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I had the Rice House Special (C401) which was $9.99. It came with grilled beef, grilled pork, bean curd stuffed with shrimp paste, and a piece of Vietnamese quiche, with steamed rice, a small salad and a bowl of broth. It was so delicious. The portions are small, but I loved the variety. The grilled beef is really thin, it tasted like beef jerky. I love beef jerky so I was a happy camper, but someone expecting a thick juicy piece of meat may be disappointed. The grilled pork was a little thicker and equally delicious. The marinade for both meats were sweet and very flavourful. The shrimp paste wrapped in bean curd was fried and a little oily, but still delicious. The bean curd was crispy. The shrimp paste tasted more of flour and fish than shrimp, but I still liked it. The Vietnamese quiche was excellent, but I could have done without the neon orange colouring on top. The Vietnamese quiche had the typical ground pork, vermicelli noodles, strips of cloud fungus, with an egg glaze on top. The egg glaze had an unusual orange hue to it (food colouring, I suspect, although it could be from annatto seeds I guess). Authentic Vietnamese quiche has real crab in it. The one here had artificial crab. However, for $9.99 I expected as much. Rice was perfectly cooked. The salad was shredded like a coleslaw with a light vinaigrette dressing. It was mostly iceberg lettuce with a bit of carrot. The broth was tasty albeit a bit too salty. The dish also comes with a side of fish sauce, but I don't like fish sauce so I told them to hold it.
My dad had the Vermicelli Special (B301) which was also $9.99. It came with grilled pork, nem nuong (Vietnamese meatballs - although it's shaped more like a log than a ball), chao tom (minced shrimp on a sugar cane), and a spring roll, with vermicelli noodles and the same salad that came with my dish. My dad also loved his dish, although the portion was too small for him. The nem nuong were not much thicker than my finger and had an artificial-looking reddish hue to it. The chao tom also had an artificial-looking hue to it, except orangey instead of red. He did note that it didn't taste "shrimpy" but rather floury. The spring roll did not have the authentic Vietnamese spring roll wrapper (rice paper) but had the usual Chinese spring roll wrapper. I didn't taste any of my dad's meal, so all I can comment on is the appearance and what he told me.
My mom had the Special Egg Noodle (H006) which was $8.50. It was a bowl of egg noodles with shrimp, BBQ pork, fish balls, squid, artificial crab, bean sprouts, fried shallots and one shrimp fritter, and a side of broth. The shrimp fritter was 1 shrimp in an egg roll like wrapper and then deep fried. My mom liked it. She enjoyed her meal overall. The shrimp were a good size, and there were 2, plus another one in the fritter. There were 2 slices of BBQ pork. The pork was lean, not fatty. There were 3 fish balls (each cut in half), 2 surimi crab sticks (each cut in half) and 2 pieces of squid.
You get a free pot of tea (jasmine green tea) when you first sit down.
Service is nice and friendly. The restaurant is clean with bamboo plants all around. The washrooms are relatively clean as well.
There is lots of free parking. This restaurant is across from Vaughan Mills Mall. So skip the food court there and head over here to eat!
Despite what I perceive as unusual colouring to some of the food items, I still thoroughly enjoyed my meal. I would definitely come back if I was in the area. I love Vaughan Mills mall and pretty much always go there when I'm visiting Toronto, so yeah, I'll be back.
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