World Spices Cooking Class 3: Roasted Cauliflower from the Middle East
A cauliflower side dish – I’m making it to go with Christmas turkey! Soak mustard seeds, tumeric and saffron in oil for an hour or so. Preheat oven to 425°F. […]
Tag Archives: cooking class
Ms Vy’s Morning Glory Cooking Class in Hoi An, Vietnam
Our cooking class in Hoi An had the following components: a huge selection of Vietnamese-style breakfast/brunch items to try out a morning bike trip out to the market gardens of Hoi […]
Travel Theme: Cooking in Asia
In Asia cooking is more akin to performance art, especially in Malaysia where I captured these videos of them cooking up two of my favourite meals. Roti Canai, my go-to […]
The Yin Yang of Vietnamese Cooking
From our cooking class in Hoi An, Vietnam, taught by Ms. Vy herself! “Crispy, crunchy, chewy, silky, soft, sweet, sour, hot, bitter, salty.” In rapid fire, Ms. Vy listed off […]
World Spices Cooking Class 1: an Italian Apple Dessert
It’s apple season and here’s an Italian dessert from my World Spices cooking class at UBC: Blushing Poached Apples in Spiced Wine. The apples were first peeled and then each […]
Travel Theme: Kumquat, an Orange Fruit from Vietnam
We got a couple of kumquats as a going away present from our cooking class, and man, the first one was so sour we left the other one as a […]
Vietnamese Pancakes from My Cooking Class in Hoi An
We sort-of made Vietnamese Pancakes twice while we were in Vietnam. I use ‘sort-of’ to describe the experience as a lot of the tricky bits had been done ahead of time, and all […]
Vietnamese Salad Rolls (or Fresh Spring Rolls)
These tasty little morsels are called ‘Fresh Spring Rolls’ in Vietnam and ‘Salad Rolls’ here in Canada. Here’s how we made them in our cooking class in Hoi An Vietnam. The salad […]
World Spices Cooking Class 2: Burmese Melon & Lentil Salad
The first dish for this World Spices Cooking Class was a vegetarian Burmese salad. Consisting of peanuts, lentils, a mass of ginger and melon, this salad was an unusual combination […]
‘Weird and Wacky Foods’ from Vietnam
“Now let’s try out this section ‘Weird and Wacky Foods’ which contain some popular street foods such as jellyfish, silk worms, pork belly and snails!” This was Ms Vy introducing […]
Albatz Travel Adventures 