Stir-fried Water Spinach with Garlic $6

Vietnamese Name: Rau muống xào tỏi,
English Name: Stir-fried Water Spinach with Garlic,

Also known as water convolvulus, swamp cabbage, or swamp morning glory in English, and rau muong (Vietnam), bongz (Laos), and trakuon (Cambodia), this leafy green vegetable is abundant in Southeast Asia. Prized for being versatile, flavorful, nutritious and well-textured, it has tender, narrow and pointy leaves with crunchy, hollow stalks. Water spinach can be added whole to soups or to stir-fries such as this one where it is seasoned with fish-sauce, garlic and a pinch of sugar. Thought of as a wonderful embodiment of the ancient Chinese philosophy of yin and yang (balanced opposites), it combines tender and crunchy textures in each bite!
Ingredients:

• Water Spinach
• Garlic
• Vegetable oil

Price: $6

Great for: 2 people

Better if use with: white rice

Spring rolls - $1

Vietnamese Name: Nem rán,
English Name: Southern Vietnamese spring rolls
Nem rán (alternatively Chả giò ["minced pork sausage"] in the Southern Vietnamese dialect), is a popular dish in Vietnamese cuisine and usually served as an appetizer in Europe and North America, where there are large Vietnamese communities. In standard Vietnamese, it is called nem rán ("fried roll").

Ingredients:

• Ground pork
• Dried wood ear mushrooms
• Bean threads
• Taro
• Vegetable oil
• Onion
• Spring roll wrappers
• Eggs
• Salt
• Chicken flavor bouillon
• Fish sauce
• White sugar

Price: $1/1 Roll
Better if use with: sweet and sour sauce or hot chili sauce