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| - We were in the area for Carolina Rebellion, and being that I'm homesick and missing my mom's cooking I searched for a vietnamese restuarant to go to. I should have turned around and left the restuarant when I walked in and was greeted by Vietnamese people dressed up in uniforms and acting all friendly. I know there is nothing wrong with friendly service, but this restuarant is geared more to white people, and they charge you out the behind for the amount of food that you are getting. This might be the fact that we are in the "south" and there isn't a large Vietnamese population in NC. If you are in Seattle, San Diego, or Boston, a small bowl is probably $5-6 and a large is $7-8 or so.
When you first come in they'll seat you and come back in like 5 minutes or so and ask you if you want appetizers.
Ordered Bo Bia spring rolls for apps, cause I haven't had them in a while. They are good.
I ordered the Banh Canh Cua, and the waiter tried to suggest that I order something else, because he didn't think I knew what I was ordering. I stuck with what I wanted, and the food came out in a huge bowl which barely had any food and lots of broth. This dish is suppossed to have long strands of thick white noodles (about 6 inches in length), and I got 1/2 inch strands of noodles that looked like they were meant for a little kid who couldn't use chopsticks to eat. OH and Cua is crab, and guess what I got instead, imitation crab. For $8.95, I pretty much got a kids portion of food.
The husband ordered the a pho dac biet, and they bring out a pho with only slices of beef and charged him $9.95 or so for a kids size amount of noodles and beef with tons of broth, which should have come out with meatballs, tendons, and bunch of other stuff. The broth was good, but it was salty. I love salt, but if you have their broth, plan to be really thirsty later on.
Don't get me wrong, their food taste authentic, its just they have taken short cuts on quality and portion size to the American Clientel that they have visiting the establishment. They time we were there, the only people I saw was white.
Atmosphere, its kind of weird that they partioned the dining room in to two sections by bamboo divinding thingys. You are seated in these green booths, and if you are above average size i think they have tables and chairs.
The restuarant was kinda dark and dingy in my opinion, and they have vietnamese style music playing in the background.
I think that Durham has better Vietnamese food in NC. The price is about the same in Durham, but the quality and amount of food that you get is what you are paying for.
Side question: why are you being offered a fortune cookie, tamrand candy, and sesame cookie at the end of the meal? I didn't know I was eating at a chinese restuarant.
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