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 love the ice cream, but couldn't remember ever having Vietnamese
coffee. I was in Quang Nam province for a year in 1969-70.

But each time I eat this ice cream I remember eating a vanilla ice
cream in the village. There was no refrigeration in the village, so
it was a rare treat for the villagers and I was privileged to be able
to join them. I remember it being a grayish color & very sweet. I
don't remember seeing a container of any kind.

It may have just tasted so good because 0f the circumstances under
which it was consumed-- but if anyone knows what was special about
this ice cream, I'd like to try to make some.

thanks,
Jim

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/

> 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
I have the Lebovitz book on my Amazon wishlist, and the ice cream looks
great, so I'm going to have to try it.

Thanks for posting the link here.

Ian

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

On 10/30/2010 9:04 AM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
> > 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'm going to make them soon too.
>
>>
>>> 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.

Pho places here in the US serve it, usually - thats where I have had it.
I had something simlar in Thailand, though.

>
> 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.

I will get the book eventually, but first I have to see if it falls into
my lap at a library sale, as many good cookbooks do.

Thanks,

Ian

I tried their signature coconut ice cream (Malicova) on avocado while my friend had a scoop of vanilla ice cream on the second day. Both were yummy. All orders came with a small glass of water.