{"id":1881,"date":"2012-04-02T02:11:57","date_gmt":"2012-04-01T16:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=1881"},"modified":"2012-04-02T02:11:57","modified_gmt":"2012-04-01T16:11:57","slug":"fine-dining-at-its-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=1881","title":{"rendered":"Fine dining at its best"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For those who love Vietnamese cuisine and still miss the defunct Le Colonial Vietnamese Restaurant, we have discovered an even better alternative \u2014 <strong>Saigon Spice Vietnamese Restaurant. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Conveniently located along Flushcombe Road just across Westpoint Shopping Centre in Blacktown, parking is never a problem. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Siblings Sidney Kim and Mary Ahmed have taken a few closely-guarded family secrets and combined it to bring a totally authentic Vietnamese dining experience. <\/p>\n<p>A favourite hors d&#8217;oeuvre amongst Filipinos is the fresh prawn roll, a special blend of minced pork, prawn, lettuce and pickles wrapped in rice paper. It comes with a delectable sauce sprinkled with peanuts. Waiting time does not normally exceed 15 minutes. More often, the appetizer is served within minutes from the time the order is placed.<\/p>\n<p>There is a wide variety to choose from for the entr\u00e9e or the main course. This writer loves the bonfire prawns which is cooked in a hotpot right at the table. It is a sizzling blend of prawns with onion and served with rice paper, lettuce, herbs, pickles and anchovy sauce. The surprised diner can wrap and prepare the dish to his\/her own liking. <\/p>\n<p>If you want to really pamper your palate, make a booking now!<br \/>\nDial (02) 9831 1974. I go there almost every day. &#8211; <strong>Dino Crescini<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those who love Vietnamese cuisine and still miss the defunct Le Colonial Vietnamese Restaurant, we have discovered an even better alternative \u2014 Saigon Spice Vietnamese Restaurant. Conveniently located along Flushcombe Road just across Westpoint Shopping Centre in Blacktown, parking is never a problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,30],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1881"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1881\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}