Roger F. wrote: > > > [email removed] (Louis H. Nemec) asked about > "Vietnemesse" (Viet Nemec?) restaurants in the DC area. > > There are about eight Vietnamese restaurants within walking distance > of the Clarendon Metro Stop in Arlington. Consensus is that the best > there is the Queen Bee, although others have their partisans (Cafe > Dalat, Nam Viet, Little Vietnamese Cafe). > > There are at least half a dozen in one spot near 7 Corners > (intersection of Wilson Blvd., Leesburg Pike--Rte 7, and Arlington > Blvd.--Rte 50) near Falls Church, VA: Look for the Ames department > store on Wilson Blvd. just off Roosevelt Blvd. I have no information > on these, but the area has a dense concentration of Vietnamese > immigrants who probably insure authenticity. > In my experience, this is where you'll find the most authentic food. The shopping center is named Eden after a center in Saigon. Realize that if you're in search of decor, nice service and cleanliness this is not the place. Eden has been falling apart for years, but some of the food is to die for. I especially like Pho Xe Lua (right next to Big Wong): a rather smallish pho place by Pho '75 standards, however the soup is far superior. Just take a shot a try a few places, you're bound to enjoy yourself. > There are two in a strip shopping center on the NW corner of the > intersection of Arlington Blvd.--Rte 50 and Graham Road, opposite > Loehmann's Plaza, including my personal favorite, Cha Gio. If you're out this way, try Lan's (in the same shopping center), some of the best noodle soups around. > > There are a couple of others at individual locations, such as Pho 75 > on Wilson Blvd. just west of Rosslyn, Pho Cali on Glebe Rd. in South > Arlington (at Walter Reed Drive?), and one on Wilson Blvd. in a strip > shopping center well east of 7 Corners. I have no personal info on > these. > > So here are nearly a score of possibilities for you to try out. They > are all in Virginia; I don't think that there are very many Vietnamese > places in DC itself, but there should be one or two around the usual > areas of Connecticut and Wisconsin Avenues, although I've never read > anything about them. > -- There are several places in DC,but I've never been very impressed with them. Saigon Gourmet is on Connecticut Ave. near the Kalorama Bridge. Very heavy French influence, not my cup of tea. Saigonais is in Adams Morgan. Beautiful food, sorta nuevo Vietnamese, nothing you'd actually ever find in Vietnam, so why bother. Of course, others have mentioned Nam's in Bethesda. Not bad, IMHO, although I've had better out in Eden. However, as the only place in Bethesda (although a new place is opening on St.Elmo) it's worth it rather hiking out to Seven Corners. I'm looking forward to this new place on St. Elmo. I live in Bethesda and I don't always have the time to go to Virginia. :( > The Next Challenge - Public Access Unix in Northern Va. - Washington D.C. > 703-803-0391 To log in for trial and account info. jim
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