Vietnam Street Food — Restaurant in Dusseldorf

FOOD & DRINKS Let's be honest. Not everything on the menu is a very common street food item in Vietnam. Some dishes are still very westernized and sadly there are still people who pick those over something new and more authentic. As an appetizer I ordered the Cha La Lot. I don't think this is the best version of the dish around Düsseldorf. They also come with a sweet fish sauce instead of a peanut sauce and again they don't grill them over charcoal which would make them so much better but I think they were still ok. For the main dish I had the Mi Van Tanh which is the Vietnamese version of the Chinese wanton noodle soup. The version they serve here is slightly different to what I am used to but not necessarily in a bad way. The soup was savory and flavorful. The wanton had a fishcake like filling. I am more used to minced meat with maybe a piece of shrimp mixed in but it was still good. The noodles were good as well. Still had a bite to them. If there was something to criticize than its the amount of fresh herbs, greens and toppings. A few green onions, a bit of Pak Choi, one tiny shrimp and a small piece of Vietnamese Mortadella does make the bowl a bit soulless. I don't think it's necessary to fill up the bowl to the brink but a bit more wouldn't hurt. There were a lot of noodles in the bowl though. Other than that everything was fine.

SERVICE The girls who worked there that evening were super nice, friendly and helpful. I wish that level of service would be the standard for many other restaurants.

ATMOSPHERE The decoration of the restaurant has a really nice touch of Vietnam. It tries to imitate an establishment on the streets of Vietnam with the cables on top and the street food cart at the counter.

RATING At the end it comes down to your own preference but in my personal opinion the food wasn't the best representation of Vietnamese street food. Don't get me wrong though. I think this restaurant is still worth a try and earned their four stars for a solid...

More 4.5 than 5. I'm Vietnamese from Vietnam but have also lived abroad in a few places, so I'm reviewing with that lens. This restaurant has the most authentic bánh cuốn I've had outside of Vietnam: the bánh/crepe is deliciously thin, and the fillings flavorful. This dish is very hard to find outside of Vietnam, and when I do find it it's rarely good, so props to them. The bò lá lốt was very good as well even though just a tad dry. The bánh canh hải sản (vietnamese "udon" with seafood) is not a Vietnamese dish, and is a bit bland. Not pictured is bún bò Huế , a dish almost as common as phở outside of Vietnam. I was disappointed that they used the thin bún instead of the correct thick one, and the toppings while mostly authentic were also a bit lacking in flavor. The soup broth had the right seasonings but was a bit too mild. It was still pretty good. I'd come back for the bánh cuốn, but probably not the...

Good food. I had the bun bo hue and pork spring rolls. Spring rolls came out super fresh and very tasty. The bun bo hue is not what I was used to compared to Canada, where the vietnamese is very good. It came with thin rice noodles and different cuts of pork and beef. However it was still good and the broth was rich, and generous with onions, chili peppers and greens. Probably still one of the better joints in Ddorf. For my troubles it was just under 20 Euros so I would say it was good. Staff was friendly and checked in the right amount of times! I came in during a busy time and only gave 4 stars because the place was quite loud, but it isn't really...