I have a couple of types of food to try on my list-Vietnamese being one of them. The country of Vietnam intrigues me for several different reasons but mostly because my brother served in the Navy during the Vietnam war and partly because my sisters ex-fiance was killed there during the conflict. I remember growing up and the days that the numbers were chosen for the draft, it was just a matter of time before they called my brothers and so he enlisted in the Navy in hopes of staying relatively safe. He was on the USS Blueridge and was a part of the evacuation of Saigon in April 1975-an end to the American occupation of Vietnam and the beginning of the VietCong regime of the beautiful country.
I have a very dear friend at work who is Vietnamese and so what do smart people do? They consult with people who are experts...and so I asked my friend Mai to go with me for lunch-she suggested Super Pho located in Salem. As expected the food was wonderful, very tasty and fresh. It really helped to have a person with experience because the menu is quite confusing. I had a wonderful dish of lettuce, rice noodles, pork, shrimp all garnished with cilantro and a wonderful sauce. One other treat was a taro and coconut boba-or bubble tea:
Bubble tea, also known as pearl milk tea, boba milk tea, or boba is a tea-based drink invented in tea shops in Taichung, Taiwan, during the 1980s.[1] Most bubble tea recipes contain a tea base mixed with fruit or milk. Ice-blended versions are usually mixed with fruit or syrup, resulting in a slushy consistency. Most bubble teas come with small chewy tapioca balls (粉圓, fěnyuán), commonly called "pearls" (珍珠, zhēnzhū) or "boba" (波霸, bōbà).[2]
There are many variants of the drinks, and many kinds of types are used and ingredients added. The most popular bubble drinks are bubble milk tea with tapioca and bubble milk green tea with tapioca.
The food was wonderful but the company was the best...Thanks Mai!!
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