18/03/2026
Last night was so fkn special it deserves its own post 😭
When .nu.raag asked me to cook for x i knew i wanted to make something unhinged for the g**s hahah
Mum often tells me stories about how her family could not afford a bowl of phở growing up, so instead she would go ask for a bowl of phở broth and buy some plain bread to dip into the broth. Been thinking a lot about my ancestors’ resourcefulness n creative ways of surviving n feeling inspired by the ‘fusion’ meals that was born out of necessity. So for this pop up, I decided to mash two Viet staples together: A phở dip bánh mì 🤪
Toasted bánh mì w/ roast garlic mayo, thai basil chimichurri, pickled onion, phở spiced braised brisket, stir fried hoisin beanshoots, corriander, pickled chilli. Served with a 12 hour beef phở broth for dipping 🫡 it was so yum and ppl already asking for me to do it again 🤪
Hiếu made Vietnamese iced coffee w/ grass jelly, coconut jelly & toasted coconut flakes. Was sooo fkn tasty n very needed to keep me awake since I only had 4 hours of sleep 😭
As always, an honour to share the kitchen (misc rooftop lol) with my sibs .vn 🥹🫶🏼
Once we sold out, we headed to the dance floor to witness the magic that is who radiate so much fkn love n light on the vinyls. I boogied n bawled my eyes watching pure trans joy radiate throughout the dance floor 😭😭😭
Always feel so fkn honoured to be part of gatherings like this 🥹 thank you for your love and trust n giving me to space to cook in a way makes me feel so fkn alive 🥹❤️🫶🏼 I hope ur making space for the things that bring u joy too!!
Idk if it’s the comedown from pitch but I’m feeling so emotional this week lol
Big love to our q***r n trans siblings 4EVA 💗💗💗
Should we make this phở dip bánh mì???
