text: Slanted Rice is a small moreorless Vietnamese restaurant located in the Hilton Village outdoor mall near its north end It has all of the ingredients it needs to be a great addition to the Scottsdale dining scene except for what I call food designnnFor example the Drunken Beef basically filet mignon cubes with fried onions had a big problem the beef was tough and chewy probably because they used the filet mignon tips or possibly because the meat was not filet mignon at all The crispy rice bowl with chicken was a smallish bowl of cripsy rice but it came with such a scarcity of chicken and vegetables that it was not much beyond the rice The chicken that was there was dried outnnThere were other issues with the food as well The free broth served with the meal was bland except for a strange almost cinnamon taste The egg rolls were small and the filling was mushynnAlthough prices at Slanted Rice are not high our entrees were and the portions are small and the value is barely there On the other hand service was good the menu was interesting and the ambiance was inviting but that was not enough to make up for the food which was passable at best