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Been reading recently about a dish called the
Floating Market noodle soup, so I found a place called Nava Thai in Silver Spring, MD to try it.
The restaurant is modest, in a small parking lot shared with a Thai grocery, but inside the food was incredible.
The floating market noodle soup had the highest spice rating on the menu, 3 lightning bolts. The waitress even cautioned us on the level of spice, but we elected to pull no punches.
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The soup was beautiful- the broth had a brown color- likely from cow's blood- it had initially a sweet taste- lime?- but then the heat was very obvious. My friend Mike had 2 spoonfuls and he proceeded to turn flush, start sweating, and his eyes turned red and he started to blow his nose.
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Visible in the soup were pieces of pork, meatballs, bean sprouts, and pork rinds. The noodles, which I read are homemade, were simply delicious- holding the flavor of the fiery broth.
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After the soup, we tried some other dishes: pineapple curry with chicken, a delicious crispy duck kaprow with holy basil, and sweet rice with mango. Everything was a postscript to the soup, but still pretty darn great.
Nava Thai
11315 Fern St
Silver Spring, MD 20902
(240) 430-0495
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