On 4/5/2012 7:45 PM, JeanineAlyse wrote:
> There is a new Thai& Vietnamese restaurant here that I may want to
> try, but I have no experience with these foods. I do not care for
> foods that are pepper-hot, I find most Chinese dishes too bland, and I
> love most all Japanese dishes I've tried. Based on your own
> favorites, what would you suggest I try at this new place?
> ...Picky

One of my favorite Vietnamese dishes, and the first one I ever
had, was bun thit nuong. This is a room temp noodle salad with
grilled pork on top and a nuoc mam dressing (a dressing make
from fish sauce, vinegar, sugar, and hot pepper flakes - it is not
really hot). I've also seen versions of this salad with chicken,
shrimp, etc. I prefer the pork.)

My other favorite is banh xeo. This is a crepe-like pancake with
some chicken, shrimp, and other things in it. It is served with
some bean sprouts, lettuce, basil, etc. You tear a piece off the
crepe and wrap it up in a piece of lettuce and some of the other
stuff and then dip it in a dipping sauce (similar to the above
sauce). My favorite version of that is actual not typical because
the pancake is a lot thicker and not at all crepe-like. That's
the way a restaurant around here makes it and theirs was the first
I ever had and maybe that's why I prefer it.

One of my favorite Thai dishes is a coconut lemon grass soup with
shrimp.

You know, you can always tell them you want it mild, or something
like #1 on a scale of 1-10, or whatever.

Kate

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Kate Connally
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Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?