I was craving Vietnamese and LeQuy, well, is Vietnamese. That's about all I can say.
I ordered what some might call "a bit much" for one, but I was hungry so whatever:
- #33, Beef Combination Pho
- #56, Grilled Shrimp and BBQ Beef Rolls Vermicelli with extra shrimp and beef rolls
- #25, Special Chicken Wings
- #62, Seafood Chow Mein (Soft)
- Vietnamese Iced Coffee with Condensed Milk
- Thai Iced Tea
I got this delivered too and the food was still quite warm, so I don't think the delivery time made much of an impact on anything. I also asked for extra soy sauce and they didn't give me any, which was a little annoying.
First, the pho. I love pho although I'm not sure I would know excellent from just good. But this pho was, um, pretty average. Broth was light to the point of lacking flavor. Noodles were fine as was the meat, but the quantity was too small. $14 before all the taxes and fees, it's just not worth it.
The Grilled Shrimp and BBQ Beef Rolls Vermicelli was my favorite, although for $25 it also wasn't perfect. My main issue was the uncooked onion in the BBQ beef rolls. It was unpleasantly tough and overpowering. I love onion, sometimes even raw onions, but this was just unpleasant.
The wings were very good, no complaints although an interesting observation - they only served flats, no drummettes. You'd think it'd be roughly a 1:1 ratio but no, only flats. Anyway, these were crispy with a nice sticky coating, nothing to complain about.
The Seafood Chow Mein, well, it had a good amount of shrimp and squid, which was nice. But it was swimming in sauce and the noodles weren't "soft", they were overcooked and mushy. Not a great effort and I ended up not eating most of this. If they had remembered my soy sauce maybe I could have salvaged it, oh well.
I also got Thai iced tea and Vietnamese coffee, because apparently I prefer to drink my desserts. Seriously, these things are so sugary. Anyway, tastes for both was pretty standard. The quantity for the price was fine.
So all in, this was ~$70 of food. Obviously I was full, but I wasn't that happy. The low-flavor pho with minimal meat, the unpleasant beef rolls, the gloppy chow mein... it just combined into a meal that was underwhelming. The most annoying part was that I think they could have made it better pretty easily. Include more meat with the pho, cook the onions in the beef rolls a little more, use less sauce in the chow mein. Nothing crazy and this would be a 4 star review. But as-is, this place is just ok. If you're really craving Vietnamese then yes, this place is Vietnamese, but it's nothing special. read more