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| - This place is quickly becoming a fav, I've been back quite a few times over the past month.
Last night's experience was over the top fun-fun-fun. When we arrived, a drunk spinster Vietnamese lady greeted us loudly as she swigged her beer rockstar style from the back of the restaurant. (We later found out she was sister to the owner)
She rushed over to sit with us and help with our meal selection. She insisted we try #39 (see photo), a specialty, "nem nuong cuon". I have had this dish before elsewhere but I agreed to try it out, along with #14, my previous favourite.
Our food came out quickly and the nem nuong cuon at this place was un-fucking-real! With this dish, self-assembly is required using rice paper rolls, grilled vietnamese sausage, thick vermicelli noodles, cucumber, carrots, beansprouts and various herbs and greens. It came with sliced mango (never had it served like that before) and also some small tubes of deep-fried crunchy spring-roll wrapper that get put alongside the meat before wrapping.
The rice paper here was jumbo sized and resulted in epically HUGE rolls! The last one I rolled must have been the size of my arm (and I got nice pipes, baby).
The rolls were also served with some giant bowl of peanutty delicious sauce for dipping, pretty standard but this sauce had a more homemade look to what I've had elsewhere.
During our meal, the drunk lady returned, sat down with me and proceeded to tell me how the "rau ram" (Vietnamese coriander) should not be eaten because it represses sexual urges. (I laughed hysterically at this, but wiki'd it this morning - it's true!)
The manager even offered to comp our meal, thinking that we were bothered by her sister's antics. But paired with the awesome food, it truly it was a most enjoyable dining experience.
I'm beginning to smell a UYE!!
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