1 pound flank steak, thinly sliced
5 clove garlic, minced
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons oil
1 tablespoon water

2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons sugar
4 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 red chilies, seeded and chopped
1 tablespoons fish sauce

8 ounces vermicelli noodles
1/2 cup iceberg lettuce, chopped
2 small carrots, peeled and julienned
2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
1/2 teaspoon sesame seeds

1. Combine garlic, soy sauce, sugar, oil and water and marinade flank steak.
2. Bring vinegar, water and sugar to a boil in a small saucepan. Remove from heat and add the garlic, chilies and fish sauce. Set aside.
3. Bring a large pot of water to a boil and add the noodles, cooking until tender. Drain and set aside.
4. Meanwhile, heat oil in a skillet or wok and add the marinated beef. Fry until no longer pink.
5. Serve noodles topped with iceberg lettuce, carrots and beef with a dash of cilantro and sesame seeds. Serve with prepared sauce.

Makes 4 servings

My friend Steve in Calgary offered me a recipe for the site since I couldn't come up with anything to eat. It was a Vietnamese noodle bowl. I hadn't had anything just like it, despite eating several noodle bowls, so I made it. Shannon and I both loved it. Since I'm tired and cranky and don't have anything else to say, I'm going to fill up this space with his half of the IM conversation explaining the recipe. The recipe on the site will be my interpretation of it. I left out the honey roasted peanuts because I didn't have any, and the bean sprouts because I read over them. I went the "dump the sauce over it" route. Enjoy.

Steve’s Vietnamese Noodle Bowl

2 clove garlic
2 red chilies
2 Tbsp water
2 Tbsp sugar
4 Tbsp rice wine vinegar
1 Tbsp fish sauce

Place vinegar water and sugar in a small sauce pan and bring to a boil

Remove from heat, once cool add the crushed garlic and seeded, finely chopped red chili peppers.
Set aside.

Marinade…

1 lb sliced beef, steak, flank whatever or chicken or pork your call

2 tbsp minced garlic 2 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp sugar 2 tbsp oil 1 tbsp water

Marinate for however long you feel usually i whip that up at the beginning before i start this mess
pan fry that stuff

boil 1/2 pack of rice vermicelli noodles
allow to cool

top the noodles with sliced iceburg lettuce

cilantro to taste, slice carrot, honey roasted peanuts and a small bit of tomato or other bits o veggies you have lying around

then put the beef on top and …
ok
serve with that sauce on the side
i just put it in a little bowl beside the entree and if you like the sauce alot dump it all over
o yeah i forgot the bean sprouts