The serving sizes are usually huge and enough for 2 meals. I never particularly liked lotus root and this dish didn’t change that. Dch trong bi cnh 'THÀNH PH VÌ HÒA BÌNH' trong ting vit-ting anh. A traditional Vietnamese restaurant that has delicious pho and other reasonably priced menu items. Lotus roots flavored with honey with dried osmanthus petals adding a floral aroma to the honey. The caveat is that none of our dishes was spicy. Not one slathered with oil and spices indiscriminately, as is often in many kitchens of spicier Chinese cuisine with a more limited repertoire. It was a meal, however, created by delicate and skillful hands with very balanced flavors. We ordered a total of 4 items, so its not a big sample to form an opinion on the larger menu yet. But we did go again days after her first meal. Very rare for her that she’s enthusiastic enough about a place that she suggests a return visit shortly afterwards. Last week my wife had a lunch with a group there and someone familiar with Hunan cuisine facilitated the ordering, and suggested specific non-noodle dishes. Even though its close to home, but because my kids don’t eat much spicy stuff and my wife and I frequently got disappointed by regional Chinese cuisine in the Bay Area, we never bothered to come. The restaurant was briefly discussed here for its link to Noodle Talk in Sunnyvale, that is primarily known for its noodles.

Before it opened I saw their ‘home cuisine’ banner once and wasn’t sure what they meant by it since so many commercial restaurants now abused the term ‘home cuisine’, or ‘private kitchen’, which originally became popular in Hong Kong when the term meant the establishment was genuinely not a licensed restaurant. Noodle Talk Home Cuisine opened a few months ago in the same plaza that housed Dittmer’s and Pho Vi Hoa.

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