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Wrap and Roll

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Saigon -   The exhibition @ District 7 which was quite a distance away.  Most of the business activities and channel partners are based in District 1 but this Electronics and IT exhibition was held in District 7.     After that, we had our lunch at Wrap and Roll near Pham Ngu Lao - 2 stories restaurant, non-air condition but a pleasant and airy environment.

Restaurant ambiance
Fresh spring roll with pork and prawn
Wrap and roll has many varieties of spring rolls and some of them you had to wrap it yourself.

Pork and prawn spring roll wrapped with mustard leaves
rice crepes with grill pork
The taste of the rice crepes reminded me of chinese 'chee cheong fun'.   The taste of the spring roll was enhanced with the special sauce.   It brought out the rich taste and aroma of the dish.

Grill beef with vine leaves
For this dish, wrapped the beef with the fresh vegetables provided and roll them up with the rice paper and dipped into the sauce provided.

grilled beef rolls with leeks
Do it yourself wraps with fresh vegetables and rice papers.   A very delicious blend of taste.

Turnip rolls
Pork mixed rolls
This was the worst dish it tasted sour and thought the pork was bad - called the manager and was told that it was cooked like that.    To me it tasted bad and should be taken off the menu.

chicken rice in claypot
This dish tasted very delicious with young bamboo shoots added to taste and topped up with spring onions.


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