Phnompenh Noddle House
Rediscovering my favorite restaurant
Only a few tables were available at 11:30am and most guests are interesting crowd of mixed Southeast Asian ethnic groups and ages and I know it is going to be good again. The restaurant is famous for noodle dishes, the menu has 11 dishes list for appetizer, 12 for the noodles, 16 for the entrée, 9 vegetable and 3 for salad. It must be related to the sunshine, my mind was already set for salad, and after a friendly chat with the server, she reassured me that the shredded green mango with pork and shrimp with a three star level would suit my mood for the day.
Nhoam Swai, Shredded Green Mango Salad with Shrimp
And When I finally tasted shredded green mango salad and steamed jasmine rice and I felt totally transported my whole experience being in Cambodia.
I tasted the two countries: Vietnam and Cambodia with reminisce of rustic Thai cooking. My taste buds started to scan all layer of flavors and record in my taste memory hard drive. I have learned how to re engineer our favorite dishes at the restaurant from my mom and cooked ourselves at home. And this was how it went.
Layer of flavors: I detected palm sugar, shrimp powder, a hint of shrimp paste, lime juice, fish sauce and spicy is ground fresh Thai chili. For the layer of texture: the crunchy shredded green mango and carrot (garnish) dried shrimp chunk and powder that garnish on top, cooked prawn and pork, and fresh herbs are Vienamese mint (rau ram) and a fresh Thai chili.
Durian Custard with Sticky Rice
When I searched for a dessert on the menu, my eyes stopped moving for a while when saw Durian Custard with Sweet Rice. When did I have durian with sticky rice the last time? 15 years? Not only that, it is Durian Custard? Never tried this combination together! New interesting concept way of introducing a famous the King of the fruit. When the dessert came, it was fancy and when I tasted it, it is a taste of home: it was a satisfying moment with custard, durian and sticky rice melt in one bit.
I definitely recommend this restaurant to everyone, please visit the website to learn more about their unique story, but one thing that I can tell you now is, vice-president El Gore was one of his fan.
Phnompenh Noodle House is located on South King Street and a few steps from 6th Ave, it founded and run by family members. Every visit, you always see the chef and owner around. Perfect location in the heart of the International District, also known as China Town.
Phnom Penh Noodle House
(206) 748-9825 660 S King St Seattle, WA 98104 http://www.phnompenhnoodles.com/index.html© 2010 Pranee Khruasanit Halvorsen I Love Thai cooking Pranee teachs Thai Cooking class in Seattle areas Her website is: I Love Thai cooking.com
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I was just telling my husband today that we needed to visit China Town. I was fortunate to visit during a field trip with my daughter, but want to bring my husband back so he can experience this wonderful place for himself. With so many food choices in this area, and being new to the area, it’s nice to get such a high recommendation. Will be a frequent customer soon.
Thank you, Katie. Just a quick note Chef Sam Ung will do a vegetable carving right in front of his restaurant on July 10 and 11 weekend from 11-5pm. It is a summer festival.
http://www.cidbia.org/internal/folder.2010-04-20.2552000468/2010-summer-fest I hope your family enjoy it. Also inside the restaurant, do pick up a brochure “Discover Seattle’s Chinatown International District for self- tour guild: attractions, food, shopping and culture.
Pranee
Thank you for the heads up about the vegetable carving. Due to the fact we have prior plans that weekend, I decided not to wait that long and visit Phnom Penh Noodle house over the weekend. Thank you for the recommendation. Our family loved it!! The food was amazing. It was everything you described and better. Look forward to visiting again.
Thank you for letting me know about your experience at the restaurant. There are so many dishes that I haven’t tried and they sound so amazing.
I will post my version of Thai Green Mango Salad tomorrow.
Pranee
Hi Katie,
Do you mind telling what your family had and would you recommend me to try?
At the recommendation of our wonderful server we had the Chicken Wings, to start. I was a bit surprised at first and was thinking “Bar Food” style wings. What a surprise this dish was. This was a meal in itself. In fact, I want to go back again just for the wings. They were incredible. Due to the low prices, we ordered a few too many extra dishes, thinking we wouldn’t have enough food. Needless to say, we went home with many “doggie bags.” I had the seafood medly, my daughter had the ribs and I forgot the name of my husband dish, but it was so good I helped him eat half of it. 🙂 Although the name escapes me, I believe it resembled Thai Pad. I would love to go back again and try a few more dishes, mainly the noodle dishes. I don’t think you can go wrong with anything you choose, but over all the wings were my favorite.
Thank you! Last Saturday I was in the Summer Festival and it was fun. I have all the picture on I Love Thai Cooking Facebook. Including Chef Sam Ung and his vegetable carving. Yesterday he taught 30 chefs from Tom Douglas Restaurant. I have posted photos from Summer Fest 2010 last Sunday.