http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2009/01/29/anyone-got-a-memory/ A blog dedicated to the discussion of food, restaurants and life Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:39:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2009/01/29/anyone-got-a-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-2870 Alan Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:08:14 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/?p=3841#comment-2870 Yeah, that was it. I don't know the spelling either. It had a lot of French Vietnamese food (remember the roasted mussels?) Yeah, that was it. I don’t know the spelling either. It had a lot of French Vietnamese food (remember the roasted mussels?)

]]> http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2009/01/29/anyone-got-a-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-2861 Gracie Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:32:36 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/?p=3841#comment-2861 Com has the best Vietnamese! Order the flat rice vermicelli with rice paper on the side for do-it-yourself spring rolls....Mmmmmm Com has the best Vietnamese! Order the flat rice vermicelli with rice paper on the side for do-it-yourself spring rolls….Mmmmmm

]]> http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2009/01/29/anyone-got-a-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-2860 bobbyq Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:02:24 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/?p=3841#comment-2860 The restaurant was called Ben Chow (probably not spelled right, but that is how it was pronounced). I believe the chef is now associated with Au Rendezvous on Windsor in the Brookhaven/Lynwood park area. The (caucasian) husband ran the front of the house and his Vietnamese wife ran the kitchen. I seemed to remember a story about growing up in a family that cooked in the French Embassy at Saigon. Food was very good - quirky and cheap. The restaurant was called Ben Chow (probably not spelled right, but that is how it was pronounced). I believe the chef is now associated with Au Rendezvous on Windsor in the Brookhaven/Lynwood park area. The (caucasian) husband ran the front of the house and his Vietnamese wife ran the kitchen. I seemed to remember a story about growing up in a family that cooked in the French Embassy at Saigon. Food was very good – quirky and cheap.

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