text: Vietnamese food made by lovely Vietnamese family They value fresh ingredients and snappy servicennEstablished in this restaurant serves many traditional Vietnamese dishes as well as a few popular East Asian dishes Plates are heartilysized and reasonably pricednnMy Tom Xao Ca Ri was full of fresh vegetables not overcooked a rarity for this neighborhoods Asian restaurants and jumbo shrimp The original house specialties include Banh Tom Ho Tay lightly friend shrimp and sweet potato cake and Ca Kho To caramelized fish Their curries pack a welcomed spicy punch The Canh Chua are all made with a homemade broth cooked daily nnThe chef is forthright in sharing his values MSG disgusts him and so does the watery salty stock that other restaurants use He also said too many cooks substitute natural ingredient flavor with copious amounts of oil nnPetite Tonkinoises only downfall The decor is not much to write about It looks like a confused zen kitsch mini banquet hall