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Advanced II Adventures
Volume 1, Issue 1
Saigon #1 – Virginia Beach
by Vuong Ho
Are you hungry? Are you
looking for a Vietnamese restau-
rant with good food and good
prices in Virginia Beach? Are you
trying to use chopsticks? I suggest
you go to the Saigon #1 Restau-
rant at 448 Newtown Road in
Virginia Beach. There are various
dishes for you to try, even for
those who eat no pork at all! For
appetizers, they have: “Goi cuon”
– Fresh Spring Rolls (shrimp, rice
vermicelli, vegetables and pork)
with special soybean sauce; “Cha
gio” – Crispy Egg-rolls (pork,
chicken, or vegetable); “Banh mi
chien tom” – Shrimp Toast; “Bo
cuon la nho” – Beef wrapped with
grape leaves, and so on. You
should ask them to make it with
no pork if that is the way you
want it. For main dishes, try Pho
(/fə/) – beef, noodle and beef
broth), Bun bo – (/bʊn bo/ - beef,
noodle, hot and spicy beef broth).
They are served as hot soup.
They are two typical dishes sym-
bolizing Vietnamese cuisines.
You should try them for experi-
encing the differences between
their tastes. Besides, there is also
a variety of “hu tieu” (soft noo-
dles), many kinds of vermicelli
and rice with many different
sauces. For dessert, they have :
“Che chuoi” – Banana with tropi-
cal pearls, Coconut milk and
Syrup, etc. In my opinion, Saigon
#1 is not a very beautiful or ele-
gant restaurant but, it is clean,
the food is delicious and the price
is cheap. This is a good place to
become a regular customer.
Spring I, 2011
Cultural Experiences with Food by Beatriz Moreu
If someone can try new food from other cultures, why not do that? Every Friday, we go as a class to a new
restaurant to try new foods from different countries. It is a good idea because you can learn about typical food
from other nations. It is awesome to have an open mind and to try new food that is different from your own
culture, while spending time with your classmates, practicing English and getting to know them better.
Food Experiences in Rajput Restaurant
Hampton Roads Area by Musaad Alzahrani,
by Abdulrahman Alzannan
Rajput Restaurant is a
It is a good experi- good restaurant in Norfolk.
ence to go to different It is an Indian restaurant
restaurants. During this with food that is similar to
session, we, as class- Arabic food. Every day from
mates, have decided to 11:30 am to 2:30 pm, they
go to a different cultural have a buffet. It includes
restaurant every Friday. many kinds of food such as
Sushi Night chicken, rice, soup, salad
One of those restaurants
by Laura Castro
bread, and desert. The food
is called Baladi, which is a is not spicy. However, they
Lebanese restaurant. It is One of the meetings was in a have many kinds of spices
located in Virginia Beach. Japanese restaurant located in and hot sauces. They also
It serves different kinds Virginia Beach. For many of us, have a special dish called
of Arabic food such as that was a new and unforgetta- Biryani which is like Kapsa,
Hummus and Tabbola, as the most famous dish in
ble experience, especially for
appetizers, Kabob and Saudi Arabia. However,
people who were not used to
Shawarma, as main their buffet does not in-
eating raw fish. Besides that, clude Biryani. If you would
dishes, and other appe- eating with chop sticks is not an like to have it, you can order
tizers and main dishes. It easy feat. In the end, the bravest it. In addition, their prices
also serves very delicious students enjoyed the sushi are affordable. We recom-
deserts. I would recom- dishes, while the others prefer mend this restaurant to
mend it to anyone who you.
the common, but reliable,
wants to try one of the chicken teriyaki.
types of Arabic food.
Mazzika Restaurant by Faysal Albalushi
There are many delicious dishes at the Mazzika Restaurant. This restaurant represents Jor-
danian food. Every Friday, the restaurant serves a new delicious dish. For example, there is
a dish called Mansf which the restaurant makes every Friday. Mansf contains lamb and rice.
In the other hand, the restaurant makes another dish, which is called Maglobh, contains
rice and chicken. Also, it has a hookah for people who like to smoke. I recommend it to all
the people who haven't tried these kinds of food .
ADVANCED II Albalushi, Faysal Albattah, Ali Almansour, Yahya Alzahrani, Musaad Alzannan, Abdulrahman
STUDENTS Ahn, Taehwan Castro,Laura Ho, Vuong Kwak, Dongkone Rukhlov, Anatoly Moreu, Beatriz