Congee and Bánh hỏi

Wednesday night's menu: congee with some deliciously fatty fish, and a traditional Vietnamese dish called bánh hỏi. The fish congee was made with a local island white fish that tasted like sea bass, but with a firmer texture. The bánh hỏi is a large sheet of interwoven vermicelli noodles, topped with ground shrimp and green onion. We each took a portion of the bánh hỏi, and ate it with pieces of shrimp cake, ground pork cake, and lettuce, finished with a touch of fish sauce. It's fun to be able to try/eat so many new dishes - you may notice that much of the blog writing for the Vietnamese food is H's work, since I'm not as sure about what I'm describing, but I'm enjoying all of the new sights and tastes.