Ha Long Bay is always super busy! Try to get here at like 6 and you might be okay to get a table quickly. But they are busy for a reason! Delicious food! One of the few places I actually get take out from.
Mango curry. Delicious!
Andrew Zimmern from Bizarre Foods America has been here. And has had the Nem Khao Tod, LS7 (under Laotioan Specialties) which is actually not bizarre and I recommend everyone to try it. The crisy rice in the dish is amazing, reminds of when you get Bi Bim Bap from a korean place and the rice is crisp at the bottom of the hot stone bowl. Well just think of the whole dish being made of that amazingness.
Also the Vietnamese Beef Stew. Full of flavor. Definitely a nice change of pace from any beef stew I make at home.