Pho No. 1
My dad and I went out to eat again! Its become a bit of a tradition to go out to eat on Wednesday nights, its a nice break from homework, and my dad is nice to talk to. And who could say no to eating out at interesting restaurants. As my dad pointed out today, the thing I will struggle most with is having limited to no access to "real" Asian food in college. After eating true jiao zi, I don't know if I can go back to Panda Express. And where will I go for when I need my sushi fix? There is no sushi converbelts in America. Today, I had a massive craving for Vietnamese food, its so fresh, crisp and clean. The flavors are so pure and understated. Honestly, for those of you reading this who have not eaten Vietnamese food, and I am hoping that is no one, go out and get some. After you eat your Wagas.
I realized afterwords that even though I took pictures of each of the dishes, there aren't enough variety to quite write a full write up. And sorry about the bad quality of the photographs.
Anyways, the Pho here is amazing. I didn't get it, which I regret. I made a "I'm a pescetarian. I will get the seafood pho decision. I regret it, my dish was good and certainly tasty but not on the same caliber as my dad's pho. I should have just realized I could pick out the meat and eat the noodles and broth, which I did when my dad let me eat some of his. It was so wonderful, the noodles and broth were crisp and tender. In my dish the flavors were more muddy, I believe they used some curry, and the seafood was random blobs of what's maybe fish. Don't get me wrong, it still tasted good. But it wasn't their wonderful Pho. The side dish we ordered was banana-fried shrimp. Its essentially two bits of shrimp in a wanton wrapper deep fried. It sounds odd. It looks odd. Many people would be scared but its amazing as well. Who can say no to fried bananas? And shrimp and bananas go great together, it was like being in Tortola. I have been here several times and the dishes are typically always delishious. The sweet and sour pork, from what I remember, is great as our the vegetables that go with it. That used to be a favorite. Their tofu, vegetables, spring rolls, dumplings are all great. They have a three page selection of all the great teas and drinks that you never see in the West. (Sago and Red Bean shake, anyone? What about Chinese plum with almonds?) The only odd thing that I have ever had were shrimps I once got. They were deep-fried, then covered with a extremely sticky sugar, butter sauce. And then covered with sprinkles, with a few pineapples thrown in for good measure. I, who has the biggest sweet tooth, couldn't handle it. But for a grand total of maybe 15 dollars for all the food we ordered: two giant soups, a tall/giant beer, a freshly squeezed, home-made lemon soda, and an appetizer we hit jackpot. Some of the food may be a slight miss, but this place is still worth it. The atmosphere is homey and cozy, and the food is great.
****1/2* out of *****
My dad's pho:
Pho part 2:
My seafood soup:
Fried shrimp-bananas:
I wanted more pictures...hehehehe. And this picture makes me so so so happy! We are at Di Tai Feng:
****1/2* out of *****
-Chrissy
I realized afterwords that even though I took pictures of each of the dishes, there aren't enough variety to quite write a full write up. And sorry about the bad quality of the photographs.
Anyways, the Pho here is amazing. I didn't get it, which I regret. I made a "I'm a pescetarian. I will get the seafood pho decision. I regret it, my dish was good and certainly tasty but not on the same caliber as my dad's pho. I should have just realized I could pick out the meat and eat the noodles and broth, which I did when my dad let me eat some of his. It was so wonderful, the noodles and broth were crisp and tender. In my dish the flavors were more muddy, I believe they used some curry, and the seafood was random blobs of what's maybe fish. Don't get me wrong, it still tasted good. But it wasn't their wonderful Pho. The side dish we ordered was banana-fried shrimp. Its essentially two bits of shrimp in a wanton wrapper deep fried. It sounds odd. It looks odd. Many people would be scared but its amazing as well. Who can say no to fried bananas? And shrimp and bananas go great together, it was like being in Tortola. I have been here several times and the dishes are typically always delishious. The sweet and sour pork, from what I remember, is great as our the vegetables that go with it. That used to be a favorite. Their tofu, vegetables, spring rolls, dumplings are all great. They have a three page selection of all the great teas and drinks that you never see in the West. (Sago and Red Bean shake, anyone? What about Chinese plum with almonds?) The only odd thing that I have ever had were shrimps I once got. They were deep-fried, then covered with a extremely sticky sugar, butter sauce. And then covered with sprinkles, with a few pineapples thrown in for good measure. I, who has the biggest sweet tooth, couldn't handle it. But for a grand total of maybe 15 dollars for all the food we ordered: two giant soups, a tall/giant beer, a freshly squeezed, home-made lemon soda, and an appetizer we hit jackpot. Some of the food may be a slight miss, but this place is still worth it. The atmosphere is homey and cozy, and the food is great.
****1/2* out of *****
My dad's pho:
Pho part 2:
My seafood soup:
Fried shrimp-bananas:
I wanted more pictures...hehehehe. And this picture makes me so so so happy! We are at Di Tai Feng:
****1/2* out of *****
-Chrissy
Posted by Chrissy at 11 November 2009, 12:00 PM 
Categories: Food
Tags: food vietmenese wednesday pho noodles dad
Categories: Food
Tags: food vietmenese wednesday pho noodles dad
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