Comments on: Au Parc – Ho Chi Minh City http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/06/06/au-parc-redemption/ My husband likes Astronomy. I prefer Gastronomy. Thu, 24 May 2012 01:03:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: goober http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/06/06/au-parc-redemption/#comment-1601 goober Sun, 08 Jun 2008 04:32:37 +0000 http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/06/06/au-parc-redemption/#comment-1601 "Salads can never be truly great" a truer statement has never been made :) “Salads can never be truly great”

a truer statement has never been made :)

]]> By: Su-Lin http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/06/06/au-parc-redemption/#comment-1600 Su-Lin Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:35:36 +0000 http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/06/06/au-parc-redemption/#comment-1600 This is just to let you know that I passed the Arte y Pico award onto you! http://tamarindandthyme.wordpress.com/2008/06/07/a-tale-of-two-chestnut-spreads/ This is just to let you know that I passed the Arte y Pico award onto you!
http://tamarindandthyme.wordpress.com/2008/06/07/a-tale-of-two-chestnut-spreads/

]]> By: vivian http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/06/06/au-parc-redemption/#comment-1599 vivian Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:57:45 +0000 http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/06/06/au-parc-redemption/#comment-1599 I still can't get over how expensive "Western food" are in VN nowadays. Surely lots of their ingredients are readily available locally, and God knows it's not that hard to be a "sandwich artist"! 95K! I can get bowls of noodles with that I still can’t get over how expensive “Western food” are in VN nowadays. Surely lots of their ingredients are readily available locally, and God knows it’s not that hard to be a “sandwich artist”!

95K! I can get bowls of noodles with that

]]> By: Tanglethis http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/06/06/au-parc-redemption/#comment-1598 Tanglethis Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:42:28 +0000 http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/06/06/au-parc-redemption/#comment-1598 I'm glad it worked out better this time. It'd be pretty disappointing if you had to eat there for work, and it continued to be unspectacular. I have to take a moment to rhapsodize about a place in South Philly that does, in my opinion, make a truly great salad. Several really good ones, actually, but at least one great. It's at Il Cantina Los Cabelleros on E. Passyunk. All of their salads are on a small plate - smaller than an entree plate - but piled up with enough goodness that it ends up being just the right amount of food. Their mixed salad - a dish that in most restaurants just indicates some cucumbers thrown in with the iceberg - is a masterpiece of contrasts: sweet (jicama and mandarin oranges) and salty (spicy peanuts and the chili vinaigrette dressing), light (radishes, lettuce) and rich (avocado). It's like the kitchen looked into my brain and discovered everything I'd want to eat on a salad. Paired with their complimentary chips n' salsa and a $10 pitcher of happy hour margaritas, and I've got an unfailing weapon for persuading friends to visit me in South Philly. I’m glad it worked out better this time. It’d be pretty disappointing if you had to eat there for work, and it continued to be unspectacular.

I have to take a moment to rhapsodize about a place in South Philly that does, in my opinion, make a truly great salad. Several really good ones, actually, but at least one great.
It’s at Il Cantina Los Cabelleros on E. Passyunk. All of their salads are on a small plate – smaller than an entree plate – but piled up with enough goodness that it ends up being just the right amount of food. Their mixed salad – a dish that in most restaurants just indicates some cucumbers thrown in with the iceberg – is a masterpiece of contrasts: sweet (jicama and mandarin oranges) and salty (spicy peanuts and the chili vinaigrette dressing), light (radishes, lettuce) and rich (avocado). It’s like the kitchen looked into my brain and discovered everything I’d want to eat on a salad.
Paired with their complimentary chips n’ salsa and a $10 pitcher of happy hour margaritas, and I’ve got an unfailing weapon for persuading friends to visit me in South Philly.

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