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| - This place is a family favorite of my friend in Montreal, and I was lucky enough to go with him and his cousins one rainy night last summer. They knew exactly what to order, and I just followed their lead. Everything was fabulous: we all got some version of the Tonkinese Soup, which in the US we would call Pho, and the broth was some of the best I've ever had -- my friend says it's the best in the city. Chicken, shrimp and rare beef were all excellent choices, and you can add extra vegetables for a small charge.
But the main attraction here were what they called Peanut Butter Dumplings. This sounded pretty gross to me, but they were quite delicious: steamed shrimp wontons in a savory peanut sauce. We got several orders for the table and ate them with hot sauce as an appetizer.
Prices were very reasonable (about $10 per person, including the appetizers) and the atmosphere is nice and cozy, but the service is awful. The young man who was helping us was brusque and uncommunicative and several times left the table while we were speaking to him. Very odd, especially since the group I was with had been coming as a family for years. They shrug it off because of the amazing food and value, so I did the same. It was a great experience regardless of that hiccup.
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