[bloggs]

Thanks, CK123 - my wife is cool, but she doesn't think my Vietnamese is so cool....I've just tried reading some of the VN food words on this thread to her and she's falling about laughing...oh well.

[minack]

Bloggs: Your vietnamese is cool, believe me, if you know "ngo gai" you're half vietnamese My husband, who is not a vietnamese, would not know what that is

ck123: I'm from SG and yes com bi is the pork skin+meat on "com tam" (broken rice). It serves with "nuoc mam"

[minack]

Pho saigon is in this building called "Berverly Island" next to Sogo Building. On the 7th floor.
Do not mistaken with one Vietnamese restaurant on the 5th floor, and that place sucks.

[justdoit]

Any body know how to make the cha? The meat loaf? Oh so craving that but highly doubt i'd find it here. Also, thought I'd ask... do they sell that fish tasting mint? Ca something I forget the name. Or even that leaf that they use for the 7 course meat? haha. we should have a Viet food cook out pot luck.

[minack]

Pho Saigon and even the Perfume River restaurant (on Percival street near Times Square) both have "cha". Taste better in Vietnam, but very close at those restaurants.

Fish tasting mint? Hmm..not sure what that is in Vietnamese, what do you eat with?

The leaf you mentioned is la' lo^'t and I doubt we can find it here in Hong Kong. Bo` 7 mo'n here in HK is a fusion version, but Perfume River does it quite tasty.

Vietnamese pot luck...sound great you know.

[cK123]

justdoit: fish tasting mint: is that diep ca? haven't find it in HK. Vietnamese people in Hue, Da Nang, Hoi An eat it a lot, almost every meal.

[lifeenjoyer]

My family is from Saigon
My grandparents migrated from China to Vietnam, and then my family migrated all over the world! We are Chiu Chow but my family still speaks Viet and have the Viet culture so I guess you can say I am somewhat Viet! haha
I agree with many of you guys here about the food, it has too much of the local HK taste to it! Nothing beat Vietnamese food in California! (even Calfornia Viet food is better than Vietnam! :P )
I ate a few Com Thit Nuong plates and tried a few Pho Tai bowls in HK and they just don't have that taste to it! The nuoc mam is just a bit too salty at all the places I've tried here!

[minack]

justdoit: Oh, i know what i means already = fish tasting mint is rau da^'p ca'. This is in every dish that is served with "rau so^'ng"

lifeenjoyer: welcome! are you sure California Viet food is better than that in Vietnam? I lived in Cali for 5 years and tried everything in san jose and even little saigon, couldn't find anything close to home. I agree that the food in Cali will be better if you are raised there. As My husband still thinks california's vn food is the best, but i don't agree with him. For me, I was born and raised in VN, so nowhere can beat VN food.

do you speak vietnamese or chinese with your family?
again, welcome lifeenjoyer

[justdoit]

yeah yeah that's the fish vegetable! I'm gonna get the seed from VN to plant! Any other request from VN? haha.

[cK123]

Originally Posted by justdoit

yeah yeah that's the fish vegetable! I'm gonna get the seed from VN to plant! Any other request from VN? haha.

Yeah yeah... Bring some seeds of rau hung, rau thom, tia to, rau mui nhe Thanks hahahaha