Restaurant Zone D’asie

I always come here to eat the banh cuon, cha ca la vong, bun cha ca and chao. Their Vietnamese food is authentic. Inside it is old but it is a family run business. There is always people going in and out for their take out bubble tea. The portion is generous and the price is not expensive. I recommend this restaurant to anyone that wants to eat authentic Vietnamese food.

So I came back here after a while so I had to update my reviews. Just because it’s still so good. Simple, fresh, cheap, great service (really). What else can you want? It’s the only Vietnamese restaurant where they proposed me the «galettes de riz». Those are so, so, soooo delicious. It’s basically some rice paste filled with grounded pork and Asian mushrooms served with Vietnamese sausage and an upgraded fish sauce. Just note that it is not in the menu and only offered during the weekends… plus it goes fast so it’s best to go for lunch. The Phở is great and they have many other typical soups on their menu. For those you like to keep it safe and conventional I heard the fried rice and the general Tao is pretty good. It’s a BYOW in top of that. Maybe not a place to take someone on a first date… But if your date is anything like me she’ll enjoy going there on a week night.

I love love their fried chicken wings in fish sauce (canh ga chien nuoc mam). The extra crispy wings and caramelized onions and garlic sauce are great with white rice.
Try any of their salads: the shrimp and pork salad with lotus shoots (goi tom thit) is a general crowd pleasure, the duck salad (goi vit) is a favorite of the youngsters, and the pig stomach and intestines salad with herbs (goi bao tu) is catered to the more adventurous group.
For soups, their best is the crab soup (canh banh da cua) which is a specialty from North Vietnam that is not usually served in restaurants, so get it! I ask for the big transparent banh canh noodles when I order this soup. Sometimes they have it, sometimes they don’t but I do prefer the banh canh noodles with this soup.
I always get the durian smoothie (sau rieng) for dessert and everyone I’ve come here with also love this smoothie. it’s sooo creamy and delectable that sometimes I come here just to grab one to go. Their durian smoothie is blended with condensed milk, ice, and ice cream (maybe) so there’s just a faint smell of durian. Still gotta give you this caveat: you have to be able to stand the pungent odor of durian (smells like turpentine and onions to some).

Very good food for a good price and they are really nice.

it’s not merveille du vietnam bad but it’s close!
the food i got was bland and not what you’d expect from vietnamese dishes traditionally.
i got myself a com ba mau (3 color rice) and i was sadly disappointed:
— the sunny side up egg was overcooked and rubbery. the yolk was still runny though but barely.
— the pork chop wasn’t a pork chop. not only was it on the thin side, it was sad looking. i got 2 chops but that only doubles the disappointment.
— the rice. the rice! i grew up with the short broken rice in com ba mau. most viet restaurants i went to used that type of rice. not in this case. yes, the rice makes a big difference. the shorter broken grain helps in soaking up the sauce (in this case, the yolk and nuoc mam) while still retaining its main attribute, not becoming mush and you are able to pick up the grain almost one by one.
— the side of salad was fresh but vinaigrette was the kraft dinner italian dressing variety.
— and it was sadly missing, to me, the biggest component in such dish; bi which is a mixture of shredded pork skin and pork meat coated with rice powder (looks like noodle but it isn’t)
i got to peek at my coworkers food and it wasn’t inspiring. they did enjoy their food though.
the saving grace is the BYOW and delivery but even then, i cannot recommend this place at all. since you are already in the neighborhood, you are better off making a trek to the st-​denis area and enjoy superior tasting vietnamese dishes at the same price. well, minus the delivery aspect and BYOW (for most in the area)