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[OT] I couldn't take it anymore...
22 Jul 2006 07:12:28 GMT
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jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt...
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...so I went to a Vietnamese restaurant after work and got a bean
drink!! It was just as yummy as I remember it. It was made of coconut
Pat...
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I don't think even that is a reliable sign, because whenever I've seen any
Asian restaurant people eating in their own place, it's always something
that's not on their menu. Hehe. Something I would have ordered if it *was*
on the menu. So I guess it depends on what kind of food you think is "good".
The best Asian food I've ever had, was at these little Korean cafeterias
that are all over the place in Hawai'i. Not only is it incredibly good, it's
incredibly cheap!
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milk, red beans, and these translucent green squiggly things that
might have been some kind of noodle, or was what some folks on the
web have called "jelly" or "jello". (Not to be confused with Jell-o,
this stuff holds its shape inside a liquid.)
I just couldn't keep talking about those drinks and not have one! :)
Winnie...
Pat...
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Oh how I wish there was a Vietnamese restaurant near me! I'd love some phô
jmcquown...
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Make your own:
8 onces bean thread noodles
10 cups canned beef broth
2 medium onions, thickly sliced
4 half-inch-thick slices fresh ginger (about 1 1/4 ounces)
2 tablespoons fish sauce (nam pla)
3 large garlic cloves, halved
2 star anise
1-1/2 teaspoons whole cloves
1 pound flank steak, trimmed, thinly sliced crosswise
3 green onions, thinly sliced
Lemon wedges
Monique Y. Mudama...
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Interesting. I tend to order the chicken version. I don't know about
what goes in it, but they serve it with cilantro, a wedge of lime,
some leaves I don't recognize, that red hot sauce and a really yummy
brown sauce I don't recognize. And lots of bean sprouts.
jmcquown...
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Chicken PHO? Um... never heard of such a thing. I suppose in this American
society there is chicken Pho, but in SE Asia. nope. It's beef, and perhaps
water buffalo. I ate Kobe Beef at a Bangkok hotel. Chicken was for "poor
folks", hanging in food stalls and served in Keeteou (sp) Naam (chicken
noodle soup). More vegetables than chicken.
Monique Y. Mudama...
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Okay, well, whatever. It's good. It looks an awful lot like the beef
version, except with thinly sliced chicken.
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Bring large pot of water to a boil. Remove from heat. Add noodles to pot;
let stand until tender and pliable, about 15 minutes. Drain.Cut noodles into
2-inch lengths. Transfer to a large bowl.
Combine beef broth, sliced onions, sliced ginger, fish sauce, garlic, star
anise and whole cloves into a heavy, large, dutch oven and bring mixture to
a boil.
Reduce heat; simmer thirty minutes. Strain broth into a large bowl; discard
solids. Return beef broth to dutch oven and bring to boil. Remove beef broth
from heat. Mix steak slices into broth (the hot broth will cook steak
slices).
Place noodles, thinly sliced beef, green onions and lemon wedges in the
center of the table. Spoon noodles, steak slices and broth into large soup
bowls, then top with generous amounts of green onions and splash with lemon
juice.
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right about now.
Been keeping cool with my favorite Oriental drink, mugicha. Yum!
Winnie...
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Sounds like Vietnamese food is very popular. No wonder so many
Vietnamese restaurants
opened around the local Chinatown. Of course there are many Vietnamese
in town too.
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Monique Y. Mudama...
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What's that? Do you make it yourself?
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EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)...
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"Chacun a son gout" - to me that sounds absolutely VILE! ;-)
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