What shall I order?

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Emmaj47
Emmaj47 Posts: 19 Member
in Food and Nutrition
So tomorrow night I'm being taken out to a Vietnamese restaurant (I know lucky me right!) first of all I have never been to a Vietnamese restaurant before so I have no idea what there will be. But what I really want to ask is what shall I order? I know I won't be able to know the exact calories in it but I want something with low calories obviously, but with never having eaten Vietnamese before I won't know what is good! Help please!?

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  • Amazing1985RSD
    Amazing1985RSD Posts: 280
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    The only Vietnamese restaurants I know of are the pho restaurants.

    http://www.pho95noodlehouse.com/

    The dishes are basically noodles in broth with your choice of beef or shrimp etc. I'd reckon the smaller size contains fewer calories.
  • rosebarnalice
    rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
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    In addition to Pho, there are also lots of Vietnamese stir-fry type dishes-- similar to what you'd get in a Thai or Chinese restaurant, with similar warnings (e.g., avoid deep fried; be prepared to deal with a huge plate of rice), but also some similar delights such as eggplant and savory vegetables.

    The fish is usually a good bet, too. It will likely be cooked in a clay pot with some wonderfully savory sauce and vegetables and not too heavy.

    Here's a helpful page: http://www.vietworldkitchen.com/blog/2010/06/vietnamese-restaurant-menu-guide.html
  • EvilDollee
    EvilDollee Posts: 386 Member
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    It depends on what you like, soup, rice, crepes, spring rolls? But since you're new to Vietnamese food, I recommend

    appetizer: Cha gio (fried spring rolls) or goi cuon (cold spring rolls)

    Main course: "com suon bi cha" = broken rice, pork chop, a version of pork meat loaf, super fine pork skin and veggies or "pho tai" = beef noodle soup without all the tendons. Really, you can pig out at a Vietnamese restaurant and not do that much damage since everything is vegetables heavy.

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