g vincemper
Google
We went to the restaurant because it's highly rated. What we ordered are what is considered very typical food from Japan and Vietnam: Sushi and beef Pho, as main dishes.
The Pho is 15 Euro and has following problems:
1. What Orchidea offered is a pho with very salty soup. The soup is not salty as a dip for noodle, but extremely salty as something you ought to drink.
2. The rice noodle is too soft and does not offer texture.
3. Beef is ok, no complaints about the beef.
The Sushi Mix is eye opening, here's why:
1. the rice are cold and hard, not because you CHOOSE to make it cold and hard, but because it is kept cold in the fridge for too long time that it becomes hard.
2. Soy Sause is pure salty and dip a little bit with Sushi is just too much. The Soy Sause use in the restaurant is salty. Either use a better soy sauce or, if you prefer to use the ones you're using, season it with sugar and spicies, and add some water inside. It is a Soy Sauce for Sushi, not for cooking.
3. It is a 49 Euro Combi with 14 pieces of rolled sushi. I am not being a dick here and exaggerating the situation, but I strongly suggest Chef Ms. Huong to give a try at the EatHappy Sushi bar in any larger REWE or Kaufland. They are just better.
I do not understand why the food (and food only, service are very friendly) is this bad and I am very curious about it. Is it because of the vacation season that the restaurant is lack of well-trained cook? Is it because that the tourists will come and eat anyway so the food does not matter very much? How to explain the 4.6 Stars on Google then?
Btw, I saw my neighbour tables were having a very good time. Isn't the atmosphere that matters so much to them that it conpensates the food?
My general suggestion for the restaurant: please taste your own food and you will definitely know where to change. I am not at all some goofy belly-god. Just a normal and tolerant customer that like to visit asia restaurants.
Reviewed the same day of having dinner here. Thanks for the food and kind service anyway.