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| - It's rare that I ever come home from after eating somewhere and immediately write a review but their bun cha hanoi is legit! The meat had a nice smokey char to it and the nuoc mam it was bathed in was perfect.
This review is based solely on that, the one Northern style dish that no one seems to get right out here in Vegas, they got it spot on. The main part of this dish is the pork patty, other places I've had it was bland or the flavors were just not there and there was no charcoal taste to it. This was so good, my daughter even said it was just like grandma's and that says a lot since my mom makes some of the best patties around!
We tried their beef pho too (rare steak and meatball), it was good but asking someone from Hanoi about beef pho is like asking a Northern yankee about southern fried chicken...I grew up eating pho ga (chicken pho) and hu tieu (another dish no one makes as good as my mom!). So far the only place that I've had the BEST pho ga is Turtle Tower in SF and my hunt for hu tieu as good as my mother's is still going....at least I know where I can go now whenever I want my bun cha Hanoi fix. I just hope they stay open longer than the last owners.
This place used to house the old Pho Ha Noi, the new owners just took over this July so when I saw the "new business" on Yelp and saw that they had this, I rushed here not knowing it was the old pho place that I'd already been too. When we pulled up, I sat in the car contemplating about whether I was going to go inside since I tried the bun cha hanoi from the previous owners and was underwhelmed. I'm glad I gave it a chance!
The service was awesome also! Most Asian places, the service sucks royally but not here. I watched as our server sat with a customer and described all the different dishes and asked the customer what he liked to help guide him in the right direction.
The location is off Decatur and Desert Inn so not as busy as Chinatown, but in the same area as Inaba (another great restaurant). I really hope their business is successful cause so far they have the best Bun Cha Hanoi dish in all of Vegas.
We will definitely be back! My only request next time, more than just one patty please!!
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