Hey, a new year, maybe I will start blogging again. Now that the therapy is starting to kick in.

Here is my favorite dish of 2011. “Peppery pork ball noodle soup” from SE Portland’s venerable (and ephemeral) Viet noodle joint HA&VL.

Behold the deliciousness of the soup-that-is-Vietnamese-but-is-not-pho-but-exists.