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HONS,
790 Reservoir Ave., Cranston, (401) 946-2188.Take the earlier start of Chinese restaurants in this country, add the large Cambodian community in Rhode Island, and then the relatively small Vietnamese population. It's no wonder that: 1) Vietnamese dishes tend to be tucked away among other Southeast Asian and Chinese items on menus, rather than available on a street full of Little Saigon restaurants; 2) you won't find nime chow on the menu at HONS, the most prominent, if not the only, Vietnamese restaurant in the state. You see, nime chow is the Cambodian name for the Vietnamese spring roll so popular that Cambodians like them, too. But HONS -- which stands for House-of Noodle Soup -- has plenty of them on hand, along with variations -- and not under aliases. Full review.
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