664637 Wed Nov 04 08:07:47 -0800 2009 14 15 Pennsylvania 0 5154839 I've had one excellent family-style dinner experience at Rangoon that involved breads, salads, tofus, etc., and one pretty mediocre lunch off the lunch menu. I'm looking to repeat my dinner experience. We need some (but not all) vegetarian choices. We'll definitely order some thousand layer bread, but what else? Ginger salad? Tea leaf? Wed Nov 04 08:07:47 -0800 2009 130788 yannie 1 5154894 Here's a great writeup about what one of Philly's most legendary chefs likes to order there: http://www.phoodie.info/2009/10/28/the-search-for-umami-pt-2-rangoon/ Wed Nov 04 08:21:03 -0800 2009 5154839 282621 jaba 1 5155386 Night Market Noodles are one of our favs! Wed Nov 04 10:24:24 -0800 2009 5154839 76938 Bigley9 1 5155598 Rangoon has developed into one of my absolute favorites. I love it. Some favorites (the ** ones I believe are vegetarian, but you might want to check because I'm not really positive): Firecracker Lentil Fritter** Coconut Galanga Soup (might be able to get a Veg version) Spring Ginger Salad** Papaya Salad** Basil Noodles (warning: taste more like GARLIC noodles to me, but I love them) Spicy Kung Pao Chicken (NOT like normal Chinese food Kung pao) Jungle Chicken (there's also a Jungle Tofu) I wish I'd tried more of the vegetarian entrees to make some recommendations (it's not unusually for me to choose a veg dish over a meat one, I just haven't seemed to much here)....out of curiosity, what did you have that was mediocre here? I've never had a bad dish, but I've also never come for lunch. Wed Nov 04 11:25:55 -0800 2009 5154839 211484 PhillyA 2 5155621 I tried the basil tofu and coconut tofu at lunch. It wasn't bad, it was just...eh. It seemed to me that the lunch menu choices were more typical "chinatown" offerings and were not as interesting as the rest of the menu. Thanks for your suggestions! Wed Nov 04 11:33:28 -0800 2009 5155598 130788 yannie 3 5163059 Why didn't you try any of the given suggestions? You did have a choice to order off the lunch special menu, right? You've already had a bad experience with the lunch menu, so why would you make the same mistake again? Sat Nov 07 07:14:15 -0800 2009 5155621 1110726 mrslloyddobler 4 5163076 Um, I believe Yannie was just answering my question of what they had at Rangoon BEFORE. The suggestions we have made are to avoid ordering the weaker dishes again. Sat Nov 07 07:26:17 -0800 2009 5163059 211484 PhillyA 5 5164878 whoops, reading comprehension FAIL. Sun Nov 08 07:58:43 -0800 2009 5163076 1110726 mrslloyddobler 2 5156786 second the lentil fritters Wed Nov 04 17:58:12 -0800 2009 5155598 76938 Bigley9 3 5158047 Just had the lentil fritters last night. Holy crap. Thu Nov 05 08:54:20 -0800 2009 5156786 282621 jaba 1 5155825 There are so many things I love there. I'm not sure what all is vegetarian, because I suspect there is shrimp paste and/or fish sauce in a lot of things. Dishes I love: Crispy tofu triangles Lentil fritters Thousand layer bread and potato curry coconut rice Spring Ginger salad Squid salad Tofu salad Festival fish soup Kung pao anything Jungle anything just about all of the fish preparations Wed Nov 04 12:27:18 -0800 2009 5154839 11847 Hungryin theBurbs 2 5156391 LOVE the Jungle Tofu! Basically tofu, green peppers, green beans in a coconut green curry sauce. So good. I also like the Night Market Noodle but occasionally find it tastes like Cambell's tomato soup. Strange, but only once or twice have I thought so. Wed Nov 04 15:24:11 -0800 2009 5155825 157661 hollyd 1 5156901 Love the tea leaf salad! Get it every time I go to Rangoon. Wed Nov 04 18:47:02 -0800 2009 5154839 147093 Seeker19104 1 5163037 I often wonder why vegetarians can justify condemning a restaurant meal as "mediocre" when the restaurant in question does not specialize in vegetarian cuisine. I have eaten lunch at Rangoon at least a hundred times over the past decade and never had a mediocre meal. Sat Nov 07 07:04:06 -0800 2009 5154839 19279 phillyjazz 1 5164401 Potato and glass noodle salad Spring ginger salad squid salad Chicken keema Sat Nov 07 20:43:55 -0800 2009 5154839 198015 thehungrything