We were at the MadMen themed Elite event at the Curzon and when it came up light on the eats we just couldn't go without sustenance any longer so we hit up Queen Street. My well intentioned plan of scarfing back a burger from Dangerous Dan's to add to my Decemb urger list got completely waylaid. I found myself teetering along Queen St. in my high heels with Melinda M. to join up with a couple of other Yelpers at Hanoi 3 Seasons.
The Hanoi Three Seasons came highly recommended by Neil "say cheese" Ta and his guest Mai. Joining in the dining goodness was Dave "Where's the 5th star" O. and Hans "I've got all my Yelp reviews written in my head" B. I'm not all that familiar with Vietnamese food so I basically sat back and took direction from Neil and Mai, both very familiar with this cuisine. Smart move on our part.
We started out with a couple of shared plates, some spring rolls which were hot, crispy and tasty. Along with that we had something called Hen, no this is not a chicken dish but rather it is shredded clams in some spicy sauce that you scooped up with these super cool rice & black sesame seed crackers. This was really delicious and I could have probably just made a meal out of that alone.
For mains we all heeded the sage advice of Neil & Mai and went with the Cha Ca which is basically pieces of fish, lightly breaded (not battered or panko'ed) atop a bed of vermicelli noodles and cilantro. There was some fish dipping sauce which was quite strong in flavour. I passed on the fish sauce and used the other dipping sauce they provided. The fish was moist and flaky with no fishy taste at all. I loved this dish!!!! I'm definitely putting Hanoi Three Seasons on a must return to try new things list.
Afterwards I teetered back along Queen St.atop those heels for our last call libation at the Curzon with the last of the Yelper's who were still controlling the playlist on the iPod. :)
Great meal. Thanks Neil for the lead.