By Thang Ngo
I love the enterprising old ladies of Cabramatta, each weekend they add colour and even more life to the place by selling home made food and home grown vegetables. Early on, over zealous council officers would chase them and made a point of publicly throwing their goods in the bin as a form of public deterrent.
But week after week, more and more come back. I think the council has now given up this silly persecution.
Of course, I always make a point of supporting them (these ladies can also be very persuasive sales people), one week it’s nem, another it’s mint, sometimes banh tet, today it’s Sâm Bổ Lượng. I even go to nearby Canley Heights to buy home made yogurt and creme caramel.
Sâm Bổ Lượng is a popular Vietnamese dessert that you can get a most Vietnamese restaurants, grocery stores and now, on the streets of Cabramatta.
It must be related to a Chinese version because the name sounds Chinese. It’s cross between a syrupy drink and a dessert consisting lotus nuts, dried longans, dried snow fungus, dried prunes, dried seaweed and a lot of sugar. If you want to make it at home, here’s a recipe.
Long may the old ladies sell their wares!
Wow, you've captured Cabramatta perfectly.. and I love the old ladies too.
Looks wonderful! It's def one of my favorite kind of Che!
I do hope the council has stopped chasing the street vendors, though I wonder how much the oldies would make from their sales. The soup looks lovely.
I absolutely LOVE this dessert. It's so good on a hot summer's day. But I like making it myself because I don't like it to be too sweet and I don't like the lotus nuts or the prunes (but I think they're dried dates, but I'm not entirely sure).
I absolutely LOVE this dessert. It's so good on a hot summer's day. But I like making it myself because I don't like it to be too sweet and I don't like the lotus nuts or the prunes (but I think they're dried dates, but I'm not entirely sure).
I absolutely LOVE this dessert. It's so good on a hot summer's day. But I like making it myself because I don't like it to be too sweet and I don't like the lotus nuts or the prunes (but I think they're dried dates, but I'm not entirely sure).
thanks everyone, never knew so many people liked this dessert!