Vietnamese restaurant in San Jose:Sagion Kitchen

📍 Sagion Kitchen, San Jose While passing through the Vietnamese district, I noticed this restaurant is extremely popular, with a densely packed seven-page menu. Although the prices are on the higher side for a Vietnamese restaurant, the portions are incredibly generous and the flavors are fantastic. 👉 Crispy Roasted Whole Cat Fish $60/L 👍👍👍 An interesting whole roasted fish that everyone at the table orders and can DIY themselves. The fish skin is crispy while the flesh is tender and unseasoned, preserving its natural taste. It's served similarly to Peking duck; dip the hard rice paper wrapper in water for two seconds, add fish meat, side dishes, rice noodles, and sauces, then roll it up to create your own Vietnamese spring roll version. Don't forget the shredded coconut and ground peanuts on the baking tray when rolling—it's amazing. There are many options in the Rice Paper Wrapping series; you can roll whatever you like. 👉 Lotus Rice $24 👍👍 Fried rice wrapped in a lotus leaf, topped with stir-fried cured meat, chicken, shrimp, and shredded wood ear mushrooms. I rarely order fried rice at restaurants, but this one is truly fragrant. 👉 Banh Xeo Saigon $13 Vietnamese pancake, a common street food. Although it's yellow, it doesn't contain eggs and has the feel of a scallion pancake. Upon unfolding, it's filled with a surprise—barbecued pork, shrimp, and bean sprouts. The downside is that it's quite greasy; wrapping it in lettuce and dipping it in fish sauce can help cut the richness. 👉 SeaBass Sot Cari $28 👍 The Thai Sauce is a favorite curry flavor with peanuts and a slight spiciness. The fish pieces are lightly fried, with the exterior softened by the sauce, while the inside contains large chunks of fish. 👉 S-Oc Len Xao Dua $18 ❌ Conch coconut milk soup, with a simple coconut flavor, not as thick and heavy with cream as Western soups. The conch has sweet meat but is too small, making it tiring to suck out. There's not much soup, and there's not much meat on the conch. ✨The lobster that other tables ordered also looks good. 1111 Story Rd Ste 1005, San Jose, CA 95122 #San Jose#Saigon Kitchen#food diary#Vietnamese restaurant