# Restaurants that don't serve essential dishes/items

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [February 18, 2025, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-that-dont-serve-essential-dishes-items/1014451 "2025-02-18T13:21:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-that-dont-serve-essential-dishes-items/1014451/142 "2025-02-20T03:48:42Z")

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For those following along at home, what I refer to as “spring rolls”, and what I believe @pulykamell likely does as well:

[![](https://healthynibblesandbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Vietnamese-Spring-Rolls-7.jpg) ](https://healthynibblesandbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Vietnamese-Spring-Rolls-7.jpg)

Taken from:

> **[Simple Fresh Vietnamese Spring Rolls (with video)](https://healthynibblesandbits.com/fresh-vietnamese-spring-rolls-with-video/)**
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> A step-by-step guide (with video) on how to make tasty and beautiful Vietnamese spring rolls. These spring rolls are filled with shrimp, vegetables, herbs, and noodles.

And back to the OP, we’ve had multiple different terms that could be applied to two or _more_ different dishes, confounding expectations!

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