Edible Sunshine

That's what I am gonna call the Indonesian Noodle Salad I had today at Herbivore. It was just the right thing to eat on a (finally) summery day in S.F. A huge plate comes heaped with chopped up rice noodles, red cabbage, mushrooms, sprouts, herbs, cucumbers, onions, cubed tofu and a few halved grape tomatoes. Mixed into the salad are sunshiney bites of orange, playing nicely against the heat of chiles and pucker of tamarind dressing. You can eat the whole thing and still feel light as a summer breeze.