I broke my own rule, and now I'm paying for it. Should've stopped after that 3rd cup of tea, but did I? Noooo, 'tho it was past 7PM, I kept inviting more refills until I had to stop, when my fingers started drumming the table on their own. Now here I am,...helloooo 2AM!Okay, focus... AT, KH, and I (a.k.a. Wednesday Whine & Diners) tried Pagolac (at 655 Larkin Street) tonight. My two shaky thumbs are pointing way up! This unassuming place blends cleverly into the surrounding Tenderloin with its dirt-stained awning, but gave us a pleasant surprise when we stepped into its trendy high-ceilinged interior accented with demi-bamboo molding.
We ordered Bo Tai Chanh to start (thin slices of rare beef marinated in lemon juice, served with a generous heap of leafy greens and a dipping sauce); followed by Bun Chao Tom (grilled shrimp balls and sugarcane over vermicelli noodles, again with lotsa veggies) and DIY grilled beef, squid, and shrimp, which we wrapped in rice paper (softened by dunking in warm water). AT and I could only aspire to create wraps as "whole" and unexploded as KH's! For Round 2, we shared Gabotom Xao Lang (curry chicken) and washed it all down with Lau Canh Chua Ca (catfish hot & sour soup),...oh, and also more TEA.
They're open only for dinner on Tuesday through Sunday, 5-10 PM (tho' they let us linger 'til almost 11), and it's a cash-only place. Check it out,...and bring me along, too!
2 comments:
mmm, shrimp balls... he he he ;) - A
i just wanted to let you know that kh -- though you claim she was at the dinner -- later told us about this place but had no recollection of what y'all ate. i seriously doubt she was there. thank you for describing your food in such detail! (it's making me hungry...)
(by the way, if you're wondering why i'm responding to your entry 1 month late...well, i'm procrastinating working.)
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