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| - We love Vietnamese food. And whenever we have an inkling of a new place opening up, we endeavor to visit it just to see if it lives up to the hype.
Unfortunately, this place was mildly disappointing.
Although, it is more modern and cleaner than most; the food is surprisingly mediocre.
Normally, we have an expectation that Vietnamese food would some type of "kick" to it in that the flavors would just permeate our senses. These dishes were quite bland, by our standards, and through our extensive experience.
My beloved wife ordered the stew, and it was definitely not what she was expecting. The meat was quite bland, and the sauce was not as rich as she was accustomed to. In fact, the sauce seemed so watered down.
I had my typical meat and friend egg dish, and it's flavor was so neutered; I had to look twice and verify that this was actually a Vietnamese restaurant and not some type of hybrid fusion cornucopia of asian cuisine that I was unfamiliar with.
Then there was the shrimp crepe. Totally disappointing. The shrimp inside was not flavorful, and the egg crepe wrapper tasted like and had the consistency of paper.
The only redeeming factor about this place was it's atmosphere, and their service. The vegetables were not bad either. They were quite fresh.
We will probably meander again this way some time in the near future to see if we, perhaps, caught them in an off day. For now, the review stands based on our recent experience.
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