Culture night - Vietnam

Last night we had our friends over for our first "culture night @ the O'Keeffe's ", an idea we came up with on our honeymoon to invite our friends over for dinner and visit a different country each time, lastnight it was Vietnam.

On the menu we had:

• Rice paper spring rolls
• Fried tofu in tomato sauce 
• Pork belly with pickled beansprouts 
• Cocoanut rice pudding with caramelized pineapple

 

Vietnamese vegetarian rice-paper spring rolls

Fried tofu in tomato sauce

Vietnamese inspired pork belly with caramel fish sauce glaze and pickled bean sprouts

Cocoanut rice pudding with pineapple

Vietnamese is one of my favourite cuisines, That and Japanese!
My husband fell in love with Tofu in tomato sauce while we were in Vietnam, which is surprising because he isn't usually that keen on tofu and vegetarian dishes.
My favourite dish of the night was the pork belly, the crackle was crisp and the pork was juicy and the sauce was full of flavour. I have been wanting to have a go at cooking pork belly at home for a while and this one was a success!!

Next culture night I think we will visit Italy..

Erica.