Thai Son Vietnamese Restaurant

The summer roll is as refreshing as it sounds with generous vermicilli, good and clean pork and shrimp, generous lettuce for crunch and the mint leaves give a nice accent. Perfect amount of sauce for the two rolls.

Roasted quail comes with a saucer of salt, msg, and pepper where you squeeze limes they provide into it to become a sauce dip for the quail. It's a nice touch of added flavor if not a lil too salty. I think it would be interesting to try it with fish sauce and lime.

Bo Kho is just a classic and they allow you to substitute the noodles with rice, which is nice. I'll check next time if they have bread as a substitute too 'cause that would be lovely.

Now, with the pho there is now admittedly less beef slices and noodles than before. It's still more than what you normally get in central jersey though so that's saying something. Plus they offer two sizes. Noodles are stuck together and so need to be spread apart before consuming. May seem a lil undercooked at first but the temp of the soup will perfect it. Broth has a surface that glistens. It's light and clean but still has body and an enconpassing presence that is a nice herby lemongrass flavor. Brother has mentioned the strength of flavor this time around is not as strong as before.

Service is also fantastic. Dropped my chopsticks and someone picked them up before I could get to them. Guidance was provided with the roasted quail sauce. When the server accidentally tapped the menu on my glass of water, he called someone to replace it. Unecessary but wow, very considerate.

Tea given is jasmine, a lovely find that sets them apart from others serving cheaper pu er or black tea. It also looks like they offer hotpot now.

Thai Son is among the best Vietnamese restaurants for me. Left happy, warm and satisfied.

4 stars.