Bitter melon soup holds cultural significance in Southern Vietnamese culture, as kho qua, or bitter melon, is a play on words for easing life's difficulties. Consuming this soup during Lunar New Year ...

Bitter melon can be an acquired taste, but those who enjoy it are ready to sing its praises. Braising helps to mute the bitter notes. To make the stuffing, soak the mushroom and noodles in ...

Vietnamese varieties veer toward the sharp and pointy end of the bitter melon spectrum and can be anywhere from almost grey green to a deep and vibrant Kelly green. Indian varieties range in color ...

Braised pork with duck eggs and stuffed bitter melon soup have long been associated with regional characteristics and spiritual elements of southern Vietnamese life. A meal served in families in the ...

“Your skin’s erupting,” Mum said in Vietnamese, placing the dish of bitter melon on the wooden laminate dining table. The light above caught the gold wedding band she continued to wear twent ...

Read the first part here. Recipe: South Vietnamese Bitter Melon This is the kind of dish we have only at home, never in restaurants: Mix shrimp paste, sugar, red pepper and lots of lime juice into ...

Cocooned in gilded wallpaper, the dramatically-lit dining room is a glittering backdrop for its menu of Vietnamese-French ...

TNB currently grows forest bitter melon in several provinces in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta and sells its products to the Vietnamese and overseas markets, including tea bags made from forest bitter ...

But on the side and backyard of Phannie Truong’s Laurel house are kumquats, ong choy, bok choy, Asian long beans and bitter melon — all ... Truong, who is Chinese-Vietnamese, has been ...

Haley Nguyen, one of the Vietnamese "boat people" who settled ... had pointed out during a tour of Little Saigon - ginger, bitter melon, turmeric, lemongrass and wood ear mushrooms.