I have ate Vietnamese for a long time. Start simple with a rare beef pho (soup)...don't worry beef cooks in the soup when it is served to you. After a few visits then graduate to a vermicelli bowl or some fried quail. After that your horizons will be expanded and you may now venture into new taste relms you have never experienced. These guys cook bc they love making people happy, not because it is a business. If you think Applebee's is anything above one star please stay where you are and keep thinking Asian food is fried doughnut chicken. Ohh.. and if you get stuck eating pho for two years before you venture out don't worry I did the same thing...it's damn good!