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Peter Lawrence Kane
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Banh mi at Rice Paper Scissors' brunch
Rice Paper Scissors, one of our favorite semi-permanent restaurants run by two of our favorite people (Valerie Luu and Katie Kwan, who love sitting on little red stools as much as they love street food), is joining up with some other power players in the Vietnamese food world to put on a Summer Night Market on Friday, July 24, recreating Southeast Asia's hawker fares across a series of booths.
Turtle Tower,
SUP! and
Bicycle Banh Mi will be joining the party, the
$16 entrance for which guarantees you a taste of something from everybody, including SUP!'s coconut-panko fried shrimp with tamarind-honey chili dipping sauce and Bicycle Banh Mi's thit kho (caramelized braised pork belly in coconut soda, served on a won ton chip).
But only Rice Paper Scissors will serve goi vit, a salad made from duck and chicken gizzards, along with market vegetables and a ginger-lime dressing. (The veg alternative, goi chay, involves fresh and fried tofu, roasted peanuts, fried shallots, fried mung beans, Thai chilies, mint, and cilantro.) They're not stopping there, either, so maybe consider eating lunch no later than 11:30 a.m. that day, because you'll be confronted with xiu banh mi (a chicken meatball sandwich with ginger-tomato sauce), cha ca thanh long (tumeric fish with rice noodles), bap xao (sticky corn with green garlic sauce), and a summer daikon cake made with market vegetables, all of which are available separately for purchase. You're, uh, gonna want some of those.
Check out RPS' artsy
Tumblr for a better sense of how they scour markets, and for a glimpse of the good times to come.
Rice Paper Scissors' Summer Night Market,
Friday, July 24, 5-9 p.m., at Brick & Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Mission.
