Saturday Vietnamese

I started this menu with the desire to make "Grilled Skirt Steak with Vietnamese 'Chimichurri'" from a Bittman column a few weeks ago. Then, since I was starting with Vietnamese, I figured I might as well stay there, so I accompanied the skirt steak with two Bittman adaptations of dishes from Charles Phan: "Jicama Salad with Grapefruit" and "Bok Choy with Shitakes". We also made up a batch of sticky rice to soak up the various sauces.

We didn't end up finding any grapefruit at the market, so I substituted valencia oranges in the salad recipe without making things taste bad. :-)

I hardly need to say this, but: mmmm, Vietnamese food.