Reviewed: May 13, 2012

Lovely fresh salad, I used soy instead of fish sauce and a little more lemon juice, I also minced the mint into the dressing and added lettuce not cabbage, A nice light fresh salad on a summers day, good with grilled chicken or shrimp added

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Belinda

Reviewed: Feb. 5, 2012

Delicious flavor, just like the vermicelli bowl from our local Vietnamese restaurant. I subbed soy sauce for fish sauce and added grilled shrimp.

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jwilke

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 23, 2012

My husband and I LOVED this recipe! I used chopped romaine and kale instead of cabbage and added crushed red pepper because our jalapeño wasn't hot. We took the suggestion from another review and used our hands to mix all the ingredients for only two servings in one large bowl. That way the left over lettuce wouldn't be soggy for tomorrow. We will make this again and again!

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Jackie's Diner

Reviewed: Jan. 11, 2012

Light refreshing salad. You can add any different kind of vegetables that you have at hand. Snow peas are especially good and so is asparagus.

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ANDRONICKY

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Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Reviewed: Oct. 20, 2011

you might want to use less noodles, makes a lot! and hard to mix, but the taste was good.

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leftoverQueen

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Reno, Nevada, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 8, 2011

I was really excited about this recipe as I've never cooked with rice noodles OR fish sauce before. Well, turns out the fish sauce was just tooooo fishy for my taste but since I was making this for someone else's dinner, I had to make it work. So I added lemon pepper and chopped fresh basil, and it really added the right amount of zing and countered the fish taste.

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RooCeleste

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Van, Texas, USA

Living In: Cedar Park, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 27, 2011

I really liked this salad, it was just different from the regular summer pasta salad I would normally make for BBQ's or picnics. I added a bit more sugar, used lettuce as opposed to cabbage and added some snap peas. It was a huge hit, and I think I have already handed out the recipe a half a dozen times. Worth trying forsure.

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stacylenore

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Living In: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Reviewed: Sep. 5, 2011

Very good and authentic taste. I have made twice and second time added 1/4c of water to the sauce and decreased the garlic to 4 cloves (and I LOVE garlic, but it was just too strong). I used normal fish sauce and bbq'd some chicken breast which I sliced and served with. Big hit with the whole family who all love Vietnemese noodles.

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MARION384

Reviewed: Jul. 12, 2011

I would give this 10 stars if I could. I LOVE this dish and never thought it would be so easy to make at home. Please give the real fish sauce a try it just adds something special. I think people are intimidated by there being fish in it but Worcestershire has anchovies and it's common. Anyway, I used serrano chili just a personal preference and added some grilled chicken. Next time I will make more sauce. Thanks so much!

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stamarex

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Los Angeles, California, USA

Living In: Everett, Washington, USA

Reviewed: May 1, 2011

This was pretty good. It was WAY too garlicky for my taste and I like garlic! I think 2-3 cloves would have been plenty in the dressing. I added some tofu too. Good recipe to start from and all of the cilantro in it tasted great! Thanks!

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