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As for the experience...I am in shock. I have been to many Vietnamese restaurants, but tonight... I am in shock.
The special was Wild Boar Ribs. They are $6.00, but the happy hour price (which I paid) was less than that. The first clue that something was wrong was when the waiter (OWNER) brought them out to us and said, "Oh, the boars are very small." He sat down a small plate with 6 bones, completely bare. I kid you not, there was more bone showing that ANY meat, and the pieces of meat that were showing were like cilia clinging to an emaciated cell. There was NOTHING from the bone that was edible. I did try. I put the bone in my mouth and tried to scalp it with my teeth in hopes of finding something satiating. NO. My attempts were fruitless. Please, keep in mind that these are regularly priced, as a special, at $6.
My son ordered the Vietnamese chicken wings. They were GREAT!!! We ordered these with the intention of sharing, but. . . my son is 16, so I only had one of his wings.
We also ordered two skewers of goat. They were tasty (thanks, SAUCE). Extremely tough, but tasty. And very small.
So, one of the owners tried to encourage us to buy more, so I did... I mean, I was hungry!! He asked if we had tried the rabbit skewers. I was interested, so I said, "We'll take an order of those!"
OH....MY....DEAR....LORD!!!!!!!
He brought out THREE pieces of meat (the size and width of a quarter) and placed it in front of me. "Hmm...," I thought. I ate one; it was tough, but there was a dipping sauce, so it was palatable. My son wanted one (of course), so I gave him the next one, hoping to savor the last. I pulled the final piece off the skewer, popped it in my mouth, and CRRRAAACCCKKKK!!!
It was pure bone. What I put in my mouth was a piece of bone covered in sauce. I was aghast! I tried to find meat on it, but the attempt culminated in my spitting out 6 cracked pieces of bone! I didn't get one iota of meat. The owner who suggested them asked how they were. I told him about all the bones and pointed to the bones piled on the plate. He said, "Oh. The wings were good, though?" That was it. Yea, the wings were good. NOTHING else was.
So, what do I think? Well, I paid $34 (plus 20% tip) and I haven't eaten. That's fairly inexpensive considering I had two $5 well drinks (they were 50% off so apparently they are $10 when it isn't happy hour [NOT WORTH IT]). But I'm just flabbergasted at this experience. My teeth on one side STILL hurt from my crunching unknowingly on pure bone. This was the worst meal I have ever had. These owners should be embarrassed.
I'm so glad I was in a good mood when I got there, or they would get ONE star. I have to give a star based on the potential and friendliness of the owners. But, they need to get it together, because this place is a joke.
I want this Moon Valley restaurant with nice owners to be successful. They MUST make some changes. Take those hideous boar bones OFF the menu. You're just embarrassing yourselves. Also, do NOT serve rabbit bones and try to pass them off as meat. That really ticked me off.
They will never win over Moon Valley with such horrible food. Moon Valley Residents-- PLEASE don't settle for this. Insist that they serve genuine skewers and ribs. This was NOT a good example of Vietnamese cuisine.
Goat skewers should NOT equal the texture of jerky; wild boar ribs should NOT look like bony witch's fingers; rabbit skewers should NOT replicate eating the burnt turkey from the movie Christmas Vacation!
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