Where, Oh Where...?

Mike had the lead on choosing dinner last night. I find he always chooses something tasty, and many times finds recipes I may have skimmed over for some reason. This time, as soon as he was telling me his choice, I knew the exact one. I had been eyeballing it myself ever since last month's issue of Food Network Magazine came in. It was practically calling for us to eat it...Grilled Shrimp and Noodle Salad. We love eating Asian cuisine, but rarely find ourselves making it at home unless it's an Asian sauce or other condiment on some seafood (particularly salmon.) This, though, looked too scrumptious not to try.

Frustratingly, we hit a snafu before even beginning. The recipe calls for (and this was a big draw for me) flat rice noodles. Easy to pick up at your neighborhood grocer, right? Wrong! Unable to find said noodles while shopping, Mike bought very authentic, very wheat-based Japanese noodles from the international aisle at Kroger. Certain I could find them, I headed out for a "quick" errand to pick up the appropriate starch while Mike started the shrimp and veggies.

Forty-five minutes later (we live only 10 minutes from 3 different stores), I returned home empty-handed. Not Kroger, Wal-Mart (a long shot, I know), nor Publix (Publix!!) carried any sort of rice noodle. Kroger did tell me they had them at one point, but hadn't seen any since Thanksgiving. (I find this most odd, since our Kroger has a sushi man. Who sells sushi and not rice noodles?!)

Super-thin Japanese noodles it was! I must say, they certainly did the trick, and dinner was still delightful. It seems that perhaps our noodles stuck together a bit more than flat rice noodles may have, but the flavor and combo with the shrimp and veggies still hit the spot.

Rather than retyping the recipe, here's the link: Grilled Shrimp and Noodle Salad. Whatever noodle you use, I'm sure you'll thoroughly enjoy it.

It does beg the question though, where can this Nashville Girl find some flat rice noodles?!

Photo to come...


P.S.~When eating it last night, we ate it more warm than chilled, as suggested. For lunch today, I had it more chilled. Both ways were delicious!

Comments

  1. hjoyferg3/22/11, 9:08 PM

    Apparently you're going to have to find an Asian store around there! I pulled one up on Yelp:

    Manna Asian Grocery Store
    1102 Charlotte Ave
    Nashville, TN 37203

    But I feel that if I can find rice noodles in Romania, than they should darn well be available in NASHVILLE. Goodness me.

    P.S. Watch your mail.

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  2. Alison Nash3/28/11, 10:25 AM

    I'll have to check that store out. There's a used book store on Charlotte, so I can make a dual-purpose trip.

    I'll keep you updated on our hunt for rice noodles!

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