What's your favorite vietnamese dish?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

Mine is good ol Pho

[candy]

1. Pho with razor thin slices of raw beef on the side! Cook it myself.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

3. That must be a laborious undertaking. All those oxtails and brisket and

such

[tridim]

10. I made it once.. It ended up being very expensive and not worth the effort

I'd rather just pay $4.50 for a huge jug of it.

[candy]

18. Nope! Thinly sliced eye round beef served at the well known--

Pho Pasteur in the Boston area.!

[terrya]

2. Oh, Pho is mine, too.

Delicious...and very filling.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

5. We have a pho shop 3 blocks from me - I think it's what's for dinner

:thumbsup:

[terrya]

11. Enjoy!

There's some excellent Vietnamese resturants about 10 blocks away from me.

But for me tonight, it's DiGiorno pizza for dinner.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

13. Hey - ya gotta spllurge every now and again

:)

[terrya]

21. We'll have to go somewhere special in June.

We'll have to give this some thought. It's not everyday that you come out here. :-)

[Ernesto]

4. Peaches & pound cake

A C-ration delicacy circa '67-'68.

[BikeWriter]

7. Ham and mothers... Yuk! :-(

[tridim]

6. Pho is my favorite food period

It's life-giving. I don't do the tripe or tendon though, just the thin, raw beef and sometimes the well done beef. I'd get meatballs more often, but they don't give me enough for the price.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

9. I dig shrimp as well

[snowbear]

8. That Pho looks awesome!

I can almost taste the ginger and cilantro that complements it.. or mine anyhow.. :9

We have a place in town that makes incredible Pho and even better Vietnamese crepes! :headbang:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

12. I'm torn between pho and crepes tonight.

Decisions decisions

[snowbear]

14. Get both!

:headbang:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

23. I might

[tridim]

17. It's the anise smell that gets me every time.

I can smell it a block away from the restaurant. I don't even like anise that much, but I love the smell of pho as a whole.

[lavenderdiva]

15. boy, does that pho bo look good!

my favorite vietnamese dishes are (in no particular order): lemongrass chicken, shrimp on sugar cane, goi ga- vietnamese chicken salad made with thinly sliced white cabbage, spring rolls with spicy peanut sauce, both pho bo- beef & pho ga- chicken, sweet & sour soup with shrimp, okra & tomatoes.... oh so many choices, and all soooo good!

Your thread is making me hungry for guess what? :bounce:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

25. Ever had banh mi?

[lavenderdiva]

36. yummy!

those pics you are posting are awesome! as I am writing this, I am eating leftover homemade pad thai-- thai food is another favorite in this house! I live in Houston, and there is a very large Vietnamese and Thai community here. Downtown, the streets even have 2 street signs for every street: one in english, one in vietnamese... sooo we have many, many authentic markets where one can purchase the ingredients easily. Have self-schooled myself in making my favorites. But there are also many, many wonderful corner pho restaurants and many vietnamese and thai restaurants to choose from...

What did you end up getting for dinner?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

41. The Vietnamese place was packed with a line out the door so, hungry as we

were, we went next store for some hotpot at the Japanese place

[Mizmoon]

16. mac & cheese

:P

[ralps]

19. Oh Yummy Pho soup & yummy photo!!!!!!!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[supernova]

20. Gotta be Pho

There's a really great Vietnamese restaurant here in Durham run by a husband and wife. He works the cash register and she cooks.

I swear she makes THE BEST soup stocks, ever. SLLLLLUUUURRRRRRRPPPP! :D

And I love all the little accutrements you get with it: the lime, the basil, the mint, the hot pepper paste

And everything is just picked fresh.

[snowbear]

24. Supernova,

That's like the place I go to! A huge platter on the side with basal, lettuce, mint, cilantro, lime.. Oh mannnnNNn.. I can't remember what else..

:9 GOTTA HAVE PHO! :9

Too bad someone here can't run out and grab an order for about 35.. Virtual Pho!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

26. chili peppers and bean sprouts

[Zuni]

22. I don't know their names

but they taste all right. They have unusual flavors...like mint where you don't expect it

[slackmaster]

27. I had the best abalone dish ever in a Vietnamese restaurant

The place was called the Vietnam Inn in La Jolla. The abalone was cut into thin pieces, stir-fried, and served with a lobster sauce. I had Banana Flambé ("Napalm Banana") for dessert.

Now the abs are too scarce, and the restaurant is long gone.

[Squeech]

28. Banh Xeo

It's basically an omelet with shrimp and sprouts and whatever else they feel like throwing in. I love it.

Some places call it "Vietnamese pizza," which is ridiculous-- there's no breading in it anywhere.

[auntAgonist]

29. Thai and Vietnamese

foods are my favourite.

Especially the dinner soups!!

Tom Yum, nice and HOT

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

30. Well I'm off to the restaurant - I can't take it anymore

:)

[ahem]

31. Dau Hu Xao Lan

Fresh tofu sauteed with black mushroom, clear noodles,
onions, and coconut milk. With mint leaves & peanuts.

[flamingyouth]

34. I love that one too

:9

[chaska]

32. My fave pho is w/ a fish fillet. Beef or chicken r okay, but fish is...

AWESOME!!! I add a little hot sauce (okay, a lot), some fish sauce (same deal), a little lime juice, and while it's technically wrong by Vietnamese standards, I like it with basil.

[youthere]

33. Bul Go Gi

Vietnamese Barbeque

[Hand]

43. Bulgogi's Korean...

And it GOOOO-OOD!
:9 :9 :9 :9

[fortyfeetunder]

35. Spring Rolls

I have favorites
Homemade by a family friend. She is a pro.
My favorite little restaurant. Not fried but oh so darned tasty!

[AwakeAtLast]

42. That's mine, too!

:9

[UTUSN]

37. Nothing *I* Can Think of, But That's Just Me n/t

[solinvictus]

38. Bun

with grilled shrimp..Mmmmmmmm!!

[nguoihue]

39. Pho Tai

My favorite is pho tai the Pho Hoa restaurant near the upper end of Pasteur St in HCM City

[mondo joe]

40. Vietnamese Noodle Salad (or Bun)

Easy to prepare, delicious and especially good on hot summer nights.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

44. Definitely - Bun Thit Heo Nuong

with plenty of the sweet kind of nuuc mam poured over it and of course some hot sauce. Bun means vermicelli. Thit Heo means pork meat. Nuong refers to a type of braising or barbecuing special to Vietnamese meats. To me, it's extremely good.

[Rabrrrrrr]

45. PHO!!!!!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

46. Curried tofu with vegetables and a

side of salad rolls with peanut sauce.

In my neighborhood, there's a little place that makes a soup they call Delta Bowl. Its base contains tomatoes, lemongrass, red pepper, and pineapple, as well as bean sprouts and various other veggies and your choice of tofu or chicken. I've introduced several people to it, and they all find it wonderful.