What the heck is a Cochinchine? Apparently a region of South Vietnam that was a French colony until 1948.
Well, that would explain the odd name.
This has to be one of the nicest decorated Vietnamese restaurants in Calgary. Dark woods, yellow lit hues, cool light fixtures, clean & rather trendy, it's really a departure from what Vietnamese restaurants usually are. It's really delightful to be able to have Vietnamese food without plastic fruit or artificial flowers or cheap art adorning the walls.
That being said, it was quite a night of hit and misses.
It was a freezing night and the restaurant was quite chilly inside. It was an excuse to drink more of the tasty tea I suppose. We asked for our orders in a specific succession...to start with the beef salad rolls, followed by a Vietnamese coconut-rice-paper crepe dish followed lastly by sate beef noodle soup.
Well, they brought out everything at once.
By the time we got to the soup, we noticed that they had given us the sate chicken instead so we sent it back.
While the food itself was decent, it wasn't knock-your-socks off tasty. I'd go back sometimes but I'd rather go up the street to Pho Huong Viet Noodle House at 38th & 17th Ave. Their beef sate soup is just completely divine.