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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 4, 2010 15:47:39 GMT
Oh, absolutely. It's just that I only got started on the noodle soup route a few days ago. Right now I'm using what's on hand, but it's time for me to go shopping again. Having noodle soup on the brain will be a nice inspiration.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2010 1:43:36 GMT
For lunch today went to one of the many Vietnamese restaurants over on the West Bank. My first choice,a great place,Pho Tau Bay was closed so we settled on this place instead. Because I had my heart set on the former choice I was somewhat disappointed . The broth was not nearly as flavorful and I had to ask for more cilantro and basil. We tried 3 soups. The first was a beef: (this was my first choice and the disappointment in flavor and the beef was not as rare as I would have liked it to be but,was tender the second one was also a beef and the broth was much more flavorful but,the meat was rel real fatty which I'm sure contributed to the flavor but was was real fatty (didn't I already say that?) The third one was a shrimp and was by far the best,there were nice size shrimp,huge chunks of vegetables,okra,tomatoes...excellent.
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Post by hwinpp on Jun 7, 2010 7:49:22 GMT
Those look good. Good on ya for ordering more herbs, I find people in the west sometimes think it's rude to point out things they think should be different.
The second pic looks like you might have ordered bun bo hue, same as I have, with the reddish broth.
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Post by Don Cuevas on Jun 7, 2010 8:14:15 GMT
Back in Little Rock, at the Van Lang Vietnamese Cuisine, we used to have a terrific Tamarind Shrimp Soup. But the vegetarian version was as good in its way. However, if I recall correctly, it had no noodles. This seafood-rice noodle soup did. Rather milder and yet very good:
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 11, 2010 16:37:20 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2010 8:32:26 GMT
I could tell that soup season had started when my Chinese supermarket was completely out of fresh basil yesterday afternoon -- and getting some was one of my principal reasons for going there!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2010 18:25:45 GMT
As wonderful as pho is in Vietnam, I think it reaches new heights as the perfect soup for a chilly day in Paris.
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Post by hwinpp on Oct 30, 2010 5:07:31 GMT
Agree, nothing like a big bowl of pho in Paris in February.
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Post by mockchoc on Nov 13, 2010 8:27:49 GMT
OMG.. since I was there on a very cold day (ok a few) I can agree on that.
Everything seems so good when you are in Paris though. I need to do it all again.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 26, 2011 19:05:03 GMT
I really enjoyed reading this article featuring a variety of Chinese noodles and how they are made. Probably many of you can expand and/or correct things in the article. There are pictures, plus two videos and a couple of recipes.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2011 21:44:26 GMT
I took my parents to a fancy tourist restaurant in Bangkok once. Seemed expensive at the time, but I think the big dinner for the three of us cost about $18. Anyway, there were a few spectacles during dinner, and the most interesting one was a noodle maker, rolling, stretching and cutting his noodles to incredible lengths as we gasped in awe. (This was a huge square pagoda-shaped restaurant with three balconies looking down on the central area.)
The only problem was that they were not served to us as an additional course after the show.
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