Goi Cuon (Vietnamese Spring Rolls)
Reid's parents were in Austin last week for work. We met them up at Frank's hot dogs the first night they were in town. Frank's is an artisinal hot dog restaurant in downtown Austin. It was our first time there; I'd heard about it through friends and my old vet school counselor (thanks, Dr. Posey!). It was really good. They actually had currywurst on the menu! Currywurst is "a fast food dish of German origin consisting of steamed, then fried pork sausage cut into slices and seasoned with curry ketchup, regularly consisting of ketchup or tomato paste blended with generous amount of curry powder, or a ready-made ketchup-based sauce seasoned with curry and other spices" (thanks, Wikipedia!). I'd had it almost any chance I could when I was studying abroad one summer in Germany during vet school and when I came back to the States, was saddened to never find it on any 'German" (aka Bavarian) restaurant menus in Texas. Anyway, they had it so I ha...