Mini Thai Cafe in NY

In Manhattan's East Village, there is a restaurant called Mini Thai Cafe. It had been a really long time since the last time I had Thai food, plus they had some good dinner specials that brought me into the restaurant.

The meal started with a Spring Roll appetizer.  These were typical spring rolls, but the presentation was nice, served in a big glass on a bed of vegetables with duck sauce on the side.

I had the Vegetable and Tofu Thai Noodle Soup for my main course.  The big bowl of soup was filled with tofu, cabbage, carrots, broccoli, and lots of noodles. The soup was good on it's own, but it got even better with the addition of some of the chili paste that was brought to the table!

My bowl of soup was under $10, so I can't complain. It was plenty to eat and was very tasty.

Phở 88

I have my favorite restaurants in Orlando's Little Vietnam, but on my last trip to the neighborhood, I decided to try something new. I ate at Phở 88, famous for the graffiti murals on the side of the building. I didn't know this at the time, but phở is actually the name for a type of Vietnamese soup consisting of meat and noodles. Perhaps if I knew this beforehand, I would have made a point to order a soup dish, but now I know for next time.

The meal started out with a Summer Roll appetizer. The two rolls were filled with shrimp, cucumbers, cilantro, and vermicelli noodles. A bowl of peanut sauce accompanied the rolls. These summer rolls were okay, but I've had much better elsewhere. The outside wrappers seemed thicker than what is normally served and they were quite gummy. The fillings could have used more variety as well. There was too much vermicelli and not enough vegetables.


For the main course, I had Grilled Shrimp served over vermicelli. It came with plenty of noodles with the shrimp and assorted vegetables on top. A vinegar based sauce came on the side. It was very tasty, although I remember getting a similar dish at Viet Garden in the past that came with probably double the amount of vegetables. But this wasn't Viet Garden, it was Pho 88 so I have no complaints...

Lunch at Fuji Sushi

I ate a lunch bento box from Fuji Sushi in Lake Mary, FL. It started with some miso soup...

The soup was followed by the bento box, filled with Teppan Chicken, cucumber salad, rice, dumplings, a spring roll, and a California Roll. It tasted just fine, but was a bit more expensive when compared to Bayridge Sushi's similar lunch bento boxes.