PORK WITH GREEN BEANS AND CARROTS So anyone who knows little old Saba, knows that I’m a sucker for a barging. Especially when its food related! So the other day I went to the supermarket to get me some bread and a few other little bits and pieces. I don’t head out to […]
Grilled Beef in Betel Leaf Bò Nướng Lá Lốt Everyone in Australia loves having a barbeque. Its our national favorite past time. We call it a barbie here in Australia cause we like to shorten all our words. We are just a laid back sort of people down under. So as every good […]
Annatto Oil I know what your thinking. What is Annatto oil right? Annatto is used in many cuisines including Vietnamese. We use it mainly for its color. Add a bit to your noodle soup broths and it is gives a beautiful yellow to orange color. To make the Annatto oil we add annatto […]
Homemade ground chilli sauce. A friend of mine grows these large red chillies. Cause he knows how much I love chilli, he was nice enough to give me a few of them. I find that these long chillies are not very spicy. However do have a very nice flavour to them. Also I […]
Malaysia Saba Eats Malacca City Satay Celup WOW its been a few months now since my last Saba Eats post. Sorry guys, I’ve been super busy traveling and eating. I know, tuff isn’t? The life of a blogger!! My most recent travels have landed me in Malaysia. I started my travels […]
I often make soy milk at home, it’s cheap and easy to do and only needs 2 ingredients to do. Soy beans and water. Yep that’s it. However making soy milk produces a lot of byproduct or waist. One thing I’m not a big fan of is wasting food. The byproduct I speak of here […]
Welcome to my new segment. BEYOND THE BRAND Where I will sit down and chat with business leaders in the food industry to find out more about the people that make these companies and brands tick. Hopefully we can get some insight into what makes their companies so great and gain a few helpful tips […]
Any one who follows my blog will know I’m a big chilli lover. It’s in just about everything I eat. I even have it on my eggs at breakfast time! It doesn’t have to be super hot, but I need to know its there. So with the amount of chilli I eat I always need to have […]
I love cooking and knowing exactly what’s in my food. But like most people I do work a full time job. So there are days where I just can’t be bothered spending to much time in the kitchen. So on days like that a quick stir fry served with some rice is always a winner […]
For 1Kg of meat THE SHOPPING LIST 4 Lemongrass stem, white part only, smashed and roughly chopped (80g) 1 Large brown onion, roughly chopped 5 Cloves of garlic, minced 1 tablespoon of ground chilli paste (or 2 fresh chillies minced) ½ tablespoon of fish sauce ½ tablespoon of Soy sauce 1 tablespoon of Oyster sauce 1 […]
Spring Onion & Chilli Pancakes You know what I really love, its spring onions. I also love pancakes. So naturally I love spring onion pancakes!! oh for those of you that don’t live down under or are not sure what a spring onion is. You might call it a green onion or a scallion. A spring onion […]
Ok, how about we make some rice balls? What rice balls? We have all seen boring rice balls before. I hear you say….. Don’t worry, these little bad boys are going to be super crispy on the outside and soft in the middle and explode with Thai red curry flavour goodness! For […]
Who doesn’t like a oozy cheesy meal, and who doesn’t like chicken wings right? I for one love both! The AFL football season has just started here. So in celebration I’m going show you how to make a yummy cheesy game day snack. It’s a little spicy, very delicious and very cheesy! It’s so easy to make and […]
Vietnamese Lemongrass Chicken Marinade For 1Kg of meat I’ve always been a big fan of lemongrass in chicken. As a kid my dad would make my brothers and I a lemongrass and crispy chicken wing dish. They were very popular and with limited supply on offer we would devour as many of these wings as […]
Yum Yum Noodle Chicken Burger Do you ever get those times when like you played golf all day and just feel like some fast food. Well I felt like that tonight. On the way home I was thinking I might just grab a Zinger burger from KFC. But being Asian, instant noodles is our answer to fast […]
Edible Chilli Flower Blossom Garnish Having a beautiful garnish can lift the look of your dish from simple to down right mouth watering. I find using colourful and unique shapes can really make the food on the plate pop. And having an edible garnish such as a chilli flower blossom ticks all the right boxes. As this […]
I visit District 3429 So this week I was out in Sunbury, a township 40km North West of Melbourne. Whilst I was there I dropped in to check out District 3429 a modern Vietnamese restaurant. I was lucky enough to be granted all access to the entire restaurant and got to see everything from […]
My Cơm Tấm Burger So in this post today I’m not sharing a recipe with you. Sorry about that. I just want to share with you one of my cooking stories. I hope it can inspire you to have fun and be creative in the kitchen. Cooking is an essential part of life. We cook […]
Surf N Turf Asian Style It’s summer in Australia now and it’s religious here that you fire up the BBQ!! It’s pretty common for us to chuck a couple of snags on there or a rissole or two. But that can get a bit boring at times. There is so much you can cook on […]
Yakiniku Tare Japanese Grilled Meat Sauce Let me tell you a bit of a saucy story! Many years ago I met this kind and beautiful Japanese girl named Aya. She would later become my wife. But that’s a story for another time. What did you think I was going to tell you about my love life? […]
Lion Brand Rice So this website is only a few weeks old now and I’m super happy how its coming along. When I started conceiving and building the website, I actually didn’t even know what a blog was. I didn’t even know where to start to create a website. I’m not even that computer literate. All I […]
The Story of Pork Chop on Broken Rice with a Sunny Side Up Egg! You know I’ve been told that every dish has a story to tell. Here is the story of my dish and I hope it brings a smile to your face. Did you ever hear the tail about the pig and the […]
lạp xưởng lạp xưởng is a Chinese style sausage, known as lap cheong, lap chong in China. Chinese Sausage is generally made from pork but flavour and ingredients will vary from region to region and country to country. In Vietnamese we call Chinese sausage lạp xưởng and it is mostly made from pork which is marinated and sundried. It’s […]
Cơm chiên lạp xưởng Fried rice with lap cheong sausage I’m a big fan of fried rices. Its a great way to use up any left over rice and vegetables you have left in the fridge. It’s great as a meal on its own or as a side dish. You can add what ever you […]