Taste of Vietnam

Yum, yum, yum! We had a delicious meal the other night at our place - what a feast! Trang led our merry group of Dinner Meeters in creating an elaborate Vietnamese feast, consisting of the following dishes:

Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup
Lemon Chicken Skewers
Roasted Fish Wrapped in Spring Rolls, with Peanut Sauce
Sweet Corn and Rice Pudding

We all stuffed ourselves silly - I, for one, had a difficult time falling asleep that night since I was so full! Out of the dishes we created, I would say that the soup and chicken skewers are easiest to reproduce in a novice kitchen. (Though we almost made an unforgivable error on the skewers when salt was mistaken for sugar!) The fish takes a bit more work, though we definitely took the shortcut and brought home fried fish from Ranch 99 (or 99 Ranch, as some prefer to call it). Anyway, let me know if you try any of these recipes. I'd love to hear how it goes. :)

Thanks, Trang, for hosting a wonderful Dinner Meet!