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| - I adore Rice Paper. I used to frequent this restaurant when it was on 7th St in Cen Pho but hadn't been for almost two years. Last weekend I was looking for a place convenient to downtown Phoenix when I came across Rice Paper on Yelp, I was hoping it was the same place and it was! It's simply moved to Central Ave- yay!
This is a cute by tiny place much like the location on 7th Street was. We were able to find a metered parking spot right across the street luckily but being downtown, parking is likely to be a pain point here.
My date and I started off with cocktails and the shrimp spring roll. Cocktails were strong and the spring roll was fresh and tasty. The peanut sauce was BOMB.COM.
For the entrees, my date ordered the Lemongrass Chicken- Chicken breast and shitake mushrooms sauteed in a lemongrass reduction served with garlic noodles. He loved it!
I had the Carmelized Salmon- Salmon filet caramelized with onions, garlic, black pepper, and filet sauce served in a hot clay pot with steamed rice. This was sooo good! Really some of the best salmon I've ever tasted and they give you two HUGE (or as Donald Trump would say, "Yuge") salmon filets so it's definitely worth the $20 price tag.
The onions were perfect, the rice was perfect, the sauce was perfect. Yum!
Because the serving was so large I took half of it home for lunch the next day. Well, all those flavorful juices marinated into the salmon, onions and rice overnight and honestly it tasted even better as leftovers!
I'm so happy Rice Paper didn't permanently close- it's one of the best Asian places in town and I'll always come back!
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