Not what we expected but comfort food hit the spot after traveling all day from Lucerne. Love the…read morehomey vibe n authentic Vietnam music in the background. Will be coming here tomorrow as it'll be May 1st n most places will be closed.
Ok, second time now bc it's close to where we're staying.
Last nt's visit, sure, the ingredients are different than what is available in the US so everything tasted different. This is France so I'm sure ingredients are hard time come by but, still, it was comfort cooking.
This is a small mom n pop restaurant with eight tables off the main road. Easy access.
Second visit, we had two dishes n each separate white rice bowls. Spicy beef with vegetables in a cumin flavored sauce n chicken vegetables in the more traditional Vietnamese mild nam pla sauce. Ok, I get where the lower rated reviews are coming from bc it's not what we're traditionally use to in flavors. But, if u had taken a whole bite of everything in the dish, u would hv found that the choice of ingredients all put together made a very tasty meal! Not too salty, not too sweet, but lots of simple umami. In other words, comfort food for weary travelers.
Mind you, the chicken n the beef was over cooked but how I enjoyed it was from the overall flavors that meld together.
I think every cook or chef, like an artist, has his or her own way of creating their creations. As for those low reviews, I hope u will be open to reviewing each dish by what u are tasting, not by "authenticity" as after all we are in France.