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I met up with my friend, Mike, in Falls Church, VA to try Thai style Dim Sum at a restaurant called
Rabieng which I had first read about on
Suburban Tasteland a few months ago.
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I arrived a little early, so I ordered with a Singha beer and an appetizer of spicy wok fried cashews that went great with the beer.
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I was most looking forward to the pan fried jumbo chive dumplings. The skin was actually made of sticky rice and the dumpling was packed with chives. It was really tasty.
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This is the sticky rice with marinated beef strips. It had a nice sweet flavor.
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The grilled green curry shrimp satay was next- it was not as sweet as most green curries I've had, but the shrimp was good.
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This was followed by the shell sea coconut crab wonton. The sweetness of the coconut tasted good with the crabmeat inside.
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I really loved the rice cake with coconut pork sauce. The slight chili flavor in the sauce was really great with the crispy rice cakes.
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We ordered the Tod Mon or "fish cakes" which were really delicious. They reminded me of fish balls in texture, but sliced thin and then dipped in a sweet chili sauce.
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The Bangkok St. Peking duck roll was just ok. This was probably because the duck was not freshly cooked, nor was the pancake it was wrapped in.
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These are the fried sesame plantain bananas. Their flavor was nice and their texture was nice and light.
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Our tenth and last dish was the Som Tom crabmeat papaya salad. It was straightforward and yummy- a nice close to the meal.
Rabieng Thai Restaurant
5892 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, VA 22041
(703) 820-5775
3 comments:
I know they are small plates, but I still can't believe that only 2 of you ate that much!
no breakfast, fat ass, and everything tasted so good. my singha also helped with fat breakdown.
This is the thai food I grew up with! Yummy! I have to check this place out! Thanks for the tip! Maybe we'll see you soon! Kwan
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