"You know, there is more to Vietnamese food than phơ and fried rice." That was the advice of Mai, the high school student that was my translator at the college fair a few weeks ago, who met us for dinner at our favorite phơ place near our building. Mai recommended a few restaurants close to us, and today Libby and I hiked out to one of them for lunch. Mai recommended we try a dish called chả cá, which is a traditional grilled fish dish served with vegetables, shrimp paste, fish sauce, spring onions and greens/herbs, and noodles.
Mai could not remember the name of the restaurant that served this dish, but she gave us some general directions. We hiked out and stumbled across this place. The restaurant only has one dish -- we sat down and they immediately started serving us. But it was delicious -- very fresh, prepared right at the table.
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