88. Vietnamese Food

We were looking for somewhere to eat on night while we were in Newcastle. One thing Newcastle has going for it is a little street called Derby St which is full of restaurants, boutique shops, bars and clubs. There were loads of restaurants to choose from but as we are always on the lookout for something new, we ended up in a Vietnamese restaurant called “Lans”. It was a quaint affair that looked like a two storey town house which was temporarily posing as a restaurant.

The food was great but quite difficult to describe. It was a bit of a mix of Thai and Chinese; less creamy than Thai and less stodgy than Chinese. I had chilli and garlic pork and prawns which was cooked perfectly and was exactly the right size of portion. The only thing that spoilt the night was a table of nineteen 40-somethings sitting behind us who were absolutely wasted. They were so loud that the waitress got our orders wrong but that wasn’t too much of a problem as she speedily replaced them with the correct dishes.