I can’t believe how quickly time flies. Tomorrow marks exactly one year since my very first blog post (back when just my parents and Kevin were reading). This blog started as a way to chronicle my love of food and has sort of evolved into sharing my attempt at balancing the food with fitness with some random musings about my life, grad school decisions, and my upcoming wedding. I am so thankful for every visit and comment. Thank you for reading and making the past year of blogging become more than just a hobby. I truly love feeling a part of this community. Here’s to another year!
Last night I grabbed dinner with my friends Sarah and Megan at Little Saigon, a Vietnamese restaurant, in Mills50. I’ve only had Vietnamese food once before, so I was excited to try it again. I started out with an order of shrimp summer rolls because if a restaurant offers summer rolls, I simply can’t help but to order them.
The summer rolls arrived at our table almost immediately after our order was taken, which leads me to believe that they were rolled earlier. The rolls were good, and I would definitely order them again, but they weren’t as flavorful as the summer rolls at Thai Singha. The peanut sauce was very good. It was sweeter than most peanut sauces I’ve had.
Vietnamese cuisine is known for pho, noodles with some sort of meat or seafood in broth. I ordered my pho with thin slices of rare beef.
The pho comes with a separate plate of fresh basil leaves, bean sprouts and lime so you can dress your pho however you’d like. I squeezed some of the lime over the broth and tore up some basil leaves to add to the broth, which added a lot of flavor. The pho was was very good. There’s something so comforting about a big bowl of soup and noodles.
Also ordered at the table were fried rice and chicken and vegetables over rice.
I bet pho would be great in the middle of winter. I really enjoyed our dinner at Little Saigon and my second time trying Vietnamese food.
If you’re a blogger, how long have you been blogging?
Have you ever tried Vietnamese cuisine?
I’ve only been doing my blog since October I think! Not very long but at the same time it seems like all those months have gone by so fast!
I’ve had vietnamese a few times but I think I prefer thai. summer rolls are always so good though!! not a big fan of pho. haha
I think I started blogging in September (I think). My mom doesn’t read English well, so not even my parents read. Ha!
I love Little Saigon! I always get #36: Bun Cha Gio Nem Nuong. I think the meatballs are Spam and I don’t care. It’s so yummy!
Also, I always get the summer rolls and use any leftover peanut sauce on my entree.
I’ve only been blogging since January, so I still feel very new to the blog world. But I do love it!
And I love pho too! I could have totally used a nice warm bowl of pho for dinner tonight!
This is going to sound majory creepy, but were you at Caddy Shanks the other day? I was in Baldwin and swore I saw you (I recognized a pup that looked like yours initially) and was tempted to say hi but I didn’t want to be a weirdo and there was a group of people there.
Nope I don’t think it was me
I’ve been there before but not in quite awhile!
Happy one year! For some reason I always thought you were at it for much longer than only a year!
Happy One Year Blogging Anniversary!!!!
At the beginning of August I will have been blogging for two years! It’s crazy how fast time flies.
Happy blogiversary! We’re coming up on two years & you’re right, time flies when you’re having fun
I love Pho, so tasty! I’m actually in the process of perfecting a vegetarian version so be on the lookout for that recipe real soon!
Sounds great! Kevin actually mentioned that he doesn’t like the taste of the beef stock in pho so that will be perfect!
Congratulations!! I think I’m right around a year too although I had a little tumblr before that.
Happy One Year of Blogging! I’ve been blogging for six months and I swear that time has flown by!
Aww, happy one year! I’ve been doing it for about two, and it’s gone so quickly!
I have always wanted to try pho! Happy 1 year! My one yr bloggiversary is May 1st!
I have to say that great minds think alike! I started my blog on April 19th of last year too! Happy blovagersary!
I just really started blogging in October, so it’ll be awhile before I hit my year mark
Oh, and I loveeee Vietnamese food!
Happy birthday to your blog! : )