Tag: noodle

  • The Truth About Sriracha

    The Truth About Sriracha
    By Chongchen Saelee

    If you’ve grown up in America in even the most semi of Asian culture, you might be familiar with Huy Fong Foods brand of sriracha, otherwise now synonymously known as “Sriracha” with a capital S in ‘murica. Much like how Americans only fell in love with Chinese wire-fu with Ang Lee’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”, there seems to be a late to the train game going on. But mostly, this chili sauce is catching on because it has become known as the hipster ketchup. And ketchup has a stigma for being cheap and junk food (sugar, vinegar, and red dye, no tomatoes whatsoever). These modern hipsters are putting it on EVERYTHING. But real Asians were just using it in pho. (more…)

  • Empty Bowl of Pho – A Poem

    Empty Bowl of Pho
    By Chongchen Saelee

    Empty bowl of pho
    Filled me warm inside
    With essential ingredients
    Rice, spice, beef, and scallions
    Enough to keep me alive

    Oh, it’s not too hard to make
    It’s quite simple actually
    The broth is boiled water and beef bones
    Rice noodles and the rest is up to you
    Don’t you have clue?

    That is why
    The bowl is empty
    I’m going for seconds
    How about you?