Looking forward to spending the weekend with our moms this weekend! To help celebrate, this was one of the cutest videos of my mom the other month. It was her first time eating King Crab Legs and it was so precious, I’ve never seen her so happy with food. These Alaskan King Crab Legs & Claws are so snow white and have a wonderful light sweetness to them. Check out the post on how to cook and a couple of my favorite dips with these!

This Vietnamese “Canh” aka clear soup is so savory yet light. Fuzzy melon is peeled and stuffed with a filling of ground pork, mushroom, and mung bean noodles. Fresh herbs like Chinese chives and cilantro adds a fresh aromatic fragrance. Similarly you can also use bitter melon as well which is called “Canh Kho Qua”.

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You’ll want to eat these whole! These are a favorite in our household especially when we eat out at a nice Vietnamese restaurant. The shrimps are super crispy with the use of cornstarch and when deep fried, they are so crispy that you can eat them shell and head on!

I got these beautiful Acadian redfish filets which is part of the rockfish family from the Gulf of Maine. They have a bright red skin with a super mild (no fishy) flavor.

I just pan fried them, added some green onions and chili peppers, then drizzled it with some of my Vietnamese Hoisin Sauce glaze and some hot sizzling oil!

This is one of my mom’s favorite recipes. This is mostly a Northern Vietnamese dish where small nuggets of moist salmon (or white fish) is marinated in turmeric and pan fried with a generous topping of dill and scallion. You’ll see this in a lot of Vietnamese restaurants where they serve this on a sizzling skillet on your table.

Turmeric gives the fish a beautiful yellow/orange color and it pairs perfectly with the fermented shrimp paste sauce (aka mam tom). This dish is served often times with fresh rice noodles (aka “bun” in Vietnamese) with the shrimp paste sauce or nuoc mam cham. Click for recipe and more!

If you go to a banh mi sandwich shop and get super confused with all the Banh Mi options, you might be asking yourself, “what kind of Banh Mi Sandwich should I get”?

My answer? Get a classic Banh Mi like "Banh Mi Dac Biet" or “Banh Mi cha lua”.

A Banh Mi Dac Biet and Cha Lua Banh Mi is typically filled with cold cut ham, chicken liver pate, mayonnaise, pickled daikon and carrots, fresh cucumber, black pepper, green chili and cilantro.

My most popular fan favorite garlic noodles gets a facelift with a deliciously sweet and decadent topping 🦞.

This dish was a sure crowd pleaser. For this dish I adapted a traditional Cantonese ginger scallion lobster dish and took a Vietnamese spin by adding some Vietnamese Ot Sa Te sauce for an extra splash of red color and some heat.

Banh Chuoi aka Vietnamese Banana Cake is a popular street food in Vietnam but also a favorite sweet bake among many Vietnamese households. In this cake you can definitely see the French influence on Vietnamese cuisine.

My mom's Vietnamese Braised Salmon aka "Cá Kho" recipe is so easy and oh so tasty!You'll see this normally served in Vietnamese restaurants in a simmering claypot but you can make this straight on your stovetop with a pan or stove-proof pot.

Typically you caramelize sugar first, but if that step scares you then you'll like this shortcut of marinating the fish in sugar and fish sauce and letting the fish caramelize with the marinade slowly in your pot. Click to learn more and for recipe!

This basic countryside dish that’s a popular dish in many Vietnamese households and it’s making its way into younger generations.

This simple dish is a common Vietnamese dish where you simply boil cabbage and pair it with a rich egg/fish sauce dip. The richness of the egg & salty fish sauce beautifully pairs with the sweet crisp green cabbage. Click through for more info and full recipe!

Never overcook crab legs. How to steam Alaskan King Crab Legs.

+ Plus, Prince Edward Island Mussels simmered in a French-Vietnamese fusion sauce.

Vietnamese Soy Sauce Eggs- also known as Trung Ngam Tuong in Vietnamese are soy eggs marinated in a rich soy sauce broth with aromatic herbs like chives, cilantro stems, sesame seeds, and chili peppers.