What is the best Asian dish you've had?

A little delicacy called 1000 year old eggs. Google it. Mmmmmmmm.

Well “Asian” could describe anything from Mandarin to Polynesian to Japanese to…

And do you mean authentic or Americanized?

Anyway, for me, their are many, but I have been craving Siam Duck from this Thai (American) place here in Boston.

Broiled crispy Peking duck served with spring onions and thin crepes in hoisin sauce.

The hot and sour soup at P. F. Chang’s really has my heart right now. Mmmm, tofu =)

Fried shrimp with cherry sauce. >_>

It’s too hard to answer, I simply enjoy most Asian foods. Except the deep fried scorpion and the sheep penis I had in Beijing last Summer…

Asian food is a really big category, but I especially love Vietnamese food. My favorite dish is hot and sour fish soup. It’s very light and fresh but with bold flavors. The soup has a clear broth and it’s made up of fresh veggies and fruits like celery, tomato, bean sprouts, and chunks of pineapple. The restaurant often brings you a little dish of fish sauce and soy sauce with sliced thai peppers in it, which is savory and spicy. Take the pieces of fish out of the broth and dip it in the sauce, eat everything with white rice on the side… yum.

I think this is also a Chinese dish, but head-on shrimp fried with salt, pepper, and scallions are delicious. When you get shrimp at an American grocery store they look tiny, because the head is basically the same size as the body. So you’re only getting ½ a shrimp. You don’t have to eat the whole head, because it’s fattening, but this meat is a lot more moist and rich than the rest of the shrimp. There are a lot of ways to cook them, but this way is my favorite.

Bahn beo Hue are little soft round rice cakes with savory toppings like chopped shrimp, scallions, and fish sauce. It would actually take me forever to list all my favorite Vietnamese foods, but it’s really worth investigating. Vietnamese food can also be lighter and more delicate than many types of Asian food because of the French influence in the cuisine. You’ve probably already had Pho, the national dish, and Vietnamese iced coffee is stronger and richer than American coffee. It’s the only coffee with enough caffeine to give me the shakes.

And you’ve got to love Korean barbecue (bulgogi.) It’s basically marinated seared beef, but that doesn’t do the satisfying savoriness of this dish justice. Kimchi, spicy cabbage, makes a great contrast to it because the cabbage is crunchy, sour and spicy while the beef is hot, meaty and fatty. It often comes with a ton of tiny thoughtful side dishes.

I like a good Bahn Mi (Vietnamese sandwich) with freshly grilled meat, pickled carrots, cucumbers and Sambal Oelek Chili Paste.

I also love a really good char-shu (Chinese barbecued pork, flavored with honey and five-spice) and Chinese barbecued duck.

As has already been said, Bulgogi is wonderful, especially if it is eaten with homemade Kim-chi that is nice and juicy and sour.

Many varieties of dim sum are wonderful.

And Thai Tom Yum soup is one of my favorites.

I could go on and on – Asian food is very diverse and there are many great dishes.

Curry chicken – simple and delicious.

@ Darwin:

Char-shu should be spelled ‘char-siu’.

My all time favourite Thai dish is Pad Ka Prow… mmmmm. It is sweet from the basil and has a wee bite due to the chilli.

Call it clichéd but I am a big butter chicken fan. That and Tikka Masala – Indian.

@citizenearth – Since it is actually correctly written in Chinese characters, and since it is pronounced “shu” I don’t really care. It is good however one spells it.

And in actual fact, many different sites spell it “char-shu.”

I think @Haleth listed all of mine. Vietnamese and Korean are without a doubt my favorites, the authentic food, not the westernized version. I also love the Vietnamese version of fish with chili and lemongrass, and sang bok choi.

For Korean, I love the hot pots with all the vegies and an egg mixed in.

Thai omelets are good too and Malaysian chicken rice, the chicken and noodle dishes from the Philipines.

The list is endless!

Butter chicken and naan bread.

Damn now I want some :(

@Corporate_Avenger

Are you serious? That looks digusting No offence to anyone here

Peking Duck in Bejing.

@Austinlad Shouldn’t it be Beijing duck then? :-)

Beef and Broc. from Fat Ming on 93rd and Amsterdam, NYC.

Crispy whole fish with tamarind and ginger sauce.

I just love sushi. It’s not a specific answer, but it can be casual or fancy, raw or cooked, it’s light and filling at the same time… love it.

Went out to dinner last night with a friend from Chengdu to an authentic Szechuan restaurant. He ordered everything, so I have not idea what any of the dishes were called, but they were all very good. The eggplant was outstanding, and the spicy glass noodles were good. I really don’t know why Chinese restaurants in America sell Americanized Chinese food when they could sell this stuff. It was really good.

I also like saag paneer with garlic naan and a mango lassi. And Unagi or tuna sushi. Or most sushi. And I’ve had some really good Pad Thai, though I have no idea how authentic it was.

Her name was Jezebel, and let me tell you, she was one spicy Asian dish! The way the sun shone down on her hair… The twinkle in her beautiful dark eyes. Ah, the memories….

Cannibalism!

Her name was Chiemi.

Her name was Bill.

I didn’t find out until the next morning… Sob

LOL @XOIIO

I’s sorry to hear that. Lurve.

@XOIIO – Thailand, right?

@XOIIO – took you all night to find out, what were you doing???

anything Huhot.:) anybody been to Huhot recently?

@smartfart11 How hot is Huhot this time of year?

@Futomara

Yes, in Tambon

@rooeytoo

You don’t want to know.

…the best Asian dish you’ve had…

Her name was Kim…

But I’m not here to kiss and tell…

@Corporate_Avenger Hot as in spicy or hot as in fashionable?

i like spicy.

its a chinese dish called chicken lo mein.and for dessert i like what i call sugar buns.