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Rating the Vietnamese restaurants in NOLA Metro
Posted on 7/24/11 at 7:06 pm
Posted on 7/24/11 at 7:06 pm
I eat Vietnamese food once a week. I speak broken Vietnamese. I have dated a Vietnamese girl. I have not been to Vietnam. Even though I have a profound fear of crossing the Mississippi River, I have gone to the West Bank to eat Vietnamese food because I love it. This is what I think:
1) Pho Orchid, Metairie: It good. It's clean. The servers speak good English. The inside is fresh. It has good food, even though it's a small menu and no Vietnamese po-boys.
2) 9 Roses, Gretna: I will occasionally risk my life to eat here. They have the biggest menu I've ever seen. I like the food.
3) Pho Nola, Metairie: It's hip and they have the best Vietnamese po-boys in the area. The other dishes aren't the best, but they are solid.
4) Pho Tau Bay, Gretna: My favorite pho. It would probably be higher if I were not swayed by the hipness and novelty of Pho Nola. Ask me next year, and PTB will probably be #3.
5) Kim Anh's, Harahan: My second favorite pho and good prices.
6) Cafe Minh, Mid-City: On food alone, the best there is. But I'd rather spend half as much for almost the same food at a place listed ahead of CM.
7) Doson's, Mid-City: The best grilled chicken dishes, but like CM, a slight bit higher priced. Clean interior.
8) Tan Dinh, Gretna: Might be the most overrated Vietnamese restaurant. It's decent, but I hear many people say it's the best, which it is not.
9) Cafe Trinh Quyen, New Orleans East: I believe I am one of the only non-native Vietnamese speakers to eat here. It was very good, even if I felt like I was in a pre-fight scene in a Jean Claude Van Damme movie.
10) Pho Bang, New Orleans East: I have only eaten here twice. My sample size is small, but both meals were good even if the inside was dirty.
11) Eat Well, CBD/Mid-City: Can't decide which neighborhood it's in, but they make the second best Vietnamese po-boy in town and it's cheap.
12) Dong Phuong, New Orleans East: One of the better known, so it comes up on many favorite lists. But the quality is not high and the inside is gross. Bakery is better than the trailer park interior.
13) Thanh Thanh
14) Pho Bang, Gretna
15) Pho Bang, Metairie
The rest I have either not tried or are unworthy of being mentioned.
1) Pho Orchid, Metairie: It good. It's clean. The servers speak good English. The inside is fresh. It has good food, even though it's a small menu and no Vietnamese po-boys.
2) 9 Roses, Gretna: I will occasionally risk my life to eat here. They have the biggest menu I've ever seen. I like the food.
3) Pho Nola, Metairie: It's hip and they have the best Vietnamese po-boys in the area. The other dishes aren't the best, but they are solid.
4) Pho Tau Bay, Gretna: My favorite pho. It would probably be higher if I were not swayed by the hipness and novelty of Pho Nola. Ask me next year, and PTB will probably be #3.
5) Kim Anh's, Harahan: My second favorite pho and good prices.
6) Cafe Minh, Mid-City: On food alone, the best there is. But I'd rather spend half as much for almost the same food at a place listed ahead of CM.
7) Doson's, Mid-City: The best grilled chicken dishes, but like CM, a slight bit higher priced. Clean interior.
8) Tan Dinh, Gretna: Might be the most overrated Vietnamese restaurant. It's decent, but I hear many people say it's the best, which it is not.
9) Cafe Trinh Quyen, New Orleans East: I believe I am one of the only non-native Vietnamese speakers to eat here. It was very good, even if I felt like I was in a pre-fight scene in a Jean Claude Van Damme movie.
10) Pho Bang, New Orleans East: I have only eaten here twice. My sample size is small, but both meals were good even if the inside was dirty.
11) Eat Well, CBD/Mid-City: Can't decide which neighborhood it's in, but they make the second best Vietnamese po-boy in town and it's cheap.
12) Dong Phuong, New Orleans East: One of the better known, so it comes up on many favorite lists. But the quality is not high and the inside is gross. Bakery is better than the trailer park interior.
13) Thanh Thanh
14) Pho Bang, Gretna
15) Pho Bang, Metairie
The rest I have either not tried or are unworthy of being mentioned.
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Posted on 7/24/11 at 7:08 pm to TulaneLSU
quote:
8) Tan Dinh, Gretna: Might be the most overrated Vietnamese restaurant. It's decent, but I hear many people say it's the best, which it is not.
Major
Tan Dinh is top 2.
Posted on 7/25/11 at 10:39 am to LSUbase13
Been there three times. Once it was terrible. Once is was okay. The last time it was good.
Posted on 7/25/11 at 10:40 am to TulaneLSU
WTF do you mean you will risk your life to eat at 9 Roses. That smacks of stupidity. And Vietnamese po boys should not be a barometer for how good a restaurant is.
9 Roses is the best and it really isnt even close.
9 Roses is the best and it really isnt even close.
Posted on 7/25/11 at 10:44 am to BlackenedOut
Crossing the Mississippi River bridge.
How is using Vietnamese po-boys as a barometer any different from using pho, a basic broth, or chao tom?
How is using Vietnamese po-boys as a barometer any different from using pho, a basic broth, or chao tom?
Posted on 7/25/11 at 10:47 am to TulaneLSU
That bridge is pretty safe, a far cry from the Huey P.
Vietnamese cuisine is incredibly rich and diverse. The food offerings at 9 Roses reflect this. The other spots are largely pho or banh mi focused which is just a small sample of the food.
Tan Dinh has the second most extensive menu but I do agree that I have never been as impressed with tan dinh as at 9 Roses.
Vietnamese cuisine is incredibly rich and diverse. The food offerings at 9 Roses reflect this. The other spots are largely pho or banh mi focused which is just a small sample of the food.
Tan Dinh has the second most extensive menu but I do agree that I have never been as impressed with tan dinh as at 9 Roses.
Posted on 7/25/11 at 10:51 am to BlackenedOut
I find Vietnamese food incredibly monotonous, but not in a bad way. Besides pho, the rice noodles, spring rolls, and the poboys, what else do they have? It seems Vietnamese ingredients are limited to:
1) broth
2) noodles
3) a few herbs like cilantro and mint
4) chicken, shrimp, beef
5) rice
6) carrot, lettuce, green onion,
7) chopped peanuts
8) egg
1) broth
2) noodles
3) a few herbs like cilantro and mint
4) chicken, shrimp, beef
5) rice
6) carrot, lettuce, green onion,
7) chopped peanuts
8) egg
Posted on 7/25/11 at 10:52 am to TulaneLSU
Are you serious, Fitzmorris? You graduated from UNO not Tulane.
Posted on 7/25/11 at 10:53 am to BlackenedOut
I am actually working towards my associates degree at Delgado 
I am open to you educating me about the wide diversity of Vietnamese cuisine.
I am open to you educating me about the wide diversity of Vietnamese cuisine.
Posted on 7/25/11 at 10:53 am to TulaneLSU
quote:
I find Vietnamese food incredibly monotonous,
Posted on 7/25/11 at 10:57 am to OTIS2
That's taking a quote out of context if I've ever seen one. I said monotonous, but not in a bad way. New Orleans po-boys are monotonous too. Very simple ingredients, but I love them still the same. I have tried just about every item that isn't Chinese on the 9 Roses menu and even though I love the food, the food isn't really varied.
Posted on 7/25/11 at 10:57 am to TulaneLSU
First off, all cuisines have limited amounts of ingredients. For example, Louisiana food is largely made up of seafood, chicken, pork products, onions, rice.
It is the preparations, recipes, and techniques that change say gumbo from Jambalaya (which are basically the same thing).
Quail, fish, pork, shrimp, beef, tofu, chicken etc... each of those proteins have a variety of ways to cook. Have you had the grilled quail with the the little pillowy steamed dumplings? Or the ground shrimp and Vietnamese soup? Or the cousin to carpaccio thin sliced beef marinated in lemon juice with sliced onions. Or the vinegar fondue like pots? The tableside girlls? The pork meatballs? Banh xeo, the rice flour, pork, shrimp, and bean sprouts pancake that is one of the best appetizers in the known world?
It is the preparations, recipes, and techniques that change say gumbo from Jambalaya (which are basically the same thing).
Quail, fish, pork, shrimp, beef, tofu, chicken etc... each of those proteins have a variety of ways to cook. Have you had the grilled quail with the the little pillowy steamed dumplings? Or the ground shrimp and Vietnamese soup? Or the cousin to carpaccio thin sliced beef marinated in lemon juice with sliced onions. Or the vinegar fondue like pots? The tableside girlls? The pork meatballs? Banh xeo, the rice flour, pork, shrimp, and bean sprouts pancake that is one of the best appetizers in the known world?
Posted on 7/25/11 at 11:00 am to BlackenedOut
I've had everything you mentioned except the dumplings and vinegar fondue. I will try them next time.
Posted on 7/25/11 at 11:02 am to BlackenedOut
Good list, there, I'll certainly use it.
I might put 9 Roses atop it, with Pho Orchid second.
I've only been to your top four. The risk of 9 Roses is the neighborhood, not crossing the bridge to get there. The last two occasions, we left the restaurant to find Gretna Police surrounding the Taqueria Sanchez across the street.
The Messicans were feisty those nights, and it's a run down area of apartments and such on the next couple streets. Not the best. Haven't yet been there when shots are fired, but it wouldn't surprise me; and I'm a native West Banker.
I might put 9 Roses atop it, with Pho Orchid second.
I've only been to your top four. The risk of 9 Roses is the neighborhood, not crossing the bridge to get there. The last two occasions, we left the restaurant to find Gretna Police surrounding the Taqueria Sanchez across the street.
The Messicans were feisty those nights, and it's a run down area of apartments and such on the next couple streets. Not the best. Haven't yet been there when shots are fired, but it wouldn't surprise me; and I'm a native West Banker.
Posted on 7/25/11 at 11:13 am to TulaneLSU
Kim Anh's in Harrahan - Love the Pho......Never had anything else.
Tahn Tahn.....Awesome Phad Tai (which is not Vietnamese, but you should try it)
Doson's .... Been too long since I have eatten here. Need to go back.
Tahn Tahn.....Awesome Phad Tai (which is not Vietnamese, but you should try it)
Doson's .... Been too long since I have eatten here. Need to go back.
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