[IPenguin]

So my school is holding a multicultural dinner, where students bring in food from different countries and cultures to share. It's a HUGE event with a lot of people attending. I am the co-executive in charge of Vietnam, problem is I'm not Vietnamese and neither is my partner. XD So I have NO IDEA of what to ask people to make, therefore I need some suggestions on what to make.

The food has to be pretty simple to eat/make. We'll need about 50 servings of whatever it is so it should be... BIG. I.e. Lots of dumplings for China, sushi for Japan etc. We're looking for appetizers, main course, drinks, and desserts. Any suggestions/pictures/recipes would be lotsa help~! THANK YOU!

[MIS0HAPPY]

i think fresh spring rolls (goi cuon) would be great!
although it takes a while, it's easy and simple to eat.
you can serve it with peanut sauce, or nuoc cham (fish sauce).


for dessert, che seems good. but i guess that might take
a while to make? you could always do avocado shakes. lol.
they're always yummy (though avocados are expensive.)

hope that sorta helps!

[Pearlgirl]

Banh Mi Thit aka Vietnamese baguette sandwiches?



Buy some baguettes, butter (Lee sandwiches sell their store-made butter), cha lua (ground pork sausage), cucumber, possibly pate, some pickled daikon and carrot and coriander.

[Meechi2041]

i think your safest bet is to make the salad roll cause it's easy to eat and make... hold it's shape and could be left out for about 3-4 hours or longer... i don't recommend making it the night before and putting it in the refrigerators cause it's going to get hard and you have to warm it up which causes the rolls to become saggy and gross i made the mistake of doing that once... make it a couple of hours before you have to bring it to the dinner.. i forgot to mention when packing the food make sure you layer the rolls with saran wrap cause the rice paper will stick to eachother.

this recipe seems about right cause it's usually made with pork i found some without it's an option if you don't want to add it, just shimp is fine too

http://www.vnnavi.com/en/dishes/saladrolls.html

here's how to make the peanut sauce
# Sauce:
# 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
# 3 TB peanut butter
# 3 TB water
mix the ingredients and cook over med high till smooth add a little more water if the sauce is too thick. you can crush some roasted peanut and add it to the sauce.

happy eating i hope it works out for you and i hope i been helpful

[chitah]

banh cuon

i like that stuff. its pretty basic. and if u have vegetarians u can easily make ones iwthout meat too. good luck

[l3aby143]

EGGROLL. so easy to eat.

[matango88]

if you live near any Vietnamese delis or grocery stores, you can buy a bunch of the viet spring rolls and buy a bottle nuoc cham dipping sauce.

[sunshine4ever]

i think fresh spring rolls (goi cuon) would be great!
although it takes a while, it's easy and simple to eat.
you can serve it with peanut sauce, or nuoc cham (fish sauce).


for dessert, che seems good. but i guess that might take
a while to make? you could always do avocado shakes. lol.
they're always yummy (though avocados are expensive.)

hope that sorta helps!

Oh, goodness, these spring rolls look so yummy..i want to eat them now. lol.

Anyway, banh beo is good...a lot of Vietnamese foods are good. I just don't have a picture of a lot of the dishes.

[GiRlli3]

eggroll!! i always make that to school event! lol
it's easy and tasty everyone loves them
I think viet make the best eggrolls

[5.mystline]

Yeah I think the most effective and easiest Vietnamese dish for you to make Is goi cuon.

[bellado]

BUN RIEU!!

[Kiribati]

Bun Rieu or Bun Bo Hue or Nem Nuong.
Yumm.

Nem Nuong will probably be the easiest to prepare for you.
50 servings...yikes.

[Swtess]

Banh Xeo :D
Or Goi Cuon is very convenient

[twig*star]

BUN RIEU!!

did some of you people not see the word SIMPLE?

go with the spring rolls or the goi cuon.

do a test run over 2 days. day 1 make and then store. day 2 trial eat it. that way you wont end up with soggy spring rolls or dried up goi cuon.

[kissez*]

Egg rolls or spring rolls. And for dessert... I don't know what it's called but it's like, this banana jello thing that's served with coconut sauce and sesame seeds? It's really tasty...

[mwauhria]

i'd go for the springrolls.
easy to make =]

[baobao|bakachan]

PHO FTW (:



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[Meechi2041]

^^ pho is good but i don't think she would be able to make it, it's kind of difficult and takes awhile and too much time to prepare to serve people boiling noodle/heating soup etc...

she clearly says simple to eat and make... any soup base would be rather difficult.

and the Bun Rieu looks yummy it's one of my favorite soup next to pho lol =)

[CitrusFlower]

Simple would be egg rolls or something similar, you can go to a Vietnamese deli and you'll get the idea

[Ce'nedra]

Uhh some people have got to be more realistic...what's with all those noodle soups. Delicious but not exactly right for the OP!
The rice paper rolls (goi cuon) are perfect as most people have said.
But another idea could be Nem Nuong (those meatballs), which you can buy the readily made meat paste from Vietnamese butchers. All you need to do is shape it onto skewers and grill it (or bbq it if time/situation permits).