Vietnamese Cuisine.

[MetroStyles]

How can you dislike Vietnamese cuisine!?!? Let this convince you.

 

[EdenResident]

Originally Posted by Wes Bourne

^Damn, you rockin the VNkey!?!? I use the term vừa mostly when speaking about fit (ex: ao vua = shirt fits), or to say vua dung = right on, spot on.

Back to the subject of Vietnamese cuisine, my gf and I make one mean won ton mi xa xiu!

^ Yes.

"vua" has several meanings and you're correct in its usage.

Some of my favorites other than pho.
com tam
bun thit nuong/banh hoi thit nuong
canh chua
bo luc lac

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Originally Posted by MetroStyles

How can you dislike Vietnamese cuisine!?!? Let this convince you.

Not convinced. Probably has a penis.

 

[MetroStyles]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

Not convinced. Probably has a penis.

What do you expect from a dish with an option for "extra beef balls"?

 

[Matt]

Originally Posted by EdenResident

Medium means "vừa" in Vietnamese. In Vietnam, though, there's usually only 2 sizes, small (nhỏ) and large (lớn). Some restaurants carry "dac biet" (special) which is usually a large bowl with an extra of everything. This is probably the equivalence of the "xe lua" version of Pho places in the States.

ya, I nearly got into the dac biet thing but didnt want to confuse the query.

Pho in Vietnam actually has a different taste than Pho in the States. I prefer the Americanized Pho.

a lot of Viet Kieu say that, basically I think that kinda comes down to the availability of a higher grade of beef there, which impacts both meat and broth, and is also a matter of what you grow up with.

 

[DNW]

Originally Posted by m@T

ya, I nearly got into the dac biet thing but didnt want to confuse the query.

Generally, the gradation is like this:

Nho = small
Lon = large
Dact Biet (special) = all the extras (meatballs, beef, tripe, tendon, etc.)
Xe Lua = extra large, but not necessarily with all the extras

 

[totally epic]

^Yup, that's exactly right.

Oh man, I want some banh bao and thit kho like right now.

 

[Matt]

Originally Posted by DarkNWorn

Xe Lua = extra large, but not necessarily with all the extras
which I think we have established, doesn't actually exist In Teh Fatherland

 

[Wes Bourne]

Originally Posted by totally epic

Oh man, I want some banh uot and com w/ thit kho chung like right now.

Fixed! Taaaaaaaaasty!

 

[Wes Bourne]

bo la lot =

 

[poorsod]

Originally Posted by whacked

If you don't mind venturing out to Flushing, Phobang is pretty good.


Edit: apparently they also have a location in Little Italy.

My favorite Pho place closed a year or two ago. It was a hole in the wall 2 doors down from the Burger King on Canal. You had to go to one of those places that sold luggage and jewelry, and walk all the way to the back. They had a kitchen next to luggage but the Pho was excellent.

I go to Pho Bang now, but only b/c I haven't found some where better.

 

[poorsod]

Originally Posted by Manton

Slanted Door is fusion, but the chef/owner is Vietnamese and Vietnamese food is the foundation, as it were. It's a concept restaurant, and Phan is something of a celebrity chef, and celebrity chefs these days scoff at doing traditional cuisine from any country. They have to add their own twist.

As mentioned earlier, the Tenderloin has a lot of Vietnamese dives. There are also some in the Mission, which is where Slanted Door started.

And, did I mention, it's really goooooooooood.

My favorite place in SF was in the Richmond district. I'd go with my Vietnamese friends who took care of the owner's dad while he was in the hospital. We'd get excellent service and fantastic food.

 

[gamelan]

wow, how could i have missed the vietnamese cuisine thread?!?!! i'm chinese, grew up eating chinese food, like chinese food, but on any given day, if you asked me whether i wanted to eat chinese or vietnamese, 9 times out of 10 i'd say vietnamese. in fact i still remember that the first time i ate vietnamese food was after watching Batman (Keaton).

if it's lunch, i go with the sandwiches. dinner is usually pho or bun. Pho 79 in Alhambra is my go to place.

-Jeff

 

[JLibourel]

Living no great distance from "Little Saigon" in Orange County, count me in as another big fan of Vietnamese cuisine.

I like just about all Asian cuisines though. I'm happy with Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Indian, Vietnamese, Cambodian...you name it.

Not much experience with Korean food, though, despite having lived in Koreatown for a number of years. I've never found an Indonesian restaurant in SoCal that could come close to the good Indonesian food I ate during my stays in Holland, however. I still have fond memories of that after the passage of many years.

 

[Ant restaurant]

Originally Posted by MetroStyles

Mmmm....pho with extra beef balls please. My ex's parents used to cook this for lunch all the time. Those were the days...
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