Dinner at Pho Van in the Pearl district tonight.
Lotus Salad with grilled shrimp on a large shrimp cracker (the kind that crackles on your tongue) Awsome, nice spices.
Battered & flash fried Talapia floating in a nice variation of the classic Viet fermented fish sauce. Delicious, a bit like tempura. The Talapia was nice and juicy.
Pork and eggplant in a ginger sauce with shallots, cooked in a clay pot. Hard to go wrong with pork in a sweet and salty sauce. One Singha beer and a pot of chrysanthemum tea. $42 total, tip included (no sales tax in Oregon)
The menu is smaller than the Van noodle house on 82nd and the food is less traditional, with a nod to nouveau/international whatever cuisine. The atmosphere and presentation is upscale but unpretentious. Both places are great, my new fave Vietnamese restaurants. (never been to Viet Nam)
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Lotus Salad with grilled shrimp on a large shrimp cracker (the kind that crackles on your tongue) Awsome, nice spices.
Battered & flash fried Talapia floating in a nice variation of the classic Viet fermented fish sauce. Delicious, a bit like tempura. The Talapia was nice and juicy.
Pork and eggplant in a ginger sauce with shallots, cooked in a clay pot. Hard to go wrong with pork in a sweet and salty sauce. One Singha beer and a pot of chrysanthemum tea. $42 total, tip included (no sales tax in Oregon)
The menu is smaller than the Van noodle house on 82nd and the food is less traditional, with a nod to nouveau/international whatever cuisine. The atmosphere and presentation is upscale but unpretentious. Both places are great, my new fave Vietnamese restaurants. (never been to Viet Nam)
- steve 10-04-2002 7:42 am