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| - VIP is just about a slightly below average place for Vietnamese food. It's not terrible but not amazing either. Most recently, I ordered a plate of they Hainanese chicken on rice, though I've tried their vermicelli bowls and pho before. Service was quick, almost too quick that you wonder how they cooked it so fast. Well, the rice is warm, the soup hot, but the chicken was cold. Like pre-made well in advance kinda cold. It does not have a distinct Hainanese flavour authentic places would make it, but it looks and taste much more like poached chicken, or "white-cut chicken". It's served with a few pickled radish and carrots, as well as the scallion-ginger sauce, which was too oily. Same goes for the rice, it is a bit overcooked (almost pasty) and too oily for its yellow colour. The chicken soup is also watered down considerably and does not have much of a taste. Overall it's a "meh" kind of place; there are better Vietnamese options within a 5-minute radius.
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