Happy Thursday! For our company-paid weekly team lunch, the chosen theme is Vietnamese cuisine. We decided to visit our old favourite, Pholicious. I tried their wonton noodle soup, and it's the perfect comfort food on a rainy day.
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| Wonton Noodle Soup from Pholicious |
For future reference, here is a list of dishes I have tried from Pholicious:
We are breaking from our annual tradition. Every year during the first week of April, we visit our tax preparer to file our taxes. Afterward, we usually grab dinner at Kokoro Ramen. This year, we decided to go to DA LAT because it closes later.
For sharing, we ordered one of the best spring rolls we've had in quite a while—perfectly crispy exterior filled with flavorful pork.
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Spring Rolls from DA LAT Vietnamese Restaurant Deep-fried spring rolls filled with ground pork, taro, carrot, white onion, garlic, wood ear mushrooms, glass noodle served with Vietnamese sweetened fish sauce. |
I ordered my go-to Vietnamese dish: Beef Stew. It was satisfactory, with tender beef and good flavor. I wish the consistency were more stew-like than soupy.
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Beef Stew from DA LAT Vietnamese Restaurant Steam jasmine rice; white onion and tomato base beef stew soup; tender beef shank cubes. Garnish with scallion and basil. |
Hubby ordered the Nam Vang Style Rice Noodle, which was so comforting with a mix of char siu, minced pork, shrimp, and scallops.
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Nam Vang Style Rice Noodle from DA LAT Vietnamese
Restaurant Hu tieu Noodle; pork bones, dry seafood and radish soup; char siu, stir fry minced pork with salted radish, shrimps, quail eggs, scallops. Garnish with cilantro, fried onions, chives, cooked bean sprout, and lettuce |
Yay for supporting small businesses and enjoying great food with my husband and brother!
Happy Thursday! It's company-paid free lunch, and the theme for this week is Indian. We walked to the nearby Chakra Indian Restaurant, and I ordered chicken vindaloo with basmati white rice.
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| Chicken Vindaloo from Chakra Indian Restaurant |
It was the perfect balance of tangy and spicy. I finished the vindaloo but was able to take half of the rice home.
