Tripping: Vietnam Cafe in West Philly Click it!
By Remi | Nov 04, 2009 | No Responses
We enjoy Philadelphia here at the SFB, and at a recent fact finding mission over there we were expertly guided to Vietnam Cafe by one of the locals.
There are many things to like about Vietnam. Their grilled meatballs, for example, are super flavorful. So are the “Vietnamese coffee” and “Vietnamese lemonade.” But, really, if you’re going to enjoy the restaurant properly, you can might as well just go for the “BBQ Platter,” which at $25 includes pretty much every dish ever cooked in the country of Vietnam. I kid you not! The thing is huge, and yes, includes the meatballs.
And in what can only be considered somewhat of a cruel joke, the menu states it can serve “up to 2 persons.” Seriously? The platter in question is about the size of the table.
Regardless, it is delicious. And so are the desserts — some sort of beans and dairy concoction — with recipes so secret they won’t let you remove them from the premise in takeaway boxes. Hardcore, although good as they were, really have nothing on the meatballs which they should probably be more protective of.
A rather amusing aside was one of the waiters; a jovial man who had lived for about a month in Spokane in the early 2000s. He didn’t, shall we say, love it, and insisted — and I seriously mean insisted — there would be feet of snow waiting for us when we returned. This was in mid-October. Thankfully he was wrong.
Vietnam Cafe is definitely worth a visit if you find yourself in the Philadelphia area. Make sure you get the meatballs, though, as they are amazing.
Web: http://www.eatatvietnam.com/vietnam_cafe.cfm
Address: 814 S 47th Street
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