Caravelle - Minneapolis

It's an unusual arrangement which I don't understand at all. Notice the address. Does it look somewhat familiar? It's the same address in an earlier posting. Yes, its the address of Pho 79. Why have too separate named restaurants - Vietnamese Pho 79 and the Chinese Caravelle - that occupy the same space? They even have two distinct menus although there is some overlap.

Mystery left unsolved, we ordered Vietnamese Chicken with lemongrass. The dish was ordered mild and arrived the way we expected mild to be. Good show. The chicken was moist and tender cooked just right. The dish had a slight wok hay flavor. Yummy. The salt level was just right, balanced out by the rice. This dish was worth the $8.

Digression. I normally keep comments limited to food but I saw something that I believe reflects our society's decline. I was standing outside on Nicollet Ave observing people. A girl maybe in her mid twenties at most was nibbling away at food and slowly jaywalking at a 30 degree angle across Nicollet Ave as if she were queen of the road. A car approached. The driver had to apply the brakes, and honked the horn. The gal instead of speeding up turned and glared at the driver and yelled "You Bitch!" plus a few other things I didn't catch. She's violating the law and yet she feels her rights are being violated? My right to do anything I want comes before anybody? Yeah, Minnesota Nice at its best...


Bottom line: Both Caravelle and Pho 79 make my day.

Caravelle
2529 Nicollet Ave
Minneapolis