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| - I was a bit nervous about eating Vietnamese food in trendy Tremont, but I like it. Sometimes.
I will start with the good.
Drinks are really unique and they taste great. I could drink 17th Parallels all day long.
Happy hour has really great specials. Though the banh mi is good, it isn't a true banh mi.
And then the mediocre...
I really love green avocado curry tofu. Half of the time. Sometimes when I order it at the base spicy level, it's super bland and not spicy at all and I will add hot sauce which really changes the flavor. Other times, ordered at the same level, it's burn your mouth spicy. I need that, all the time. I guess it just depends on who's cooking but I'm scared that if I order it really really spicy, that it will be inedible. Consistency is good. NOTE TO SELF: Never order Vietnamese Iced Coffee with condensed milk because it's not what it should be, it's a melted watery mess.
Another visit, a friend ate a bowl of pho and the server asked her if she'd had it before. She said no, so the server was telling her "how" to eat it, describing hoisin sauce as really garlic-y. I've been eating hoisin sauce since I was a child and while it may have garlic in it, it's not a garlic flavored sauce.
I also hate the trendy and club/house music that plays here.
I mean, don't get me wrong, I like the food, drinks, and decor but I would enjoy it a lot more if they could get the flavors to be consistent.
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