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We only discover Vietnames places when my boyfriend's Vietnamese mom is in town. We've probably passed by Pho Nhu Y on Spring Mountain a thousand times. We always go to neighboring Ichiza, Zizzy's, and Z2, but have never popped in to Nhu Y.
We popped in a couple days ago for pho, but they have a okazuya (I don't know what the Viet equivalent would be) type set up where you can order take out.
I always like pho, but my bf, the pho connoisseur likes Pho Saigon 8's broth the best. He said Nhu Y's is decent.
But for take out, we ordered -- and I don't know the names of anything, pardon -- some mackerel-looking fish in a black bean sauce and these huge prawns in an orange sauce that I was told is saffron based. Now, I've never had saffron, so I can't argue yay or nay that it was real saffron ... but those prawns were damn good. I was just snacking at home, eatting rice and drizzling the orange sauce over it. That was awesome good. Then I ate one of the prawns. Those things were larger than my palm. They didn't feel fresh, but it was all about that friggin' awesome orange sauce. The prawns were $4 per, but worth it.
They have a little market where you can buy Viet and Chinese confections, including gin dui (Chinese mochi), which I am definitely going back for. They also sell Viet beef jerky and sauces and crackers and stuff.
The prices were reasonable. You could buy French-style Viet sammiches for like $2.50.
The service ... is Asian service. Kind of curt and to the point.
* off the strip, non-casino
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