a "vietnamese hoagie" in Philadelphia (elsewhere know as a Vietnamese sub or banh mi): a french baguette filled with veggie pork, pickled vegetables, shredded carrots, cucumber, cilantro, chili pepper, and sauce
drunken noodles (flat rice noodles with vegetables, tofu, thai basil, and chili pepper), panang curry with vegetables and tofu, and spinach on fire (sauted spinach in black bean sauce) at the Sala Thai restaurant in Bethesda, Maryland