Wonders of Vietnamese cuisine

If there wasn't a risk of running afoul 1.3 billion Chinese, I would claim that Vietnamese food is more sublimely delicious and in certain ways better Chinese food, but since it's impossible to avoid national prides in this day and age, I would not make the claim and rather keep the thought to myself.
After all, why try and reduce a nation's cuisine by comparing it to that of a neighbor's?

Usually we seek out and try new cuisines, but in this case, the credit goes to two good Vietnamese friends, who introduced me to the mouth-watering delicacies on offer. We have tried several Vietnamese restaurants around town and each has its own distinctive dishes that we love.

When most people think of Vietnamese foods, they picture mouth-watering Pho (soup). But there is much more to it than just soups.

Oyster wings: (Que-Viet village house) Now don't try to be cute! Oysters, like buffaloes have no wings. We have tried it in several other places, but nobody even comes within the same galaxy as the ones done by Que-Viet. Perfect balance of spice, heat and oyster sauce. Heaven on wings!!

Egg-Roll Salad: Meaty and spicy eggrolls are cut up into bite-sized pieces and mixed with sprouts, cucumber and some greens over chilled plain rice noodles. Served with fish-sauce. For an added kick, mix some hot chili-sauce into the fish sauce before pouring it over your salad. Mmmmm Mmmmm! Good!! This dish is one of the staples that we survive on.
Que Viet , Bona and Mai Village tie on having the best egg-roll salad. Though Duc's of St. Paul runs a close second.

Beef Appetizers: Here Bona takes the cake. Their Bona Beef skewers and the La-Lot Beef (marinated beef wrapped in Hawaiian La Lot leaves and fried) are superbly scrumptious.

Beef Salad: Que-Viet has virtually no competition on this one. Marinated and grilled beef served on the salad in place of egg-rolls. Very very flavorful and juicy.

I have only listed the highlights of these restaurants here. They have many more offerings on their menu that are mouth-watering. Definitely worth a try.