Not your typical Vietnamese Food

My friends and I love to eat.. yesterday, we went to a Vietnamese restaurant that I normally would over look if she didn't take me there.

The usual items I ordered were Pho (soup noodles) or Chicken Hot Pot Rice, Vietnamese Spring Rolls and Vietnamese Coffee. Today, we tried something completely different.

The restaurant's name is Thanh Thao; it is located on 1707 Kingsway in Vancouver BC. It is located in a little strip mall by Welwyn and Kingsway beside a car repair shop.

The items we ordered were as follows:
#57 - Bauh Xeo Rau Song
Fried Crepe with Shrimp, Pork, Bean Sprouts and various veggies
This is the thinnest savory crepe I have ever eaten; you have a choice to eat it plain or put it inside a lettuce leaf. Tasty and crunchy and not too oily. You can eat the whole thing as a meal.

#67 - Banh Hoi Nem Nuong Chao Tom Rau Song
Shrimp with Sugar Cane, Grilled Minced Pork Meatballs in skewers, Tiny Vermicelli Patties served with a large platter of lettuce, Thai Basil, Mint, Cucumber, Pickled Radish and Carrots and some other herbs I couldn't name.

So how you eat #67 is take a lettuce leaf, put in the meatball or part of the shrimp meat from the sugar cane skewer, tiny vermicelli, whichever herb you want to try, add pickles if you wish and fold it together and eat it. I sometimes put in the fish sauce provided but it was good with and without.

We finished with Vietnamese Coffee for me and my friend had an Avocado Milkshake. The Avocado milkshake was very smooth and it tasted like whipped avocado lightly sweetened to taste.

This place also serve the traditional Pho and it tastes ok according to my friend but try the above, you will enjoy it.