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...food is going to be quickly piled on you, it might as well be good, and Le’s certainly excels at this. The menu, though seemingly extensive, is mainly comprised of variations on a few base dishes: soups, vermicelli, and noodle or rice stir fries. This is typical of any Vietnamese restaurant, and Le’s offers its dishes tastefully and warmly prepared...
...house specialty is vermicelli—thin rice noodles in a fish sauce mixed with your choice of beef, pork, or chicken and mint, bean sprouts, and peanuts ($6.95). It is a lovely light dish, and certain versions feature a crispy spring role accompanied by the wonderfully tangy nuoc cham sauce on the side. You can customize it to your liking (I choose to skip the mint), making vermicelli a good choice for your first Vietnamese culinary experience...
...more adventurous among you, try a spicier meat entrée. The Xao Curi dishes ($9.50) are a great choice for any of the meat or tofu options. Intensely seasoned and saucy, these dishes feature vegetables and meat stir fried with rice on the side. Brown rice, annoyingly, is not available for more health conscious customers...
...Rice's North Korea Sanctions Mission Is No Slam-Dunk Analysis: Sure, China has agreed to block any trade with its neighbor's weapons programs. But its priorities are to engage Pyongyang and restart nuclear diplomacy - not necessarily the same as those...
...refusal to offer Pyongyang security guarantees, played a role in provoking North Korea's test. Whatever the merits and demerits of this argument, there's clearly a current in Beijing sharply critical of the U.S. handling of the diplomatic process over the past three years. So, when Condi Rice comes calling and asks what China is going to do to make the sanctions work, she may also find officials in Beijing responding with their own question, asking what the U.S. is going to do to make the diplomacy work...