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dateCreated	2013-08-11 00:00:00 (xsd:dateTime)
itemReviewed	Vic Hong Restaurant
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rev:text	In this general area there are two other places - a Chinese restaurant that doesn't take credit cards - that sign almost slaps you (metaphorically) in the face as you walk in - food looks good but the taste is BLAND. The other is Thai Basil. Thai Basil's tag line reads "Thai Chefs. Thai Food. Thai Taste." (... but not Thai wait staff ... chuckle). We like the quality and freshness of Thai Basil but the portions are small and the prices are high - rather poor value when trying to feed a family of four. So starts this review of Vic Hong - as Neil T mentioned - "Perhaps the 'Chinese-y-est' Vietnamese restaurant I have ever been to" and we tend to agree somewhat. Where as there are more Caucasians in Thai Basil, here the entire clientele leans toward Chinese along with the wait staff. Vietnamese food leaning toward Chinese style - I guess. Note - if authentic Vietnamese is your specialty/goal and this place doesn't pass the sniff test, then this review will be of no value to you. We rate this based on what we get from this location and have enjoyed the offerings mostly so far. Please note also that I have not tried the Pho - I noticed one family of three - adults had the Pho and the child had a plate of chicken wings. I guess I am that fool that orders a steak in an Italian restaurant and one wonders what went wrong? We are no authority on Vietnamese cuisine. Flavor/freshness/quality - we will seek out other Vietnamese places but like what we get here. Also I have found (warning - generalization) - that a lot of Vietnamese places lean toward pho --- and so far of a lean that there isn't much of anything else. I don't mind the pho dishes at these places (rare beef, pork, chicken etc etc) - the rest of the family is not interested in that. When I was dating my wife - we hit this place (by name only or a chain .. related.unrelated - dunno) at the location in Scarberia - Sheppard and Brimley after going with a high school friend. The meal didn't go well. Years later - one opens up beside the said high school on what used to be the Palmer family farm. We did a take out about a year ago with much success and then we did another take out a few weeks before this visit. During that last take out, I chose a deep fried squid dish - it was no different than an average Chinese (Western) take out and would pass on that next time. (Sam Woo BBQ - Bamborough Circle has an awesome Salty Spicy Deep Fried Squid item ... the search for an equivalent dish outside Sam Woo continues ...). Our visit on this evening mostly replicated the main dishes we picked up during the last take out, as they were very good. Deep fried spring roll (#33) - with pork - was good; shrimp wonton (#32) very good. Mains included Chicken and Vegetables on Rice (#121) - fair amount of chicken. BBQ Pork on Vermicelli (#76) - see value below. BBQ Beef with Vietnamese noodles - this was $3.50 more than #76 - generally with more meat as well. We loved the meats - well cooked and esp love the BBQ flavor. Overall a good selection. No doggie bag. Tea was provided - no charge and we did not venture into any dessert (we hit the new Ten Ren for drinks after). They have a sort of vinegary sauce - wife suggests something else - sweet. Very good though - nice when you put over the noodles, plain rice or anything else. I tend to agree with some that the portions are a bit small. You get a fair amount of noodles with a few strips of meat. One could include this place into that debate along with Thai Basil. The $11.50 dish definitely had more meat though than the $7.95 (#76) dish. If it is a once in a while take out or dine in - then based on the quality I can live with the value side. Unfortunately, however, we couldn't make this a regular take out place due to the value. ** We are out of hot water!!! Based on the state of the men's washroom I would normally yank a star - no hot water at all (doesn't work) and the paper towel is a roll into a sheet dispenser - so it is at best difficult to get paper towel. Bad enough that I disliked going at the end to wash my hands before leaving. Others reading this - if this does not improve - please yank a star and mention that too. Meanwhile the women's washroom - the hot water works. Probably more of a 3.5 than 4 IMO. Will amend as life goes on. Visited Aug 10/2013
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