Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Without comprise . . . something's missing at Minh

If you like Vietnamese food in a cheap and cheerful home-prepared kinda way, Minh will appeal to you, in buckets-load.

The menu (circa 2006) is extensive, the prices non-expensive but I thought the portions can do with a bit of increase in size, especially like in our case where there's four to dine. The service is attentive without being invasive although they are quite insistent on clearing our plates once our cutlery cease moving.

Don't get me wrong, the flavours are not bad (but also not great) and I would stay away from the prawn crackers which was soft, chewy and has a strange bitter bite to it. Perhaps we should have ordered the goat curry and "ba ba ba" (333 beer) but we didn't so let's just say I wasn't completely seize by my Minh experience.

Oh alright, we will go back for another go. Will let you know if when that happens.


Minh - our own style of Vietnamese food.


Our table number, handwritten by the waiter when we sat down.


There were four of us to dinner, and we got exactly four pieces of prawn cracker. At least the waiter could count.


Fresh prawn roll


Beef with betel leaf


Green curry chicken


Chilli prawn


Roast duck salad


Fresh cut chillies in fish sauce


You can see why I say the menu is circa 2006, can't you?



ON a different track. except for the "something's missing" bit, I saw the following signage along Oxford Street one arvo . . . . 


"Construction without comprise" Comprise or . . .


. . . . Compromise? 

As you can see, some pedantic pedestrian attempted to correct the situation.


Well, the owner of the signage has a better idea. Like all mistakes, all "comprise" got was a whitewash. Sadly, it wasn't even a proper job . . .


Minh 
506 Marrickville Road
Dulwich Hill 2203 NSW
tel: +61 (02) 9560 0465


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