Summertime

sweet corn kernels (about 400 grams) • water (about 400 ml, for making corn milk) • whole milk (about 100 ml) • sweetened condensed milk (about 100 grams) • heavy whipping cream (about 100 ml) • agar powder (about 30 grams) • water (about 2.5 liters, for making jelly) • sugar (about 350 grams, adjust to taste) • pandan leaves (about 100 grams) • water (about 200 ml, for blending pandan leaves)

rice noodle sheets (about 1 kg) • eggs • firm tofu • cucumber • Vietnamese pork sausage (about 300 g) • boiled pork (about 300 g) • carrot • Lettuce and cilantro

large eggs • unsweetened whole milk (about 480 ml) • sweetened condensed milk • vanilla extract

rice vermicelli noodles (500 grams) • Mixed fresh herbs, carrots, bean sprouts, cucumber • Protein: beef / Vietnamese pork sausage (giò lụa) / shredded chicken • egg • Roasted peanuts, fish sauce, garlic, lime, chili

lettuce • Carrot • Cucumber • Beef sirloin • Rice paper wrappers • Fresh herbs: mint, cilantro • Seasonings: fish sauce, garlic, chili, lime

Rice paper wrappers • Rice vermicelli noodles (I used brown rice noodles) • eggs • Pork belly • large shrimp • Cucumber • Carrot • Pineapple • Hoisin sauce • Peanut butter • little sugar • Fried garlic •

cooked mung beans (100 g) • coconut milk (120 ml) • shredded coconut (about 0.7 oz or 20 g) • sweetened condensed milk (60 ml) • salt

gelatin (soak in 2 2/3 tablespoons water to bloom) • heavy whipping cream (250 ml) • whole milk (250 ml, unsweetened) • sugar (50 g) • Canned fruit (lychee, peach, or use longan syrup) • rock sugar (100 g)

fresh plums • white vinegar for washing plums • lemon for making plum jam • sugar • ginger • fine salt (for making preserves)

Almost 1 large cantaloupe (leftover, no one wanted to eat it, but everyone fights for the ice cream!) • Whipping cream • whole milk (150 ml) • sweetened condensed milk • Toasted coconut crumbs • rolled wafer cookies for garnish

whipping cream (400 ml) • pure coconut milk (400 ml) • granulated sugar (100 g) • roasted peanuts (200 g) • dried coconut (cracked in half) • Wooden popsicle

peach • banana • mango • peach yogurt • crushed ice (about 240 ml)

watermelon • orange • banana • yogurt (about 45 ml)

Pisang Awak bananas (or other ripe bananas) • Jackfruit, sliced • Peanuts (crushed) • Shredded coconut • sweetened condensed milk • low-fat whole milk (300 ml) • heavy cream (300 ml) • coconut milk • plain yogurt (from 2 containers)

grass jelly powder • hulled mung beans (about 300 grams) • sugar

cooling herbs • dried winter melon (100 grams) • filtered water (4 liters) • rock sugar, adjust to taste (0.5 kg) • black grass jelly powder (1.8 oz or 50 grams) • sugar (3.2 oz or 90 grams) • filtered water (28 oz or 800 grams) • Chia seeds • Ice

black grass jelly powder • Unsweetened milk

pork spare ribs (about 1 kg) • daikon radish, cut into chunks (about 700 grams) • carrots, cut into chunks (about 700 grams) • onions • green onion (about 20 grams) • cilantro (about 20 grams) • salt • fish sauce (35°N) • water (1.5 liters)

winged beans (about 200 g) • cooked clams (about 100 g) • cilantro or Vietnamese coriander (about 10 g) • garlic • lemongrass • chili oil (sa tế) • cooking oil • salt • chili pepper (optional)

jute leaves (about 200 grams) • salt • water (about 500 ml)

grass jelly powder • golden sugar (about 350 grams) • pineapple • Ginger, lemon

all-purpose flour (about 250 grams) • salt • water (about 160 ml)

black grass jelly powder • white grass jelly powder • malva nuts (20 g) • basil seeds (20 g) • vials banana extract • rock sugar (500 g)

whole milk (220 ml) • coconut milk (250 ml) • small cans sweetened condensed milk (add more or less to taste) • sugar (50 grams) • egg yolks • cornstarch • vanilla extract

fresh lotus seeds (about 1 1/3 cups) • black grass jelly powder (50 grams) • rock sugar (about 1/2 cup, adjust to taste) • water (about 4 1/4 cups) • salt

grass jelly powder or pre-made grass jelly • Sweetened condensed milk • Ice

black beans (about 200 grams) • Rock sugar, light brown sugar • grass jelly powder (use the type shown in the picture)

peaches • rock sugar (about 150 grams) • small piece of ginger

This dish usually uses leftover ingredients from holiday meals to change up the flavors, but it's also easy to make in the summer for a refreshing meal • pork belly (300 g) • shrimp (200 g) • Vietnamese pork sausage (chả) (200 g) • eggs • bean sprouts and assorted fresh herbs (200 g) • rice vermicelli noodles (2 kg) • cucumbers, 1 carrot • Ingredients can be varied based on your preference

ground pork (100 g) • large eggs • crab paste from broth or jarred crab paste (100 g) • fermented shrimp paste • MSG • pink salt (or regular salt) • fish sauce • sugar • ground black pepper • cold water (1 liter) • ground crab (300 g) • cleaned apple snails (300 g) •