Huong Huong
You know you've found an authentic Vietnamese restaurant when nobody speaks English very well. These are the types of restaurants I seek out when driving through Little Saigon.
On Monday, I went to Huong Huong--a busy little Vietnamese restaurant that only serves items to go. I had to rely solely on hand and face gestures to communicate, which made my experience at Huong Huong so much fun.
Food at Huong Huong is served buffet style. Walk up and simply point to the items you want (roughly $1.25 per item) and you'll get a healthy portion served on a Styrofoam plate. Every meal is served with either steamed or fried rice. I ordered mine with half Vietnamese fried rice and half steamed. They really pile on the rice. It felt like two pounds.
My typical questions: what's your favorite dish?, what's the most popular dish?, and what did you eat today? received no reaction. I just got smiles and odd looks. Several girls tried to aid in translating for me, but we all just ended up smiling and laughing at the lack of communication.
The girls behind the counter just kept letting me taste everything I pointed at. It reminded me of tasting ice cream at Baskin Robins, with those little pink spoons. I was really surprised at how friendly everyone is there. I sampled one soup, one vegetable entree and one meat dish.
I took pictures of everything, which amused everyone in the restaurant.
After 5 minutes of tasting food and looking at everything, I ended up ordering the following:
Canh Chua Tom
A light vegetable soup that's teeming with sprouts, chopped celery, tomato slices, and silver dollar sized shrimp (complete with legs and the shell). Don't worry, the shrimp shell and legs are so soft you can eat the shrimp without peeling it.
Ga Cari
This Vietnamese curry chicken is not spicy, like you'll find at typical Thai restaurants. This chicken is quite mild and covered in a brown curry sauce with big chunks of potato. The skin is quite rubbery, so I peeled off the skin before eating. I was surprised how much meat came off the bone. I would have it liked it to be a little more spicy, but it was still very good and tender.
Cai chua xao thit voi mang
This vegetable dish is comprised of a Vietnamese cabbage and bamboo shoots. I expected this to taste salty (like collard greens), but it was surprisingly sweet. The sweet bamboo definitely complimented the curry chicken. They piled on these vegetables, which I couldn't even finish.
Once all the food has been piled on the tray, they give you several napkins (unlike most Vietnamese restaurants), a small green chili, a little container of red chili sauce, wooden chopsticks, and a plastic fork and knife. My whole meal only cost $4.75.
I'm very happy with my experience there. I'll be back.
Huong Huong--Food To Go
9262 Bolsa Ave. #C
Westminster, CA 92683
714-895-6551
On Monday, I went to Huong Huong--a busy little Vietnamese restaurant that only serves items to go. I had to rely solely on hand and face gestures to communicate, which made my experience at Huong Huong so much fun.
Food at Huong Huong is served buffet style. Walk up and simply point to the items you want (roughly $1.25 per item) and you'll get a healthy portion served on a Styrofoam plate. Every meal is served with either steamed or fried rice. I ordered mine with half Vietnamese fried rice and half steamed. They really pile on the rice. It felt like two pounds.
My typical questions: what's your favorite dish?, what's the most popular dish?, and what did you eat today? received no reaction. I just got smiles and odd looks. Several girls tried to aid in translating for me, but we all just ended up smiling and laughing at the lack of communication.
The girls behind the counter just kept letting me taste everything I pointed at. It reminded me of tasting ice cream at Baskin Robins, with those little pink spoons. I was really surprised at how friendly everyone is there. I sampled one soup, one vegetable entree and one meat dish.
I took pictures of everything, which amused everyone in the restaurant.
After 5 minutes of tasting food and looking at everything, I ended up ordering the following:
Canh Chua Tom
A light vegetable soup that's teeming with sprouts, chopped celery, tomato slices, and silver dollar sized shrimp (complete with legs and the shell). Don't worry, the shrimp shell and legs are so soft you can eat the shrimp without peeling it.
Ga Cari
This Vietnamese curry chicken is not spicy, like you'll find at typical Thai restaurants. This chicken is quite mild and covered in a brown curry sauce with big chunks of potato. The skin is quite rubbery, so I peeled off the skin before eating. I was surprised how much meat came off the bone. I would have it liked it to be a little more spicy, but it was still very good and tender.
Cai chua xao thit voi mang
This vegetable dish is comprised of a Vietnamese cabbage and bamboo shoots. I expected this to taste salty (like collard greens), but it was surprisingly sweet. The sweet bamboo definitely complimented the curry chicken. They piled on these vegetables, which I couldn't even finish.
Once all the food has been piled on the tray, they give you several napkins (unlike most Vietnamese restaurants), a small green chili, a little container of red chili sauce, wooden chopsticks, and a plastic fork and knife. My whole meal only cost $4.75.
I'm very happy with my experience there. I'll be back.
Huong Huong--Food To Go
9262 Bolsa Ave. #C
Westminster, CA 92683
714-895-6551
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