Comments on: Nail Shop Eats #2 -Bun Bo Hue

By: Bernie

Bernie — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:16:08 +0000

Very funny story! I can imagine what the saloon looked like that morning…..this made me laugh out loud!!

By: Downtown Foodie

Downtown Foodie — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 22:49:29 +0000

Goodness, that looks DELICIOUS!!! Did you share the recipe? I’d love to try it at home, mmmm!!

Your story is funny. It reminds me of the first time my boyfriend and I manage to get his parents to slow down enough to do something with us for once. We get up in the morning and it’s not just his parents, but also his aunt and uncle come along for the ride, so we pack into two SUVs (maybe 7 young people from 12-25 and 4 parents) and head up to the DC Zoo from Richmond, VA.

Well after walking the huge zoo in late summer heat, we’re all starving and wondering what we’re going to eat. Well, apparently, the parents had been cooking earlier and packed the trunk up with 2 pots of hot rice, a pot of noodles, kari, and 2 other soups. The parents bust out the bamboo mat and we enjoyed a delicious, fresh, homemade meal in the DC Zoo parking lot. Whoever witnessed our zoo feast is surely to have never forgotten, haha. It was a wonderful surprise in my mind .

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:16:18 +0000

So funny, Mom seems a lot like my older sister in temperment. Maybe she should branch out into spa days with lunches?

By: nhi

nhi — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 11:51:32 +0000

I’ve recently just started reading your blog. It’s hilarious because that stuff happens in my family, too. There’s nothing like coming home from college to thit heo kho trung or bun/pho. Yum, yum.

By: calamansi05

calamansi05 — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:40:25 +0000

Can you post your Mom’s version of the soup?

By: Meaghan

Meaghan — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:33:14 +0000

So funny!
I’d start getting manicures if they came with bun bo hue around here!

By: Nhiro

Nhiro — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:56:20 +0000

Oh god. That sounds exactly like something my crazy mom would do. If she had more staff in her salon, I’d imagine her and my aunt would be in the back making BBH too (if they had a kitchen, of course). Also, looking at your photos makes me hungry now. Look forward to trying your recipes!

By: Tanya

Tanya — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:19:14 +0000

Freaken hilarious, your mom has balls. I miss my mom and her bun bo hue now.

By: Milena

Milena — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:24:28 +0000

Where IS your salon? I should like to schedule an appointment immediately. Also, please tell your mother that I’m willing to be adopted. She may light a butane stove wherever she wants in any vicinity of mine.

Great post. This is my first time here at your blog but I’ll be back.

By: Dani

Dani — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:54:30 +0000

I don’t get manicures and avoid nail shops because of the smell(what is that chemical anyway?) … but, I think you’re on to something having good cooking to tantalize the customers. Am with everyone else… I would seriously consider a manicure at a shop like Mom’s! Must go read Cooking Adventure #1 now. LOL.

xoxox
Dani