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Quán Ăn Ngon has two locations, one in Hà Nội and one in Saigon. We ate at the first one with Hiền and like it very much. Upon returning to Saigon, we went to the second location and felt flat with disappointment. Both locations function under the same concept: food from all three regions are cooked and served on the same premise. Both locations sport more or less the same design: an open village market. Both locations employ the same type of staff: energetic young men and young women serving food, and capable older women in the food preparation area. However, that's where the equality ends. Although the quality of the ingredients is the same, the authenticity and taste at Quán Ăn Ngon in Saigon are far below its counterpart in Ha Noi and I could not understand the reason. Between my grandniece, my sister, and me, we ordered eight dishes from all three regions, and not one of them lived up to my expectation. I was not happy with the experience, although I did like the uniform worn by the food preparers in this location better than the one in Ha Noi. Style or substance, must I chose one over the other? What’s wrong of having both? How difficult is it to cook well in Vietnam, a country where good food is placed as top priority in everyone's life? Leave a Comment Theme: LocalPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: more expensive than averageAddress: 138 Nam Kỳ Khởi Nghĩa, Dist. 1Phone: 8 829 9449
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My husband and I sure lived up to the Singapore "favouritest" past time - food! From the tons of recommendations that I got from the other VT members here, we were at Quan An Ngon for 3 nights to sample the local delights. The food there was FANTASTIC! Quan An Ngon was about 10mins walk from Rex Hotel and the place is packed! From the look of it, it is a very popular place amongst the locals and is fast becoming very popular with the Westerners and tourists. My advice is to go there early ~ 5+pm for dinner. Once 6pm sets in, you would have to wait very long before being allocated a seat. The main eating area is shaped like an "U" with the centre of the place, dedicated to a bar. It is mainly an outdoor dining place (with some "rooms" available for indoor dining though my advice is to sit outside and enjoy the place & experience) and is decorated in a rustic setting with bright yellow walls and terracotta tiles. It also reminded me of Marche here in Singapore as the kitchen also has an "outdoor" concept - you can see your dishes being whipped up before your eyes if you are seated near to the stations. Whart works for me at this place is that the portions are not too big. We could each order a Pho and an ice coffee, and then order another main dish to share - fried rice / macaroni (the latter was quite darn good!). In addition, we would also order 2 seafood dishes to share - clams / cockles / snails and another side dish such as Rice Paper Rolls (okok, I own up, we ordered like 2 to 4 of them each time...). My husband, having a very sweet tooth would end his meal with a dessert. He tried the Che Suong Sa Hot Luu which a fellow VT member recommended.The drink reminded me of "Chendol", a popular dessert here in Singapore, minus the gula melaka.
We tried the snails with the limegrass dip on our first day there. But we preferred the clams instead. The clams there were quite big and were not "fishy" at all. My husband and I also thoroughly enjoyed the fried macaroni there with minced beef; it was tasty and very fragrant. Our dinner there would typically cost about VND150,000. Great value! Leave a Comment Theme: LocalPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: 138 Nam Ky Khoi NghiaPhone: 8257179Directions: Walk to Pasteur Street and then cross the road where you can see Norfolk Hotel ahead and a Fuji photo developing shop on the right. Cross over to the photo shop and walk straight down. Keep a lookout for the unit number. You should reach in about 5 mins.
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