I just had banh canh for dinner and man was it good. It brought back recent memories of eating banh canh at Ben Thanh market in Saigon. Banh canh was one of my favourite things to eat after a big night out on the town when I was living in Vietnam.

For those who don’t know banh canh is a Vietnamese noodle soup dish with thick rice noodles, a thickish broth and normally includes either crab, prawns, fish, pork or a combination. The one I just ate had sliced prawn cakes, fish balls, pork and fried tofu.

It’s been a little while since I’ve posted something about food so I thought hey, why not take a photo of my lunch and write about it? Haha so here you have it. Grilled Vegemite and cheese on toast. For those of you who don’t know what Vegemite is, it’s a dark brown, savoury food spread made from yeast extract and is very popular in Australia and New Zealand. Some people who try it for the first time say it’s disgusting. I guess it’s an acquired taste that once you have a taste for it, it’s like the best thing ever.

So yeah, it’s just sliced bread spread with a decent amount of Vegemite, topped with your choice of cheese (I like to use vintage cheddar for the extra bite) and into the grill. A few minutes later, you’ll have something like what you can see below. Yummo!

It was my third and most likely my last snow trip for the season yesterday. It was me, Nghia, David, Stoj, Bien and Huy who made the drive up to Mt Buller for the day to hit the slopes and sharpen our snowboarding skills. Great weather made the average conditions all the better. The snow coverage was a bit patchy and the snow a little sluggish. Still, the warm and sunny weather made it all good.

So yeah it was a great day of boarding without any nasty falls. We even all gave the rail park a go this time. Now that was fun. Check out the group photo below which was taken at the end of the day when we were all pretty buggered.