Glass Noodle Soup with Seafood and Meat at Chopstix in Salinas, California by Ruth Paget
The glass noodle soup with seafood and meat at Chopstix Restaurant in Salinas, California located at the Northridge Mall on North Main Street tastes great and is also a great value for the amount of seafood and meat in it.
Shrimp and squid along with sliced pork and beef and pulled chicken breast sit atop a large mound of glass noodles made from mung bean starch in the delivery bowls. To this diners can add Thai basil leaves, jalapeño peppers, freshly squeezed lemon juice, and bean sprouts.
Finally, diners pour on shrimp broth that tastes like it has been made with shrimp shells that are discarded after the broth has reduced and the shrimp flavor concentrates.
The lemony shrimp broth is the constant flavor for all the different flavors and textures in the soup. This soup is a wonderful recharge in the middle of the day.
The clear glass noodles made from mung bean starch surprisingly contain some calcium and iron. Iron helps transport oxygen throughout the body, and calcium is used to help build bones. The mung beans are flavorless and take on the shrimp flavor of the broth while adding nutritional value.
The Vietnamese name for this delicious soup is Hu Tien Tim Thit, which I will learn for international flair.
This value packed glass noodle soup with seafood and meat is a great deal at Chopstix Restaurant in Salinas, California.
By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
