"A Dong"   My Rating
3 Krutolow	Posted on: Sunday, September 27, 2009
	Review: A Dong 515) 284-5632 1511 High St Des Moines, IA 50309 It was someone at the Ritual Cafe who recommended A Dong as they had just shut down the kitchen. Sometimes timing is everything when you fly airplanes around the country and I missed the cutoff by 10 minutes. This meal was to be eaten on the trip home, probably somewhere over Ohio and one of the concerns, since we don't have a tray table, is how messy are we going to get in the cockpit. Well, I ordered the spring rolls and another dish with a sauce and rice. I had them mix the rice in the container with the sauce and I must say that the gentleman waiting on me was incredibly meticulous and taped down the lids of every spill-able item. And it worked like a charm. The spring rolls, although perhaps a tad thicker on the dough than I'd had before was nicely chewy and the inside was crisp and delicious with a nice mix of ingredients. I can't tell you what I ordered because I sort of mixed and matched off the menu to create a dish which had the ingredients and sauce that I wanted and this certainly gets a few extra points when I can literally prepare my own dish. It was delicious and I did something I rarely do in the airplane...I taped the lid back on and took the leftovers home. Big Big Suggestion. Get a menu online. People need to see that you have a specific vegetarian menu!!!! Marty Visit me at my blog: http://martysnycveggiereview.blogspot.com/ Marty's Flying Vegetarian Review   Pros: Good Food * Friendly * Cons: * *
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"love = A-Dong"   My Rating
1 aaron	Posted on: Wednesday, June 03, 2009
	Review: They have the freshest most energizing food, consistently serving the highest quality of food available in Des Moines. it's fantastic! My favs are #s 16c 21c 25c and to share with a friend the veg firepot. If you're vegan vegetarian or just love real food eat at A-Dong! unsure of some of the ingredients just ask, the staff is very helpful and considerate.   Pros: fresh energizing food * natural and healthy * best in des moines Cons: zero cons * zero cons * closed on mondays
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"veg I think"   My Rating
3 khp	Posted on: Thursday, March 05, 2009
	Review: I stoped in tonight and picked up some food to go. the 2 guys at the front counter were VERY friendly! I ordered off the vege section of the menu...and had a conversation about how I saw them on happy cow...mentioned no fish sauce. got back to my hotel with my food and dug in...it was GREAT!..but did I get a piece of sausage in my food? Maybe it was some sort of greyish not- sausage...but I wasn't going to drive back there after getting back to my hotel & 1/2way through my meal. hmm :(   Pros: * * Cons: * *
0 of 1 visitors found the above review beneficial  Responses(2) | Contact Member | Was this review useful?  • you won't get "sausage" or any other kind of meat unless you ask for it. trust A-Dong. also, it's likely that you won't be able to identify many of the ingredients in some of the dishes. free your mouth to fresh frontiers of unfamiliar veggies! !!!. response by aaron • Oh, it's wheat gluten. Grayish, kind of like a disc shape?. response by A_Dong - report abuse -

"Sooooooo Good!"   My Rating
1 lilianex10 59	Posted on: Saturday, July 12, 2008
	Review: While it is not %100 vegetarian or vegan, I went there as a vegan and came away quite happy. They have a fairly large vegetarian menu, with plenty of vegan options on it. You will not be disappointed (unless you hate Vietnamese food, but then what would be the point of going in the first place?). I don't remember what I got (I couldn't pronounce it so I just ordered by the number...) but I know it was a delicious soup type thing with tofu chunks, veggies, and beautiful hints of lemongrass and cilantro. Also, I had yummy vegan spring rolls for an appetizer. This place as really good food, excellent service, and I can't wait to go back!   Pros: Large portions * Yummy food * Friendly staff Cons: * *
0 of 0 visitors found the above review beneficial  Responses(1) | Contact Member | Was this review useful?  • In response to the review below me, I asked and none of the food I ate had fish sauce in it.. response by lilianex1059 - report abuse -

"NOT Vegan (and I would say Vegetarian) friendly"   My Rating
3 Amy916	Posted on: Sunday, November 19, 2006
	Review: I went to A Dong thinking it would be vegan friendly as this website and friends had mentioned that it had a large vegetarian selection. While it is true this restaurant labels a lot of dishes vegetarian every single one of them contains fish sauce! I asked if I could get a dish made without and the staff did not think that any of the dishes would taste good and highly recommended that I not omit the sauce. I stated that it was not a choice. It took about 20 minutes of the waiter running back and forth from the kitchen to my table to determine if they could accommodate such a request. I did not like the dish I finally ended up with and would NOT recommend this restaurant to anyone who avoids fish sauce.   Pros: Helpful staff * * Cons: Fish in all Veg items * *
7 of 14 visitors found the above review beneficial  Responses(1) | Contact Member | Was this review useful?  • Hey guys, just wanted to respond to the review made by Amy916. It is true that some of our vegetarian dishes have the lemon sauce, which is the sauce in contention. As I'm just a server, they never tell me what is in it. They make it in the morning before I come to work, and it's a closely guarded secret. It's completely understandable to be weary of a sauce that is called nuoc mam (aka fish sauce) in Vietnamese. This is, however, a generic term for several sauces, including ones that don't have any fish in them whatsoever. But if you're not convinced, it's perfectly fine to leave it out. The reason I felt compelled to respond to Amy's review was due to the fact that it has some incorrect information in it. Of the 33 different vegetarian choices, only 8 (and two of those are appetizers) involve the sauce at all. Wi.... response by A_Dong - report abuse -

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