European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                March 1985 the stars and stripes Page 17 modern living relaxing after a meal in Saigon where the food has a French by Craig Claiborne new York times there is a vietnamese specially called Cha Spring Rolls of ground crab garlic and wrapped in thin Rice that i first tasted 20 years ago in it made such an impression that a few years later i travelled to Saigon to taste it at the the trip was More than Worth the the Best Cha Gio i have eaten since in i found them the equal of those in Vietnam were prepared recently by Nicole a 28yearold Saigon born Stu Dent at the culinary Institute of America in Hyde she began with the Rice a very translucent skin made of Rice which she dipped into warm water and Laid Flat on a she then put a portion of the filling onto the skin and rolled it into a Cylinder resembling a Small chinese egg this she cooked in fresh Oil until it was Crisp and Golden while she prepared the Cha Routhier explained that in Vietnam it is the dish most commonly used for celebrations engagement parties and the new which is perhaps that country most important the proper Way to eat Cha Gio is to wrap it in a lettuce a delectable vietnamese Spring Roll along with fresh herbs such As and coriander Cucumber Green onions and a Small portion of cooked it is dipped into a sauce consisting of Nuoc Lime garlic and hot before it is like egg Cha Gio is generally served As an and it was Only the first course of a vietnamese banquet that Routhier what followed was a shrimp soup of exceptional texture and flavor containing fresh slender Bamboo shoots available in Routhier prepared several her mothers family has lived for generations in so most of her cooking is based on Northern in the there is a Strong chinese she they use a lot of stir Fried dishes and fish and seafood Are prominent in that cooking fresh dried Salt fish and so Saigon she has a decidedly French and in the kitchens there you will find widespread use of asparagus and which Are practically unknown in other in the Central Region of around tastes run to highly spiced Nuoc is a salted fish liquid that has been called the Vanilla of authentic vietnamese in it Routhier Mother is her father is a Frenchman from her parents divorced shortly after her birth and her Mother remarried an american who managed officers clubs for the the family travelled a great to other countries in Southeast Asia and to Routhier principal remained vietnamese Cook her Mother is a Fine Cook who opened a restaurant in Laos while the family was from 1967 to i spent that part of my life surrounded by woks and pots and Routhier and i was fascinated by the behind Hestenes going son in a professional they later moved to Belgium and where they lived in Cannes and in said i was 14 years we stayed in a and i spent most of my Days there giving the chef a hand in the i was involved in All kinds of food washing dishes and making some of the simpler she came to the United states four years ago through met Anthony a new yorker and the project manager of a clinical Laboratory com Puter system at Montefiore medical shortly afterwards they were it turns because his favorite food is vietnamese and his favorite vietnamese food is Cha Routhier said that of All the professional training she has she prefers banquet cooking with classical game such As Quail with raisins in a Burgundy style wine Pate of and upon graduation from the culinary Institute she Hopes to work in a corporate dining room or with a French chef in a Small in not made to work in enormous she Erma Bombeck Ive had it up to Here with Linda Joan Collins and Jane Fonda and their older better maybe if i haunt had Dolman arms 10 years ago before Dolman sleeves came into or if i had my own hit i might feel but unlike a lot of older sex i have been struck Down by Gravity in the prime of my life and in ticked off about you wanta talk Jane if i Wear heels All i 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