Pandan Dreaming ✴︎ Hiếu

It's set to be a great night! Let's dream for the future – what comes next for Community of Practice. Grateful for @t.r.o.u_ hosting us again. @pandandreaming will treat us with some karaoke and pandan desserts! Register with the link in bio.

Soft launching Saturday school at the shop!!! Inspired by the weekend language schools many of us attended growing up, Saturday School is a free series of creative workshops across 2026 — a communal learning space to remember the wholeness of who we are and practice what keeps us rooted, nourished and connected to each other across oceans and these FAKE borders. For our first workshop we want to invite you into the magic of Bánh Tét Making ✨ Guided by our ancestral wisdom, @jazzclub.vn , @pandandreaming n I will be showing you how to make this v special lunar new years dish as we continue to ground ourselves into the year of the fire horse. Every year my family and I spend 48 hours prepping, wrapping and cooking Bánh Tét as an offering to our ancestors and our community, For generations, Bánh Tét is how my lineage showed care to eachother. My grandparents used to spend days wrapping, boiling and drying so that they can gift their family and neighbours. These past few years, I have had the honour to learn and archive this recipe from my Mum and we can’t wait to pass on this recipe to you 💌 Join us on the 4th April for a wholesome day where we will share our family recipes, learn the art of banana leaf wrapping and eat a home cooked meal together. There will be plenty of time to marinate, rest together n sing karaoke 🥹 Leaf wrapping is a living archive of ancestral knowledge, preserving practices of communal care, togetherness across generations and it is an honour to share this with our community 🫶🏼 Applications open today via link in bio and close next Wednesday 25th March. Successful participants will receive an email on 27th March 😊 📅 Date/Time: Saturday 4th April 2026 (11am - 4pm) 📍 Location: Shop Bao Ngoc - 387 Victoria St, Brunswick VIC 3056 💸 Cost: Free (kindly supported by Arts Merri-bek) 👥 Limited to 15 spots (apply via link in bio) So grateful that we are able to offer this workshop free of charge as it is supported by Arts Merri-bek ❤️ Pls apply via link in bio and share with your networks!!!

Hi friends, we're excited to invite you to 'Những Buổi Nhâm Nhi' (A Time to Slowly Sip and Nibble) - our very first Library Cafe on Saturday, 21 Feb 1-5pm 🌿🍵 📚 Join us for a chill, low-key afternoon @thatplaceonvictoriast where you can browse and borrow new titles from the collection, and find a cosy spot to read or chat while you sip on beautiful tea served by @subtlebodies.space and enjoy delicious desserts by @pandandreaming 💚💫 There will be comfy seats and relaxed tunes. If you're feeling creative, we'll also have some Lunar New Year themed crafts 🔥🐎🧧🎆 All are welcome (including our non-Viet friends!). Can't wait to soak up the serenity with you ✨️

Hiii - if you’re seeing this can you pls engage bc the algo hates us 💔 Our family is finally united together again and we are soooo excited to cook for you again!!! Opening 2026 with our cult favourite vermicelli n gonna finally make snacks - bánh khọt inspired by our recent trip to motherland (limited serves)🫶🏼 Come through tomorrow 23rd Jan from 6.30pm!! We brought over some new tables and chairs from Vietnam bc we miss quê so much and wanted to bring back a little slice of hometown back with us 🥹 Eat in or takeaway available. It’s just just mum n I in the kitchen so I appreciate ur love and patience 💓 $15 -$35 sliding scale for vermicelli, $15 banh khot, $15 for Hieu’s pandan pudding with options to pay on card or cash There will be vegan, chicken and pork options - gluten free means no spring rolls! No one will be turned away for lack of funds - you can always pay id 🫶🏼 If you have extra $ and would like to pay it forward for others, u can pay id us at 0450286224 with ‘pho night’ in the notes. If you’re sick pls stay home n take care of community! Air purifier will be on all night ❤️ Might make some fun drinks too if we have capacity heheh Walk ins only - come early to avoid disappointment 🫡 📍387 Victoria at Brunswick Come thru n share space!!! We can’t wait to open 2026 with a bang 💗

All I want for my birthday is for you to donate to mutual aid!!!! 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼 It’s my bday week n usually I hate the attention but for this year I will accept birthday wishes in the form of mutual aid donations 🥹 so grateful for another year surrounded by the sweetest community ever 😭 thank you for ur kindness n generosity - this kind of trust feels so rare these days and I feel so honoured to build community with every single one of u!! On Feb 1st, the shop kids will be running 5km for mutual aid!!! (lol not mo bc they running away from us but they will forever be in our hearts 😭😭😭) pls sponsor us and help us get to our 1k goal! If you have capacity, pls donate to our campaign via the link in bio. We have been TRAINING UP for this and hope I finally get the runners high that everyone talks about??? The organisers have been working soo hard on this event! If you have capacity, pls join or donate to the fun run/walk! There are also soo many other cute ways to participate on the day! Check out @funrun4mutualaid ❤️ Anyways pls help us reach our goal via link in bio 🫶🏼 THANK YOU 🙏🏼

Come SNACK, SLITHER, SHED & SLIDE with us into the new year 🐍🧧 The Year of the Snake Red Pocket Press Launch is on this Saturday (13 December) from 2-5pm! Only a few tix left online left and a few door tickets available on the day 💌link in bio if you don’t wanna miss out! There will be some delicious snacks and drinks available on the day to raise funds for Red Pocket Press to keep supporting queer and trans Asian artists and programming in the coming years 🫶🏼 NEW MENU LOADING… ⭐️Pandan Chiffon Cake by @monosylabik / {nhớ} pandan dreams ⭐️Chè tofu pudding and mixed jelly sweet soup by Hiếu / @pandandreaming ⭐️Salted Kumquat & Sour Plum Jasmine iced soda lol also there’s FREE public transport this weekend so come catch a new fancy metro train and come see some amazing gaysian art and snack with us 🥰🤪 With love from Hiếu and the Red Pocket Press team hehe (lol we had to include another pic from our silly photoshoot 😂)

Hieu made the most fucked up dessert ever and you can eat it TONIGHT!!! ✨Pandan waffles with salted coconut cream with @karitongelato.au buko pandan Icecream and strawberry bits 🍓 Cant believe this is gonna be the last pho night for 2025 😭😭😭 pls come thru n help us pay the rest of shop rent for the year 🫶🏼 tonight (28/11) from 6.30pm at 387 Victoria at Brunswick it is such a fkn honour to cook and share space with you. I can’t believe this gets to be our lives - I feel so so lucky n grateful for the trust you’ve put into us, our creative practice n the space 😭 I always leave pho night in the early hours of the morning feeling so nourished and heart so full. You all make it worth it 🥹 Grateful for all the shop simps for mobilising n organising in the space - I have the best community network who hype n support me when I can’t even advocate for myself 😭😭😭 So many cute things in store for 2026!! @pandandreaming @_jazzclub8 have been brainstorming n we can’t wait to share the next chapter of the shop ❤️ change is hard but I’m learning to slowly trust the process 🥹 Can’t wait to see u tonight!! Come thru n maybe we can sing karaoke 🤪🤪🤪

Hiii - if you’re seeing this can you pls engage bc the algo hates us 💔 Pic of our fav chicken phở place in St Albans to let u know that we will be open tomorrow (28/11)!!! LAST ONE FOR 2025 🥵 Phở Cô Hiền 📍218A Main rd E St Albans VIC (Save this post!!) Broth here is fkn elite and they use running chicken which gives the broth its deep yellow colour 😭 on Fridays they do blood sausages too!! Pls go support them ❤️ St Albans has such a special place in our hearts - @pandandreaming grew up there too n its always such a blessing to visit our roots - it feels like being back home in the motherland 😭I love doing karaoke with a random uncle on the streets hâhha Feeling inspired so we will be slinging chicken phở tomorrow (28/11) from 6.30pm 🫶🏼 Eat in or takeaway available. It’s just just mum n I in the kitchen so I appreciate ur love and patience 💓 $15 -$35 sliding scale for pho and $15 for Hieu’s desserts with options to pay on card or pay id. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. If you have extra $ and would like to pay it forward for others, u can pay id us at 0450286224 with ‘pho night’ in the notes. Will be cooking a vegan n chicken broth. Vegan one can be made gf too ✨ Might make some fun drinks too if we have capacity heheh Walk ins only. Come thru n share space!!! We can’t wait 💗

Hiii - if you’re seeing this can you pls engage bc the algo hates us 💔 Pic of my fav chicken phở place in Hanoi to let u know that we will be open tomorrow (21/11)!!! Huyền Hương Chicken Phở 📍20 Bao Khanh, Hoan Kiem District HANOI (Save this post!!) i love beef phở but there’s something so fkn healing about a chicken broth 😭 the one we had at Huyền Hương was sooooo fragrant n deep in flavour - we were so wrecked after spending a whole day on a sleeper bus so it saved us 🥹 pls support them if you’re ever in Hanoi!! Feeling inspired so we will be slinging chicken phở tomorrow (21/11) from 6.30pm 🫶🏼 My mum keeps asking me when I’m gonna make chicken phở again so she can eat it hehehe Eat in or takeaway available. It’s just just mum n I in the kitchen so I appreciate ur love and patience 💓 $15 -$35 sliding scale for pho and $15 for Hieu’s desserts with options to pay on card or pay id. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. If you have extra $ and would like to pay it forward for others, u can pay id us at 0450286224 with ‘pho night’ in the notes. Will be cooking a vegan n chicken broth. Vegan one can be made gf too ✨ Might make some fun drinks too if we have capacity heheh Walk ins only. Come thru n share space!!! We can’t wait 💗

If ur seeing this can you please share for the algo please 🥹👉🏻👈🏻 @pandandreaming n I have heard your cries for another cooking workshop n we are so excited to announce that we will be hosting a vietnamese vegan cooking class at the end of this month 🌱 We will share all the Viet aunty secrets we have learnt n documented over the years!!! Come join us on the last day of spring for an abundantly nourishing afternoon of cooking, connection and shared stories. Together, we’ll prepare some of our favourite vegan Vietnamese homestyle dishes, then gather around the dinner table for a family-style meal ending with a sweet treat. Vietnamese homestyle family meals (Cơm Nhà) embody the ancestral care and love of collectively sharing a bountiful seasonal array of dishes and stories together with friends and family. Vegan (Chay) Vietnamese cooking in particular carries a deep connection to Vietnamese Buddhist history and herbal plant wisdom as part of every day medicine.  Cơm Nhà is an abundant spread of communally shared dishes that typically includes Cơm (rice), Món Mặn (main protein), Rau (fresh vegetables), Canh (soup), Chè (sweet soup) and other small accompanying dishes. It’s the meal @pandandreaming n I always turn back to when we are feeling burnt out and in need of care n nourishment 🥹 Inspired by our recent trip home to the motherland, we will be learning how to cook: * Lá Lốt và Măng Xào (Betel Leaf and Bamboo Stir-fry) * Đậu Hũ Chiên Sốt Me Chua Ngọt (Fried Tofu in Sweet and Sour Tamarind Sauce) * Canh Bầu Nấu Nấm (Gourd and Mushroom Soup) * Thịt Kho Chay (Mock Braised Pork Belly) * Nấm Chiên Giòn (Fried Mushroom Calamari) * Chè Trôi Nước (Glutinous Rice Dumplings in Ginger Syrup) Unfortunately, due to the nature of this workshop, we’re unable to accommodate additional dietary requirements. All dishes are gluten free except the vegan pork!! Come join us and be immersed in ancestral recipes and stories of communal care and reciprocity with new and old friends. We are so excited to welcome you into our second home n share a meal with you! Link in bio for tickets ❤️ #cooking #class #melbourne #whatsonmelbourne

For our final Creative Bereavement Session of 2025, we are collaborating with @pandandreaming and the Positive Living Centre to offer an altar making workshop for all LGBTIQA+ people who have experienced a stigmatised loss, including to suicide or HIV related causes. Altar making has long been a powerful tool for people and communities to hold, grow, and honour connection. Creating and caring for an altar, especially in relation to a loss that carries stigma, can be a precious and meaningful way to nurture ongoing bonds with our loved ones. Co-facilitated by Hiếu Phùng and Switchboard’s Bereavement Group Facilitator June B, this workshop will invite participants to collectively build an altar and take part in other creative activities, including writing and collage, to make an object for their personal altar at home. Assembling Altars Creative Bereavement Session Saturday 06 December 2pm – 4pm Positive Living Centre, South Yarra, VIC If you would like to take part in this Creative Bereavement Session, please register via Eventbrite (link in bio). Places are limited so please let us know as soon as you can if you would like to come along; we will do our best to accommodate everyone. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out at [email protected]

Hiiiiiii I can already feel the depression thaw away in this weather so I decided to bring back one of my fav summer classics tomorrow night!! (17/10) ✨ I feel like cooking bò chiên bơ (beef stir fried in butter) vermicelli but I haven’t decided how I’m gonna plate up yet - either in a bowl or a diy roll your own rice paper rolls! Come and find out haha Tender beef is fried with butter (sorry bring your lacteez) and served with silky noodles, pickled carrots, herbs, salad, peanuts, nước mắm and spring rolls that mum rolled ✨ Some of my earliest food memories was sitting around the dinner table with my family n cooking butter beef together on a camping gas stove. We let the butter melt then add beef and onion and watched it sizzle 🥹 Mum would put some cooked beef in each of our bowls - then we would add vermicelli, herbs and fish sauce and gulp it down 😭😭 It will be an honour to share this memory and dish with you tomorrow with mum helping in the kitchen too 🥰 Of course @pandandreaming will also be playing dessert shop 🫶🏼 Eat in or takeaway available. We are a very small team in the kitchen so we appreciate ur love and patience 💓 Noodles: $15 -$35 sliding scale with options to pay on card or pay id. Dessert: $15 so Hiếu can keep funding their himbo dreams ✨ No one will be turned away for lack of funds. If you have extra $ and would like to pay it forward for others, u can pay id us at 0450286224 with ‘noodle night’ in the notes. Will be cooking a vegan n beef. Vegan one can be made gf too 🥰 we will be using peanuts in the kitchen xx Air purifiers will be on but if you are sick please stay home! Thank you for helping keep community safe 💕 Walk ins only. it’s gonna be so wholesome but might be busy so come early to avoid disappointment ✨ open from 6.30pm until sold out! Bring ur hot dates n share with ur friends ❤️