Week 1: Vietnamese

My first pick was Vietnamese food. My week was really busy so instead of heading to a more authentic restaurant my mom picked one by my taekwondo studio. It's called Bamboo Bistro and it has both Vietnamese and Thai food (but my mom would only let me pick the Vietnamese food).



The very first thing I tried was my grandma Nonna's Vietnamese coffee. It was horrible! They gave it to her black and it was so bitter that even she couldn't drink it so they gave her sweetened condensed milk and it was a little better.

Then I tried my mom's coconut mushroom soup. It was good and I really liked the flavor. It was a little spicy and salty...I even tasted the lime :)

Then I tried the vegetable spring rolls. I liked them even though they had vegetables that I usually don't like, like carrots (gross)!

The shaken beef was super good and my favorite thing I ate. 

Finally, and the most adventurous, was the Vietnamese crepe with pork belly and tiger prawns. It's pictured with me and my Pappy. He's a BIG foodie too!! I have to say this wasn't my favorite. The prawns, pork belly and little sprouts were all really good but I really didn't like the crepe because it was more like an egg than a crepe.

Pretty much all of the flavors were completely new to me. I'd give Bamboo Bistro 4.5/5 stars. 

This experience was so cool!