes) chips were impossible to resist! Boniatos are not just like any sweet potatoes,
Category: Appetizer
Vietnamese sugar cane shrimps- chao tom– another delicious finger food
On one cold evening a friend of mine and myself decided to go get some Vietnamese soup to warm ourselves up. It’s on the menu of the tiny, yet inviting Vietnamese restaurant that I discovered this shrimp dish. As I was marveling at how delicious this deceptively simple looking dish was, the friend that I… Continue reading Vietnamese sugar cane shrimps- chao tom– another delicious finger food
Martinique’s holiday “petits fours”
Happy Holidays to all and of on an upbeat note for 2015, never give up! I have been wanting to make this recipe since last Christimas, since it is for an appetizer served around that period in Martinique and only got to it a few months later in February and it was definitely worth it.… Continue reading Martinique’s holiday “petits fours”
Not-perfectly round, yet delicious Shrimp Beignets
Growing up, Saturday nights were often “take out food dinners”. We were regular customers of a little Vietnamese food shack in the neighborhoods on those nights. The little stand only offered a few choices, one of which was the nems- Vietnamese spring rolls. The other one was shrimp beignets. I have yet to have… Continue reading Not-perfectly round, yet delicious Shrimp Beignets