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| - Located right inside the entrance to Mekong Plaza, this small and dimly lit restaurant serves large portions of tasty food. The Spring Rolls were uniquely crisp; the peanut sauce very thick. Unlike many Vietnamese restaurants --- especially the more west you head from central Phoenix --- this restaurant has an extensive menu, though a good number of the dishes seem to be for take out only. Be aware that the rice dishes come with a lot of rice; that is not to say, however, that there is an imbalance in respect to other ingredients: yes, there's lots of rice, but there's also a lot of meat and other ingredients on the main dishes. The cha gio resembles croquettes more than they do egg rolls, but they're tasty, too. Each egg roll comes with a very large piece of Romaine lettuce to wrap it in.
To sum up, if you are at the plaza, this is a nice place to eat with reasonable prices for the portions. Service can be spotty (i.e., it may be a while before they take your order), but once they take your order, they're fast and attentive.
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