Eatdrink #43 September/October 2013
The LOCAL food and drink magazine serving London, Stratford and Southwestern Ontario since 2007
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Quynh Nhi<br />
For well over a decade the family-run<br />
Quynh Nhi (named after siblings Quynh<br />
and Nhi) has garnered a loyal patronage<br />
and prospered because of its responsive<br />
service, consistency and traditional<br />
Vietnamese cuisine. The updated fortyseat<br />
restaurant is situated off the beaten<br />
path, next door to an auto repair garage at<br />
the corner of Wharncliffe and Riverside.<br />
Quynh Nhi built its formidable reputation<br />
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on its spring rolls. The signature Crispy<br />
Spring Roll is offered with chicken, pork,<br />
or in a vegetarian version served with fresh<br />
mint, lettuce and a chili-lime fish sauce.<br />
The restaurant is also known for its five<br />
different spicy Pad Thais on offer.<br />
55 Wharncliffe Road N., London<br />
519-850-8878 • www.quynhnhi.ca<br />
monday–saturday 11 am–9 pm<br />
Tamarine by Quynh Nhi<br />
Tamarine by Quynh Nhi is the sibling<br />
restaurant and the evolution of the<br />
venerated Quynh Nhi. This is the new<br />
wave of Vietnamese cuisine that has<br />
undergone a coherent development, it<br />
has a technical almost architectural<br />
articulation, and the chefs are concerned<br />
with creativity and innovation.<br />
Menu offerings are intended to be<br />
mixed and paired in ways that harmonize<br />
and contrast flavours. Both the shredded<br />
mango and shrimp salad with chili lime<br />
fish sauce, mint, crushed peanut and<br />
pickled carrots, and the green papaya<br />
salad with fiery beef jerky, basil and sweet<br />
tamarind sauce are otherworldly.<br />
Tamarine is known for its crispy Torpedo<br />
Rolls made with shrimp, and crispy<br />
Imperial Rolls with shrimp, pork, wood ear<br />
(a type of fungi) and glass noodles, which<br />
are also served with fresh mint, lettuce<br />
and a chili-lime fish sauce. The kitchen<br />
combines fresh ingredients<br />
with traditional seasonings to<br />
construct offerings designed to<br />
encourage communal dining.<br />
Long Phan is your charismatic<br />
host and downtown London<br />
champion.<br />
118 Dundas St, London<br />
519-601-8276<br />
www.tamarine.ca.<br />
monday–friday 11 am–2:30 pm<br />
& 5 pm–9pm;<br />
saturday 4 pm–10 pm<br />
BRYAN LAVERY is eatdrink’s Food Writer<br />
at Large.<br />
Tamarine represents the new wave of innovative Vietnamese cuisine,<br />
seen in the array below, and in the sleek, sophisticated interior.<br />
Photos by Steve Grimes.
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