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| - Ok a huge disappointment. My family has been going to this place a while now. It was Nem Nuong Bistro months ago but now it changed owner or whatever. We ordered 2 Nem Nuong cuon, a special combination pho, a crispy skin hen with red rice, and a Hue's beef noodle soup (bun bo hue). Let me tell you, only 2 out of 4 dishes made it, and one of them was an small appetizer.
The special combo pho was delicious, good flavorful broth, good meat portion. The Nem Nuong cuon was also really fresh and delicious, great fillings, and the bean dipping sauce was awesome.
Two great dishes and then came the horrible ones. Let me tell you, the crispy hen rice dish was bad. The chicken was so dried, lacked flavor and under-seasoned. The rice was soggy, had a weird taste and just unpleasant. My dad just left the dish uneaten. Mine was the Hue's beef noodle soup (bun bo hue). When it first came out, it smelled right how it should be. But when I tasted it, it was sour! I thought it was my palate but when my parents tasted it, it was sour for real. So I got it replaced but the second bowl wasn't any better. The beef cut was so THICK and I couldn't chew through it. The broth was bland like water, under-seasoned, though the spicy sate sauce was very good. I ordered it because usually that soup is good in every Vietnamese restaurant and it was a safe bet. What a huge disappointment!
Oh and the server guy was so clueless about the dishes there. We asked if he could recommend some popular dishes there that people order the most and he couldn't tell us. "Everything here is good" like what? Though the girl servers were so nice and polite so that saved it. The pricing was fine, nothing was overpriced. The menu has a nice variety of Vietnamese food but idk about the quality. I wouldn't recommend this restaurant to others bc the dishes were very inconsistent under new management.
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