In Oakland we ate at Le Cheval, a Vietnamese restaurant. Frank's uncle recommended it which gave it lots of street cred. Trust me. It was the 4th of July at around 8:30pm and there were actually a fair amount of people inside.
Frank and I both ordered Bahn Hoi. The server came up to our table and looked at Frank, asking if he knew what to do with the plate in front of him (rice papers, beef, steamed vermicelli, carrots, cucumbers, lettuce, and mint leaves). He totally didn't. So she cut them up for him in a very motherly way. Slowly, delicately, with a little added sass. Then she dipped the rice paper in a bowl of hot water, placed it on his plate and told him to ROLL.
So the recipe is as follows. Keep in mind there was an amazing sauce/spicey creation on top of the vermicelli that included but was definitely not limited to cilantro:
-a meat (shrimp, chicken, beef, etc)
-vermicelli (steamed)
-small diced or cut vegetables such as carrots
-cucumbers
-mint leaves
-lettuce leaves
-dipping sauce
Dip the rice paper in hot water (you may need two sheets depending on how big they are). Add what you think can fit into the rice paper. Roll. Eat. SO GOOD!
5 comments:
sarah, have you been to fan-si-pan on chicago ave? you should check it out, it's the same kind of idea.
wait, I think Asi took me there. Is that right across from UC berkeley campus entrance?
lovely lovely.
thanks for the vagueness, I was counting on it.
nope, this place was in downtown oakland. more vagueness to come. and what are you doing up at 4:38am?
now ya gone and done made me hungry! and i don't have bread for my pb and banana sandwich!
Sarita, what's on that pizza? It looks perfect.
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