Originally Posted by
mandolino
Reminds me of the time I went to a Vietnamese restaurant and asked what the circular sheets of hard plastic were for, and also the finger-bowl water is far too hot for washing fingers.
They very kindly explained to us about the very thin rice paper that you dipped in the hot water to make flexible , wrapped round the vegies and meat and made your own spring rolls with...
Ahhh....the good 'ol finger bowl water....my friend asked me what it was for while dining out, and i told him it's lemon soup that comes with the crabs/prawns we ordered...and he believed me