Eden Center Eateries

For those who never had a chance to make it there, Eden Center located off Wilson Blvd near Seven Corners intersection looks like a little piece of Vietnam transferred to VA.  A friend of mine made me come there for a dinner and I will always be grateful for an introduction.  For those who like Vietnamese cuisine, it is as original as it gets on this side of  the Pacific.  Besides, it has two component I do appreciate: high quality cooking and dirt cheap pricing...Given that restaurant menus include over 100 dishes, I figure I just pick something to talk about.  Here comes Vietnamese take on fusion.  In the first half of the 20th century, French have spent quite a bit of time in Indochina.  Although not all things French were particularly appreciated in Vietnam, crepe and baguette were...So here comes Vietnamese take on crepe and baguette sandwiches.  Both things are great.  I have started with Huong Viet Restaurant that has couple of crepe entries that are definitely worth trying and followed with a little hole in the wall making wonderful baguette sandwiches.Given crepe, it is not your typical crepe sucre neither it is galette de sarrasin.  Yet again you wouldn't consider covering your gallete with fish souse would you?  It is just different yet still great   On the other hand, baguette tastes and looks exactly like one you can grab from a street stand in Paris yet the filling is unmistakingly Asian.  It works great.  All that is left to do is figuring out a good wine pairing!