Witty tipped me off to Banhwich Cafe, located in Lincoln's large Vietnamese community and near the UNL campus. The atmosphere is bright and cheery and the staff very helpful.
This is my Ultimate Banhwich: pork belly, pate, fried egg. Wow! This is rich but not overpowering. The flavors mix together perfectly. The toppings are crisp and fresh. And the Vietnamese coffee goes perfectly with the meats, providing a bit of a palate cleansing with each sip. I'm afraid that I won't be able to order anything else when I come back.
Our Texas Instruments colleague Cathy Wicks was gracious enough to host several of us at Ecco tonight. This is one of those restaurants that has been on my list for a long time. Even though it is within easy walking distance of Georgia Tech, I hadn't made it there until tonight. The menu is a combination of Italian, Spanish, and French that make use of some local Georgia ingredients. The combination of those three countries is sometimes a little forced, although the georgia ingredients (fruit, cheese) were all great and perfectly appropriate. We started out with a meat and cheese board. This actually reverses the French tradition, where cheese usually follows the main course. Everything was excellent. The Georgia cheese was a big hit, as was the French cow/goat cheese. I thought the sauscisson was very subtle and very good. The waitress said that the roast pork pasta was their signature dish, so I had to try it. It had traditional broad pasta (fresh, of course)
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