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6.6Cơm Tấm Đông Hoa XuânI have tried 3 dishes – cá kho tộ, bao tử, and canh khổ qua here. If you have a chance to enjoy only one meal in Saigon, breakfast or lunch, I’d consider ordering these exact 3 dishes at Dong Hoa Xuan. It turned out to be a delicious and memorable sampler of classic Saigon food! First, cá kho tộ. Fish simmered in a rich spicy sauce. The fish steak was perfectly done. Presented in individually simmering small black ceramic pots, the fish steak was moist and meaty – with only a few bones. (Remember, in Vietnam, if it doesn’t have bones, it’s not fish!) The sauce was smooth, salty, a bit spicy and mostly, amazingly delicious. Small bits of green onions and bits of pork bacon floated in the caramelized sauce. I began by spooning sections of the fish and the sauce over the rice that was served with the cá kho tộ. Major yummy! I couldn’t quite stop eating and move on to the next dish before hitting bottom. But the surprise of the meal was the bao tử - pork stomach! Khổ qua is a uniquely Asian vegetable, uniquely shaped and flavored. First and foremost, it’s bitter. Deliciously so. Here it was presented in a soup. The firm and tender melon is filled with a ground pork and mushroom stuffing and sits in a broth that subtilely bursts (yes- that’s possible) with the combined flavors of the pork, the green onion, and the bitter melon. I thought the broth itself could have been an excellent soup for lunch. But, the stuffed khổ qua is incredibly “easy and mild” to eat. Somehow it’s very comforting to the belly as it completes the meal. So maybe that would have been enough for lunch ~ but I needed my veges for the day. And again, my choice for this third dish, canh khổ qua, was superb. It helped put this meal and this restaurant over-the-top! ...Xem thêm
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| Vị trí |
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6.5 |
| Giá cả |
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7.0 |
| Chất lượng |
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7.5 |
| Phục vụ |
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7.0 |
| Không gian |
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6.0 |
