{"id":1021,"date":"2005-05-21T21:58:29","date_gmt":"2005-05-22T03:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=1021"},"modified":"2018-07-23T19:39:02","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T01:39:02","slug":"asia-restaurant-albuquerque-new-mexico-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=1021","title":{"rendered":"Asia Restaurant &#8211; Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\">Proprietor Nan Nguyen and his wife launched Asia Restaurant in April, 2002 and have experienced steady, if not spectacular customer traffic.\u00a0 Repeat business from faithful patrons in a small, intimate setting with only 12 tables give the Nguyens the opportunity to get to know their clients. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\">Although both from a small village in South Vietnam, Nan worked for years in a Chinese restaurant, hence a menu offering both Vietnamese and Chinese food.\u00a0 Our inaugural visit was shortly after the restaurant&#8217;s grand opening and typical of Albuquerque, the restaurant was packed with curiosity seekers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\">We were the only diners during our second visit and had a splendid time discussing the nuances of Vietnamese cuisine.\u00a0 After learning of my affection for durian, the Nguyens concluded I must have been Vietnamese in a previous life and told me that durian rinds were placed under beds in poor households to keep roaches and bugs away.\u00a0 They contend that 99.9% of Americans won&#8217;t even try durian.\u00a0 So much for convincing Kim that durian is delicious once you get past its malodorous emanations. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\">The menu has changed considerably since our first visit.\u00a0 For example, the Asian golden crispy dragon bone featuring chicken enveloped by a crispy crust and served with delicious fish sauce is no longer on the menu.\u00a0 It was uniquely wonderful. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\">An expansive menu features pages of options including several family dinners for two or more.\u00a0 The family dinner we ordered included two Asia triangle egg rolls with fish sauce, two crab Rangoon pot stickers and to steamed pork baos, all of which were quite good.\u00a0 The uniquely shaped and not quite flat triangle egg rolls were surprisingly generously endowed with vegetables and shrimp.\u00a0 The family dinner also included soup&#8211;wonton soup for Kim and a meatball soup for me.\u00a0 Of the two, the meatball soup stood out for its savory broth laced with green onions. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; 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