Great Recipes
The Little Saigon Cookbook: Vietnamese Cuisine and Culture in Southern California's Little Saigon of recipes is complete and easy to follow. It is also in brand new condition.
Easy to follow and not too bad
I've tried a few recipes in The Little Saigon Cookbook: Vietnamese Cuisine and Culture in Southern California's Little Saigon and it is not too bad. There isn't a book out there that you follow exact steps to get a perfect dish. You will still have to modify it a bit to fit your taste bud. The Little Saigon Cookbook: Vietnamese Cuisine and Culture in Southern California's Little Saigon was able to be that base starting point for me. Highly recommended.
Awesome and Authentic Cookbook!!!!!!!!
I found "The Little Saigon Cookbook" to be amongst the best of any of my Vietnamese/Asian cookbooks. It is vivid in its descriptions and illustrations. It also provides any serious enthusiast with some excellent recipes. My last dental assistant was Vietnamese and taught me a great deal before I had to retire and this cookbook reflects much of what she took the time to teach me. I also found the narrative of the author's coming to this country very interesting and inspiring.
I regret that there is a "one-star" rating on The Little Saigon Cookbook: Vietnamese Cuisine and Culture in Southern California's Little Saigon. But I have found that if you investigate grossly deviant ratings/reviews you can usually disregard them due to personal agendas, lack of experience, etc.
A great taste of Vietnam!!!
The Little Saigon Cookbook: Vietnamese Cuisine and Culture in Southern California's Little Saigon is a great book if you want to explore the Vietnamese cuisine. The food is wonderful and so interesting. I was exposed to vietnamese cooking by my wife and got The Little Saigon Cookbook: Vietnamese Cuisine and Culture in Southern California's Little Saigon to surprise her. It was great and she was extremely happy. It really surprised her that I could do such a good job cooking the food that she grew up with. It was easy enough to cook, and very interesting to get exposed to what other cultures eat. I loved it.
TWO STARS rating...O.K. book, not for beginners.
I wanted to give The Little Saigon Cookbook: Vietnamese Cuisine and Culture in Southern California's Little Saigon a TWO STARS rating, but I couldn't change the rating so it remained a 4 star rating.
The Little Saigon Cookbook: Vietnamese Cuisine and Culture in Southern California's Little Saigon is nowhere near the level of Andrea Nguyen's "Into The Vietnamese Kitchen" or Mai Pham's "Pleasures of the Vietnamese Table", but I still bought it because it has a few recipes that are not in other vietnamese cookbooks. This author's knowledge of Vietnamese cooking is not as comprehensive as Andrea Nguyen's or Mai Pham's, and it shows in her descriptions of the recipes and the ingredients. For example, Andrea Nguyen described yellow rock sugar as an ingredient that's often used in Vietnamese soups to give roundness and a slightly sweet taste to them; Andrea Nguyen also mentioned that yellow rock sugar gives ... Read More
