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| - New ownership and now my 2015 review just doesn't sync up with our recent visit. Yes, they were gracious with extra appetizers and drinks because service was slow. Yes, we had a sweet server and the people working there were nice. But sadly, no, we did not enjoy our orders. And there's the rub. The food in a restaurant still has to do the talking for the place.
Our favorite go-to when it's hot outside is something grilled. So we ordered the bun tom thit nuong, the chargrilled pork and shrimp over cold vermicelli with a green lettuce base. We also tried their cha gio (eggrolls), which should be a slam dunk at any Vietnamese restaurant. We were so disappointed here. The cha gio was passable, but we've had better and the dipping sauce was diluted down to no personality. The pork should have been well marinated in a good sauce, thinly sliced so you can easily eat it with chopsticks, and grilled to a nice char. They should have been, but they were not, although there were grill marks on one side of meat. The pork was in large chunks and did not taste marinated at all. The shrimp was not memorable. The pickled radish/daikon and carrots should have been julienned or maybe even grated, not cut like french fries. And the nuoc cham--the sauce than can elevate nearly any dish--was watery and oh so bland. (Sad sigh.)
We were prepared to celebrate that this place had reopened. We did not celebrate and we won't be back.
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