I ordered the usual Vietnamese Ice Coffee, which I am pretty sure was the reason why I couldn't go to sleep until 2am last night (and I had the coffee at noon!). I should probably start off every day with a glass of Vietnamese ice coffee, at least then I won't fall asleep in class! =)
AL ordered the caramelized chicken with lemongrass cooked in a clay pot. This was AL's first experience at eating Vietnamese food. She liked it very much. She was very excited about having her main dish cooked in a clay pot as she had never had anything like it. It was a very flavorful dish (I had a bite of the chicken). I will have to take her to a hole in the wall place that serves the same food but at a much cheaper price. I also have to get her to be more adventurous and order some other dishes that's not chicken, like papaya salad or the eggrolls.
As for me, I ordered the eggroll vermicelli, because I was craving the fried eggrolls and the nuoc cham. In my hungered state, I forgot to take a picture of the food before mixing up the contents of the bowl so that's why the presentation of the dish looks all messy. The eggrolls were pretty good, nice and crispy and stuffed with equal amounts meat and veggie. There was also equal parts vermicelli and salad (some places like to load up on the noodles and skimp on salad) so that was refreshing. I had to add a lot of hot sauce to the nuoc cham though because it wasn't spicy enough.
If not for the pricyness of the dishes (each entree above was $12.95), I'd come back here again for some good Vietnamese food. I think the place is catered towards more upscale dining because it was in an area of the upscale shops (think Rodeo Drive). I'm still on the hunt for the mom-and-pop Vietnamese restaurants, and of course that never-ending mission of finding the perfect Vietnamese sandwich.
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