
Today, in line with the official launch of my cookbook – Lemongrass & Ginger in the UK and AUS, I thought I would share a recipe from the book.
I heard so much about Cha Ca La Vong in Hanoi. It is a restaurant that serves only one dish – Cha Ca, which is grilled fish. However, It did make me very curious on how the family-run restaurant had managed to make its name big and earned a place on the map for serving only one dish.
I promised myself that I wasn’t going to leave Hanoi until I tried it, so I did! I learnt and tasted this dish during my short visit to Hanoi a few years ago. I really love it! It was fun, simple and delicious. It came in a pan over a charcoal burner, where the oil was still bubbling away in the pan. Served alongside are different kind of herbs, rice vermicelli, nuoc cham dipping sauce, sliced chillies and roasted peanuts.
Now, it’s not a dish that you have travel miles away to savour, you could prepare and cook it from scratch in your comfy kitchen!
p/s: Two signed copies of Lemongrass & Ginger to giveaway! If you haven’t entered, please click here! Closing date is 16/04/2012.
Lovely dish, Limei! I can taste the fresh flavours already!
Thank you!
Fabulous dish for the summer,so versatile a bit like a salade!!!! Leeme Merci for sharing xx
Yes, it is a bit like a salad. Really yummy!
That sounds and looks good! i love this spice.
cheers,
Rosa
It’s one of the dishes that I am not bored to eat on a daily basis! 🙂
I adore this type of dish and fell in love with a similar version in Hoi An recently. Just gorgeous!
Cool! I just Vietnamese food is refreshing!
I never try cooking authentic Vietnamese cuisine before. This dish looks really simple and delicious for me to try it out. Thanks for sharing. 😉
No worries! Give it a try, I think you will like it.
Congrats on the launch of the book in UK & AUS — I love fish recipes. And this is even more delicious with Hanoi flavors 🙂
Thank you!
Yes, this one is one that I can’t forget from my last visit to Vietnam.
Congratulations on the cookbook! This looks fantastic…wonderful flavors!
Thank you very much!
It looks so fresh with the fresh herbs! And the turmeric fish sounds very appetizing.
Yes, I really love the use of herbs in Vietnamese cooking, really refreshing!
This is amazing good, all ingredients are easily to obtain here, must try one day. Thanks for sharing.
It is really simple yet delicious!
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