Surf

blood cockles (about 1 kg) • peeled tiger shrimp (about 100 grams) • surf clams (about 500 grams) • Or any seafood you like—these are just what I used and found at the market • fresh ginger • lemongrass • uncooked rice (about 100 grams)

mixed seafood (such as crab meat, snails, etc.) (about 100 grams) • large eggs • chopped green onion (about 15 ml) • chopped cilantro and onion (about 15 ml) • cooked rice • Seasonings

mixed seafood (such as clams and snails) (about 100 grams) • large eggs • boiled shrimp, peeled • Cilantro and green onions • fish sauce • seasoning powder and ground black pepper

Seafood omelet • Boiled pork snout • Malabar spinach soup with fish cakes • Orange

salt (about 50 grams) • sugar (about 350 grams) • MSG • fresh lime juice (about 100 ml) • Thai chili peppers (add more if you like it spicier) • red chili peppers

Korean pancake mix • squid • shrimp • Bean sprouts, garlic chives • Kimchi • Turmeric powder • Mixed fresh herbs (such as mint, mustard greens, fish mint) • Sweet and spicy garlic fish sauce • coconut milk (250 g)

rice flour (300 grams) • cornstarch (60 grams) • coconut milk (50 ml), 3 cups water (700 ml), if you have soda water, add 1/2 cup (100 ml) for extra crispiness • turmeric powder • Chopped green onions • salt • bean sprouts (150 grams) • shrimp (300 grams) • squid (200 grams) • Black pepper, salt, vegetable oil, fish sauce • carrot, shredded • limes •

fresh squid (300 grams) • fresh shrimp (250 grams) • large eggs • rice paper wrappers • ground pork (150 grams) • panko breadcrumbs • medium carrot • medium taro root • Chopped cilantro, green onions, minced garlic and onion • Vegetable oil • seasoning powder • sweetened condensed milk •

Squid • Fresh shrimp • Pork ribs • Daikon radish • Bean sprouts and garlic chives • Green onions • Soft hu tieu noodles • Sugar • Salt • Fish sauce • Ground black pepper • Lime •

instant rice porridge • salmon • seaweed flakes

ground pork (200 grams) • fresh squid (200 grams) • fresh shrimp (300 grams) • shallots • small carrot • panko breadcrumbs (100 grams) • large eggs • Rice paper wrappers for spring rolls • Seasoning powder, sugar, fish sauce, black pepper, vegetable oil

young jackfruit (500 g) • shrimp (150 g) • pork skin (100 g) • pork fat (100 g) • fish sauce • sugar • garlic • chili pepper

fried Nha Trang fish cakes (250 grams) • rice vermicelli noodles (400 grams) • lemongrass (smashed and cut into 1.5-inch pieces) • tomatoes • pineapple • minced onion and garlic • fresh herbs: Thai basil, Vietnamese coriander, scallions, cilantro • fried shallots • ground black pepper

pork cartilage bones (1 kg) • fried fish cake (400 g) • banh canh noodles (1 kg) • large shallots • Bean sprouts and a few baby bok choy • Lime and chili • Green onions and cilantro • Seasonings

squid (100 grams) • shrimp (200 grams) • crab meat (100 grams, about 4 oz) • Or any seafood you like (except fish, as fish cooks quickly and can fall apart, making the rolls messy) • carrot • onion • mayonnaise (about 30 grams) • eggs • panko breadcrumbs • all-purpose flour • seasoning powder • salt •

banh canh rice noodles (bot xat) • fried fish cake • fish cake balls • shallots • shrimp • carrots • daikon radishes • pork spare ribs (about 500 grams)

Banh canh noodles (similar to thick rice noodles) • Mackerel fish cake • Quail eggs • Pork paste, ground pork, dried shrimp • Wood ear mushrooms, Vietnamese coriander (rau ram), chili peppers • Salt, sugar, fermented shrimp paste, fish sauce, seasoning powder, annatto oil, ground black pepper, MSG (optional)

pork (300 grams) • seafood egg rolls (100 grams) • rice vermicelli noodles (5 cups, about 500 grams) • mixed fresh herbs and lettuce (about 10 oz/280 grams) • sugar (about 6 grams) • seasoning powder (about 8 grams) • MSG (about 8 grams) • ground black pepper (about 3 grams)

snakehead fish (about 1 kg) • ripe tomato • onion, 1 small piece of ginger • Quang-style rice noodles (about 400 g) • Fresh greens: lettuce, baby mustard greens, fresh herbs, banana blossom • Roasted peanuts • Green onion and cilantro • Garlic, chili, turmeric powder, annatto oil

fish cakes (about 200 g) • tomato • small shallot

hard-boiled quail eggs, peeled • Dried banh canh noodles • pork paste (about 300 grams) • ground pork (about 200 grams) • Chopped green onions, minced garlic and shallots • onion • Fish sauce, salt, MSG, chicken bouillon powder, black pepper, annatto oil

minced thac lac fish (150 grams) • –14 oz minced basa fish (300–400 grams) • small amount of dill, finely chopped • seasoning powder • MSG • tapioca starch

pork bones (500 grams) • large shrimp, such as tiger or white shrimp (500 grams) • large eggs • Green onions • Black pepper, MSG (optional), green chili, lime • pork belly, preferably with extra fat (500 grams) • Annatto seeds • Cooking oil (peanut oil is especially fragrant)

shrimp (300 grams) • jicama (200 grams) • squid (400 grams) • chopped onion (100 grams) • ground pork (200 grams) • taro (200 grams) • Seasoning to taste • Mung bean pastry wrappers (or substitute with spring roll wrappers) • pork chops (300 grams) • Assorted fresh herbs for serving with noodles

chicken wings (about 900 grams) • shrimp (about 450 grams) • scallops (about 450 grams) • squid (about 225 grams) • ground pork (about 450 grams) • wonton noodles (about 450 grams) • dried black fungus (wood ear mushrooms) (about 15 grams) • fresh mushrooms (about 450 grams) • peanut butter (about 15 grams) • fresh noodles (about 14 oz or 400 grams) • Seasonings: oyster sauce, sesame oil, seasoning powder, soy sauce, chives, onion, garlic, ginger powder (to taste)

rice flour (250 grams) • tapioca starch (10 grams) • to 1/3 cup boiling water (60–80 ml) • quail eggs • ground pork (300 grams) • fresh shrimp (250 grams) • Salt, cooking oil, MSG, chicken bouillon powder, fish sauce, black pepper, chili sate sauce • Minced onion and garlic, chopped green onions, annatto oil

fish paste (about 300 grams, preferably silver carp or similar white fish) • ground pork (about 100 grams) • Chopped fresh dill, to taste • diced carrot (about 30 grams), for color • Minced garlic, chopped green onion, ground black pepper, chicken bouillon powder, MSG (optional), fish sauce • Cooking oil

basa fish, pre-cut • broccoli • pineapple, pre-cut • carrot • gourd (opo squash) • cabbage • green onions • fresh coconut water • Chili peppers, garlic • coconut caramel sauce • fish sauce • sugar •

salmon (about 9–10.5 oz or 250–300 grams) • salt • vegetable oil • shallots • –5 chili peppers • fish sauce • light brown sugar • fresh coconut water or water (about 60 ml) • ground black pepper • green onion

Grass carp: 2.2 lbs (1 kg) (I used home-raised fish with firm, delicious meat) • galangal root, medium size, about 7 oz (200 g) • ginger • pork belly • Fish sauce, seasoned salt, black pepper, sugar, shallots, scallions • Fresh chili pepper, 1 small stalk lemongrass, cooking oil