[FOOD] Vietnamese restaurants in Boston?

 Dave K. wrote:
 >
 >Does anyone have suggestions for good Vietnamese restaurants in Boston?
 >
 >I've been to one place called the Fish Palace (or something like that) in
 >Brighton which was cheap and pretty good, and have heard good things about
 >Buddha's Delight in Chinatown; I'd be interested to hear opinions of these
 >2 places also.
 >--
 >Dave Kohr    CS Graduate Student    Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 >(Summer) Office: (908)-582-4588     (no home phone)  E-mail: [email removed]
 >      (Working at AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ for the summer.)

 these are not in boston proper but i consider a 1/2 hr drive in the neighbor-
 hood.

 the saigon restaurant in millis, off route 109, has extremely good food. the
 atmosphere is relaxed and is byob, so you won't get nicked by overpriced
 libations.

 the southeast asia in lowell is way good food and features a market.
 lowell is rather interesting place now that it has national park status.
 my recommendation is to pick a night during the lowell folk music festival,
 free open air shows, and stop by the southeast asia.

 BTW if anyone has an update on mary chung's either post or drop me a note.

 take care,
 james, [email removed]

 Dave K. wrote:

 >Does anyone have suggestions for good Vietnamese restaurants in Boston?

 Naw, but for Cambodian/French try Elephant Walk in Somerville.
 Incredible stuff, quite different from what I expected --it's nice to
 be surprised so pleasantly-- and impeccably prepared.  Definitely the
 Real Thing.

 >Buddha's Delight in Chinatown; I'd be interested to hear opinions of these

 Buddha's Delight in Chinatown is not at all Vietnamese (this is the
 second time in a week I've heard this claim.) The barbecued gluten is
 wonderful, a true taste of the fire (and smoke. Yes, there is a difference.)