Wednesday is Asian food day!

Wednesday, after a lovely walk with the dogs, I headed into Cleveland to try a vietnamese restaurant Minh Anh. I got the Pho Saigon, a rare cinnamon beef soup.

It was yummy, but....... not Gold Mountain yummy! I'm beginning to feel that perhaps the Pho that Gold Mountain serves is not 'normal pho'. The broth is darker and less sweet than the other Pho I have had. Any insight readers?? It's called Pho Ta'i. I have found a recipe for it here, I might have to try making it.

The restaurant was in an older part of the town and wasn't much to look at from the outside, but in the back where I parked they had some lovely flowers. I'll try and get some closer shots next time I'm there, they were very unusual looking.I had a very friendly waiter, originally from Ho Chi Minh city, but lived here for the last 13 years. He was very chatty and I'll be honest I didn't understand much of what he said, but I know he loves soccer!

I stopped by the pet store on the way to pick up some more food for Lucy. I saw another 'Mr. Flowers'. He was her first toy and she still loves snuggling with his remains (you can see them at the bottom of the next photo). She was ecstatic when she saw Mr Flowers II and has been giving him lots of love since his arrival.
Penny still doesn't get what all the fuss is about with dog toys!
For dinner I ordered take out from the local chinese restaurant, Smiles. I was uber happy to find that the shrimp chips were indeed prawn crackers, of the multicoloured variety :)

The food was ok, nothing special. I had the hot and spicy shrimp, which had about 23 onions with it and 4 strips of bell pepper. The flavor was great, but the abundance of onion makes me feel like I'm being duped by being giving cheap veggies.
Matt gets back from Utah tomorrow night. If the weather stays nice we're going to go camping on Saturday, so I'm off now to try and research some good campgrounds :)