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Best Spring Roll
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Telling a Chinese person that Asia's best spring rolls are in fact Vietnamese and never deep fried is a bit like informing a Canadian that real hockey is a game conducted on grass and most expertly played by the Indians and the Pakistanis. But the world's most populous nation may just have to live with the fact that its spring rolls are trounced by Vietnam's
nem cuon
, which are easier on the arteries, too. Made with nary a drop of oil and packed with greens, shrimp, minced pork and vermicelli rice noodles,
nem cuon
are a low-fat alternative to their overlarded...