Comments on: Red Lantern Whispers

By: karen genoff

karen genoff — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:19:09 +0000

I received a copy of Pauline’s book ‘The secrets of the red lantern.’ as one of the presents from close girl friends who know I love cooking for friends and family. What a fabulous book from the heart. a wonderful story beutifully told with all the recipes.
Thankyou Pauline for the gift of your book, the inspirational story and your generousity re the recipes therin. Karen Genoff Adelaide artist.

By: Higgy

Higgy — Sun, 11 May 2008 05:14:45 +0000

Try Toto in East Vic Park. Fine flavours.

By: grocer

grocer — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:24:46 +0000

If you love vietnamese food, have a look at the recipes from the Vietnamese episode on SBS food safaris. There is a red lantern recipe for Caramelised Fish in Claypot - (Cá Kho Tô.) and the Braised Pork with Egg and Coconut Juice (Thit Heo Kho) (from another restaurant) is fantastic.

By: Yvo

Yvo — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:18:00 +0000

All the chopping and prep work- meanwhile I can run to my local and favorite Vietnamese restaurant to have the best pho for about $5 US, or bun for $4.75 US. Weighing out the pros and cons… ;)

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:37:02 +0000

Cheers guys…

Simone, I didn’t get to The Moth, tickets were sold out before I even knew about it. Though talking to Pauline it sounded like it went really well, and I have no doubt she would have give a very touching and compelling story telling. You weren’t the only one crying :)

Yvo, I almost think the opposite… Vietnamese food (well some of it anyway) looks really approachable and uncomplicated to cook, as long as you’re willing to seek out some really fresh ingredients. I love bún too :)

Linda: Thanks sò múch :)

By: Linda

Linda — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:57:20 +0000

Bún bò xào… there you go :)

By: Yvo

Yvo — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:02:36 +0000

That looks so yummy!!! Vietnamese food is one of those things I love to eat but feel is more work to make than to go buy =X Most Asian cuisine, actually. Lovely pictures as always… oh, and I love “bun”!

By: Simone

Simone — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:42:51 +0000

Oh cool! And yum!

My friend took me to see The Moth last week, part of the Writer’s Festival. This is an urban storytelling organisation from New York, but the storytellers come from everywhere, and this was their first ‘gig’ outside of the US.
Anyway, Pauline was one of the 5 storytellers, and it was story related to the story of the book really, maybe even a summary of it in some way (I haven’t read the book, I should). Obviously very emotional(I cried..), but also often funny. The other stories were also mostly very funny and occasionally emotional. Anyway, just felt like sharing that. It was a great night!
If anyone’s interested, http://themoth.org/