Shelley Ting's Vietnamese Spring Rolls - NYC

All right, this is a special post! For the first time, I am venturing on a critique of a friend's cooking. Honestly, I'm only writing about it because it's... THAT GOOD.

Last night we had yet another surprise birthday party for another friend. For this, we went and did somewhat of a Pot-Luck style. Miss Shelley Ting cooked some huge pots of Baked Ziti and a batch of her specialty Spring Rolls. They were amazingly delicious. No joke. Let's be truthful here, the Pho Bang Spring rolls have always been considered the best. Even though that restaurant is the grossest, most HOLE IN THe WALL, place ever- they redeem themselves because of the taste of their SPRING ROLLS. The taste is unique, special and fried to it's perfection. So, it's very safe to say, I have never had Spring Rolls that could somewhat measure up to those...UNTIL I MET SHELLEY TING'S SPRING ROLLS!


(sorry, I only had my blackberry handy at the time!)

Anyway, I think they are a freakin' 10. The sauce that she made to accompany it was also delicious. It was perfectly fried, crispy, yet still perfect enough to not CUT open your mouth when you chewed down on it! The stuffing inside was a great blend of saltiness, and the mixture with the sweet sauce really kicked it up. I interrogated her after I ate one, asking her what recipe she used to create such a masterpiece- she was like, "Nah, I just made it up. [I used] Shitaki mushrooms, garlic, ground pork, vermicelli, shrimp, eggs".

ok.... *****NEWS FLASH ******
I think everyone knows that I absolutely hate eating mushrooms of any shape, size, type, etc, etc. But i ate it-- UNKNOWINGLY !!! That is how FLAWLESS this freakin' spring roll IS!!!!!!

Sigh, I have been owned- but I'm not complaining. hehe.

As for the sauce, she used, "sri-chia sauce, honey, fish sauce, lemon, soy sauce, water". It was sweet and tangy and went so well with the crispy salty spring roll! It was an awesome combination!!!

10, 10, 10!

Taste: 5/5
Atmosphere: 5/5 (everyone loves the happy/cuteness of miss shelley ting! ^__^)
Cost: If you're nice, she'll make it for you for free. If you're ... uh, you should try at least getting her the ingredients! LOL