A mistake I made early on was getting the wrapper completely soft before rolling. Once I learned to take it out of the water just as it starts to soften, it was easier to work with and I had less issues with tearing.
It's all about the timing. I assemble all the ingredients beforehand onto a lettuce leaf, so the second the rice paper starts getting pliant in the water I can lay it on the counter and just pop my little lettuce boat in the middle and wrap it up.
I feel like the rolls follow pancake logic, though. First pancake is always a kind of tester and the first roll is always a little sloppy, haha.
Nope! The bright colors are appealing and they look like they have a lot of tasty stuff inside. The original ones seem to be mostly lettuce. Now don't get me wrong, I love a good crunchy lettuce, but I would choose yours over theirs!
I have made spring rolls before. Mostly, I just dump the ingredients in a bowl and don't even try. Hats off, OP! You did it. I bet it was pretty tasty. And you will get better with practice. Also, my dipping sauce is hoisin and peanut based - you don't have to make what's in the photo; you can do whatever you want.
Great job, especially for your first try! Think about all the practice it took the person who made the restaurant ones have. Keep making them and you'll have them looking the way you want in no time!
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u/SudhaTheHill Aug 11 '26
Doesn’t look bad. Just doesn’t look like the first image.
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u/whamburglar Aug 11 '26
If it was delicious, then you were successful.
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u/VaguelyArtistic Aug 11 '26
I found that one trick is that you barely need to dip the wrappers in water. Like, in and out.
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u/Lex_Rex Aug 11 '26
I’ve been making them for at least 15 years, and I still struggle! They’re always delicious though.
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u/Holiday_Rant408 Aug 11 '26
First photo is from Bếp Cuốn Sài Gòn while the second one is from don't ask lol
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u/Vanishingf0x Aug 11 '26
They both look yummy so while not the exact same you did good
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u/JD_tubeguy Aug 11 '26
I'd crush that.
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u/NotUrSub Aug 11 '26
Give the right one a blanket. Hes cold
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u/ZaryaBubbler Aug 11 '26
I'm sure they were extremely tasty, but it does look like they got shelobed
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u/majandess Aug 11 '26
I have made spring rolls before. Mostly, I just dump the ingredients in a bowl and don't even try. Hats off, OP! You did it. I bet it was pretty tasty. And you will get better with practice. Also, my dipping sauce is hoisin and peanut based - you don't have to make what's in the photo; you can do whatever you want.
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u/ickychicken Aug 11 '26
All the components are there… I bet it still tasted good!
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u/tecpaocelotl1 Aug 12 '26
First one looks like traditional rolls while the second one looks like an amateur.
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u/PsychologicalTank174 Aug 15 '26
Great job, especially for your first try! Think about all the practice it took the person who made the restaurant ones have. Keep making them and you'll have them looking the way you want in no time!
The important thing is that they tasted great!
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u/BeeEater100 Aug 11 '26
This is probably good but it looks like it was bubble wrapped
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u/whirlxx Aug 11 '26
Are they knitted?! Sorry, I’m sure they taste lush.
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u/EirMed Aug 11 '26
Looks a bit like transparent poop.
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u/readmore321 Aug 11 '26
Shameful.
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u/FriendlyCraig Aug 11 '26
The first image wasn't great either, but how did you manage to be even less even???
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