Ian > wrote:
>On 10/29/2010 3:08 PM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
>> David Lebovitz has an ice cream in his cookbook 'The Perfect Scoop'
>> called Vietnamese Coffee Ice Cream. He says how much he enjoyed
>> the coffee in Vietnam it inspired him to make the ice cream.
>>
>> Recipe repeated here-
>> http://cafefernando.com/vietnamese-coffee-ice-cream/
>
>I was just perusing that site a couple of days ago. He reprints a Dorie
>Greenspan recipe called Korova Cookies that looks great - see
>http://cafefernando.com/korova-cookies/
Great timing- I just got a kg of Valrhona cocoa in the mail yesterday.
I have other plans for it-- but those cookies might come first.
>
>> I love the ice cream, but couldn't remember ever having Vietnamese
>> coffee. I was in Quang Nam province for a year in 1969-70.
>
>Its got to be cafe suda - Vietnamese Iced Coffee - you must have had it?
>
>See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_iced_coffee
Never saw it that I remember. But I'm going to give it a go now.
The only *cold* things I remember from that whole year are the ice
cream and a glass of cold liquid that a fisherman offered us one very
hot day. It was crystal clear in a glass with beads of condensation
dripping off it. Glass-ware was unusual; it appeared to be the
cleanest water we'd seen since we got there; fishermen in this village
were *not* known to be friendly to us. . . and it was COLD.
So against all our instincts, after much encouragement by the old man,
re-assurance from some kids we trusted, and weakening of our resolve-
Turtle and I took a long draw on our glasses-- and nearly died when we
realized it was some homebrew Rice Wine.<g> Much laughter from kids
and old man. . . . and we sipped the last half of our glasses.
>I have the Lebovitz book on my Amazon wishlist, and the ice cream looks
>great, so I'm going to have to try it.
>
I've only done 3-4 recipes from it so far. The VN coffee is so much
better than the others I've made it 4 times. It hits all my weak
spots- rich, sweet, texture is perfect-- and it is a pretty easy
recipe. But the whole book is a good read [really-- I dare you not to
*read* this whole cook-book] and the ones I've tried have all been
excellent.
Jim