Showing posts with label Food type: Vietnamese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Food type: Vietnamese. Show all posts

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Thanh Restaurant - Irvine, CA : Bun (Dry Vermicelli Noodle)

Usually before we try a place out, we go to Yelp and check out what people think about it. For this place, we just saw it across the parking lot from the Armstrong Garden Center and just decided to walk in. They said they can substitute items with tofu when making their dishes so that it can be vegetarian. Cool!

Dry Vermicelli Noodle (Bun) w/Tofu
The waitress suggested this dish was good for vegetarians. I think it's just Bun on the menu and then add tofu as your choice. This dish has vermicelli noodles, lettuce, cucumbers, crushed peanuts, onions, carrots, bean sprouts, and tofu with a side of soy sauce instead of fish sauce.


After you mix everything together, you get what is pictured above. So I have never had this before but it was really good. Because it's not stir-fried, it's not too oily and greasy. (I think the tofu is fried tofu.) It tasted light and seems like a good dish for the summertime since everything is cool. The veggies looked and tasted fresh. Glad we came in here...what a nice surprise. They do have another location (original one) in Westminster.

Thanh Restaurant
http://www.thanhrestaurant.com/
Location this was consumed:
15315 Culver Drive, Suite 140
Irvine, CA 92604
(949) 559-7788

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Loving Hut - Orange, CA : Pho

As a vegetarian I have never tried pho because its broth is meat based. So for the first time at Loving Hut, I was able to try pho. There are a chain of these vegan restaurants across the US and each location's menu is different. There's a combination of Asian and American items on the menu so there's plenty of choices for everyone.

Loving Hut Vegan Pho
This soup noodle consists of rice noodles, soy ham, mushrooms, onions, scallions and wood ear (and if there's anything else in the soup I don't remember) with a side of bean sprouts and basil. To be honest, the aroma from the soup was something I hadn't smelled before and it was different for me. But after a few bites, it seems like my taste buds adjusted and everything was gelling together. Since I've never had any other version I don't know if this is "supposed" to be what it tastes like...but for me it was pretty good. No strong flavors...everything blended nicely. There was so much noodles though...I couldn't finish it all. Note to self: the rice noodles start dissolving in the soup after a while and it becomes cloudier later on...so eat ASAP.

Loving Hut Orange
http://lovinghut.us/orange/
237 S. Tustin Street
Orange, CA 92866
(714)464-0544
Mon-Thurs 11AM - 3PM, 5PM - 8:30PM (Closed from 3PM - 5PM)
Fri - Sat 11AM - 8:30PM
Closed Sundays