Di Mai Restaurant — Restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City

Very cute setting, photogenic place. Here are the food we ordered. - service is good. Nothing to complain about.. . - Gỏi cũ dừa tôm thịt / pork prawn salad: the dressing is delicious and spot on. I wish it has more cucumber and less white onions.. - Ngũ cuốn / 5 kinds of fresh spring rolls: not memorable. 2 of them are delicious, the rest are average in flavour. if you are not familiar with traditional Vietnamese food, you might enjoy it. . - Bò bó sả / grilled beef stuff w lemongrass: The key flavors are not clear. I barely tasted the lemongrass and the beef flavor. It’s not 100% beef. More like a mix of pork and beef. The favor doesn’t go with the sauce. . - canh gân bò hầm măng / braised beef tendon with bamboo soup is delicious in both flavors and texture. The best dish in our meal.. - cá chẽm chiên xù sốt me / deep fried seabass w tamarin sauce: don’t bother to order it. The flour coat is too soft, not crunchy. The sauce doesn’t go with the taste of the flour coat. the fish doesn’t taste fresh. Disappointed. . - Chè bà ba: it is too sweet and doesn’t taste authentic. Missing the panda leaves flavor and coconut milk.. - Bánh cuốn lá dứa: this taste pretty good, however the coconut shredded inside the roll is...

Popped in late afternoon for lunch just to have some simple vietnamese food. Had the ribs which I was happy they decent amount of thick meat on the bones. Very flavoursome and not too salty. Simple white rice , homey melon soup with minced prawns. Soup had depth full of real flavour, albeit melon could have been softer and bigger chunks instead of thinly sliced ( but that's only a personal comparison to my mum's home cooking soup) . Portion of soup was very large, easily enough for 2/3 people.

Saved room to try 2 desserts. First dessert traditional corn dessert with coconut milk. Strange it was green but still tasted nice , could have been sweeter (but again to be fair thats only my personal issue as i have a sweet tooth). The second dessert I tried was the jackfruit mini fried springroll -very interesting and creative. Crispy on the outside without being too sickly greasy, bonus it was served with ice-cream too !

Service was very fast. Staff were extremely helpful, polite and positive. Would I come again?- definately yes as they had so many wonderful looking dishes, seriously the choice was...

14/7/2023. Good concept restaurant, nice menu set-up, however very bad execution. Drink 68k: unsweetened coconut + some cubes of aloe vera & dragon fruit. In the menu it looks amazing but when it's served is really like falling down from 5-star to 1-star. Please sell is a good coconut quality please, you charge drink high but give this quality? Bún thịt nướng chả giò 98k: claimed to be the must-try dish. How dare you cut half chả giò and then deep-fried?!, it's so so oily. The filling is good but the rice paper wrapping and the way you fried it spoiled everything. Mixed veggies are not so fresh, grilled pork doesn't have good smell. I only like the dipping sauce. Mỳ Quảng 98k: it's a shame. Diluted with bland broth, very watery & no Mỳ Quảng taste. Rau muống xào tỏi (stir-fried kangkong with garlic) 78k: Low quality kangkong, so chewy & oily. Saw the chef showing off his wok skill with fire in the kitchen but result proved it all. Table was not clean probably, still quite sticky at those corners.

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