I (heart) Vietnamese food

[yukichigai]

My friend just swung by and dropped off some Vietnamese Spring Rolls. Unlike other Spring Rolls these aren't fried, just greens, sprouts, rice noodles, pork and shrimp wrapped in moistened rice paper. Comes with peanut sauce. Mmmmmm mmmmmmm!

So anybody else here enjoy Vietnamese food?

 

[simms]

I :heart: pho. Best stuff ever.. then again Viets are very prevalent in my part of the city. There's at least 3 places within 10 min of here. Not to mention Chinese places.. at least 12.

 

[neovan]

spring rolls are made of rice paper and not fried.

i think you ate egg rolls before and those are fried.

i love viet food too but then i'm part viet

 

[ElFenix]

thai ~ italian > all

 

[geckojohn]

I love vietnamese pho also.... it's soo good! I also like all of those yummy sauces that you put into your soup! Yummm

Vietnamese babes are awesome too!

 

[yukichigai]

Originally posted by: neovan
spring rolls are made of rice paper and not fried.

i think you ate egg rolls before and those are fried.

i love viet food too but then i'm part viet

Some nationalities seem to fry their spring rolls, which are very different than their egg rolls. (Different stuff inside and the wrap is made with something different) I want to say Thai or Chinese but I'm not sure. Regardless, the waiters at the Pho restaurant I frequent often have to point out that the spring rolls are not fried.

Oh yes, I'm not asian at all, I just find the food incredibly tasty.

 

[EvilYoda]

Man, don't remind me...it's been so long since I've had good authentic viet food...at least a couple of months.

I need to hit up the viet section of Chinatown in Toronto soon...

 

[simms]

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
Man, don't remind me...it's been so long since I've had good authentic viet food...at least a couple of months.

I need to hit up the viet section of Chinatown in Toronto soon...

Oh damn. That's right..

And Viet girls are nice too... I've been with 2. or 3.

 

[leung324]

they do fry the vietnamese spring rolls. that one that you described is called shrimp roll
personally, I hate the shrimp roll, but I like the spring rolls, they fried it.
I used to work as a busboy in a vietnamese restaurant, uptown manhattan.

 

[yukichigai]

Originally posted by: leung324
they do fry the vietnamese spring rolls. that one that you described is called shrimp roll
personally, I hate the shrimp roll, but I like the spring rolls, they fried it.
I used to work as a busboy in a vietnamese restaurant, uptown manhattan.

I have two friends who are Vietnamese and say they're called spring rolls, not to mention the menus which say so on the half-dozen Vietnamese restaurants I've been to. I'd trust them on this one. I'll bet, based on the location of the restaurant, the name was changed so as not to confuse whitey.

The fried rolls are called "Imperial Rolls", "Egg Rolls", "Fried Rolls"... it's pretty non-uniform. I usually ask.

 

[Whisper]

I've seen fried and non-fried spring rolls..sometimes at different restaraunts, and sometimes at the same. Fried spring rolls, as someone mentioned, are generally smaller than egg rolls, are filled differently, and have different wrappings. I've also had them made by vietnamese friends, so I know that they're technically "authentic." The friends referred to them as spring rolls I believe, though they've also made the non-fried variety. I'll ask around and see if there's a correct name for either.

That said, I think I'm the only person in my immediate group of friends that doesn't really like pho. Dunno, just never really enjoyed the noodles, broth, or meat that much. The seasonings make it edible, but it's never my first choice.

However, bubble tea 0wnzz0rz j00!

 

[Squisher]

All you Metro Detroiters run to Annam in Dearborn for some great Vietnamese food. Mmmmm.

 

[UglyCasanova]

Cajun food > all other food, but yes I do :heart: vietnamese food, and Italian and Chinese and Thai and....

 

[ddwbi0]

I used to work in a viet pho shop too, and i always referred to the fried ones as viet egg rolls and the uncooked ones as spring rolls. Totally different things, and completly differnent when compared to chinese eggrolls. Chinese eggrolls are fat while the spring rolls more closely resemble viet egg rolls(smaller, thinner).

 

[newbiepcuser]

That said, I think I'm the only person in my immediate group of friends that doesn't really like pho. Dunno, just never really enjoyed the noodles, broth, or meat that much. The seasonings make it edible, but it's never my first choice.

Same here. Never cared much for Pho.

There is place in Orange County that has spring rolls with tasty pork meatballs in them. Their verison of the peanut sauce is soo good. Its on Brookhurst and Westminster in Garden Grove I think. Its complex behind a store.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: simms

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
Man, don't remind me...it's been so long since I've had good authentic viet food...at least a couple of months.

I need to hit up the viet section of Chinatown in Toronto soon...

Oh damn. That's right..

And Viet girls are nice too... I've been with 2. or 3.

Unless that's "at once" you've failed to impress me.

- M4H

 

[ElFenix]

and its <3, j00 suq at teh intarweb!

 

[Whisper]

On a different note...anyone else here like Dimsum? Was talking to a Chinese girl for a while, and she introduced me to the stuff. Yum.

I won't go for the truly "authentic" stuff quite yet (read: chicken's feet, etc.), but dayam those sweet pork buns are good.

 

[shopbruin]

i :heart: vietnamese food also.

i :heart: dim sum.

oh man just so much food i love..

 

[yukichigai]

Originally posted by: freesia39
i :heart: vietnamese food also.

i :heart: dim sum.

Mmmm... Dim Sum at the Harbor Village Restaurant in Embarcadero Center... *droooooool*

 

[dighn]

i like their fried spring rolls. pho is good and their sandwhiches are good too

i love dim sum too (including but not limited to the cantonese type which is just a small subset, actually i prefer the other ones)

 

[shopbruin]

Originally posted by: yukichigai

Originally posted by: freesia39
i :heart: vietnamese food also.

i :heart: dim sum.

Mmmm... Dim Sum at the Harbor Village Restaurant in Embarcadero Center... *droooooool*

oh man... just dim sum in SF in general... soo good...

dim sum on west side of LA - greasy and salty. b

 

[Supahfreak]

Originally posted by: yukichigai
My friend just swung by and dropped off some Vietnamese Spring Rolls. Unlike other Spring Rolls these aren't fried, just greens, sprouts, rice noodles, pork and shrimp wrapped in moistened rice paper. Comes with peanut sauce. Mmmmmm mmmmmmm!

So anybody else here enjoy Vietnamese food?

I think you ate Summer Rolls, Vietnamese Spring rolls are fried just like everybody elses

FreAk

Here...

 

[QueHuong]

Another pho lover here. That sauce you put in there is pronounced like a mix between "tung" and "toong." Don't know how to actually spell it in Vietnamese though.

I also like eating rice with fried tofu in tomato sauce - anybody know what I'm talking about?

 

[0roo0roo]

chinese > viet food!!

bahahaha!