2014 | Chef Audie

Asian Express Restaurant

We saw the commercial on TV and we visited the Asian Express Restaurant. It was  a small restaurant on San Carlos street near Valley Fair shopping center. The food was great, the price is a little higher than other Vietnamese restaurant but it was good experience.

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2012 | Chef Audie

9th Anniversary

Wow, it’s been 9 years since we got married, Audrey now is already 8, and we’re still together as a loving family 😀 . We went to a very nice restaurant in Milpitas, Ta restaurant, for dinner. The restaurant is very nice but there weren’t many people, actually empty besides 2 little families (including us). […]

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Chả Cá Thăng Long (Cali) – Fried Fish Fillets

The famous Chả cá Thăng Long has been very popular in VN communities and many restaurants call it with their own names by modifying the recipes to their conveniences. Well, Chef Audie has her own recipe also but it tastes better than many restaurants. This recipe is easy to make and takes less than 30 […]

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Phở Gà – Chicken Noodle Soup

When we have family members get a cold, chicken noodle soup is the best way to help the under the weather ones. We like Foster Farm chicken (actually we try to buy anything made in California to help the state economy), they’re plump and juicy in our opinions. It’s depend on which supermarket we buy, […]

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The Best Cá Kho Tộ In 30 Minutes

Every week day, we only have maximum of 1 hour to cook for dinner, to have a balanced nutrition weekly, one day of a week, we have to have some fish dishes. The family likes Canh chua cá bông lau (sweet and sour fish soup) và cá kho tộ . I always get catfish filets, […]

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Five Guys Burgers – The Best Burgers Yet

We’ve heard so much about “Five Guys” burgers restaurants and we had to try it today. We went to Five Guys Burgers in Fremont Auto Mall shopping center, next to Chef Cheng restaurant. The cost is higher than all chained burgers joints, but the burgers and fries are the best we’ve tasted. The kids ate […]

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Bò Lúc Lắc – Beef Cubes Stir-Fry

Audie likes beef, every time we go to Vietnamese restaurants she can eat the whole plate of “bo luc lac” (beef cubes stir-fry), but some restaurants don’t cook very well and the beef is not tender sometimes. Audie likes to cook the food herself sometimes. Every weekday, we only have about an hour and a […]

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2011 | Chef Audie

French Toasts By Chef Audie

At least one weekend a month, Chef Audie cooks french toasts for breakfast. She doesn’t like to eat french toasts that much, but she sure like to prepare and play with them, especially with her helper on the side, Brandon. He’s a little older now, and he wants to participate. We do enjoy the cooking […]

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