Vietnam II
701 Larkin St (O’Farrell), 885-1274
open 7 days 8am-12 midnight.
Very large, busy place, with extensive lunch and dinner menus. Lunch consists mainly of appetizers, rice, and noodle dishes, while dinner covers an unusual number of seafood and meat dishes as well. Vietnam II qualifies as “gourmet”, since its cooks are many-sided and innovative, with sizzling platters, combined seafood and meat dishes, claypot and firepot dishes, frog, quail, and, above all, in the preparation of live seafood. Their repertoire includes seldom-found abalone, as well.
Vietnam II is a longtime favorite of the Vietnamese community for breakfast (Chinese-style), lunch, and dinner. One of the main features is live seafood, which changes seasonally. Recently, it included crab ($8/lb), lobster (small $15.95 each, large $15.95/lb), rock cod ($15/lb). The diner has many choices in the preparation.
LUNCH MENU
Appetizers, include imperial or spring rolls $3.95, deep-fried crab claws wrapped in shrimp meat $7.95, chicken salad $4.95, chef or lotus salad, with meat and seafood, $6.95.
Pho (beef noodle soup) dishes, small bowl $4,25, large bowl $4.50, over 25 choices, including round steak, ribeye, brisket, or beef balls.
Noodle soups, with seafood $4.95, with beef & fish balls $4.50.
Vietnamese or Chinese rice plates, e.g., with grilled pork $4.60, 4-spice BBQ chicken $4.50, seafood (Chinese) $5.25. chicken & eggplant $4.50, prawns & asparagus $5.95.
Chow mein or chow fun dishes, $4.50–5.50, e.g., combo fried noodles $4.95, seafood $5.50, shrimp $5.75.
Vegetable dishes, all $6.45, e.g., sautéed eggplant with spicy garlic sauce, mushrooms with vegetables & tofu, broccoli with ginger & garlic.
DINNER MENU
Appetizers, soups – similar to lunch above.
Pork, e.g., combo (with vegetables, mushrooms & bamboo shoots $7.95, Peking spareribs in BBQ sauce $8.75.
Beef, e.g., lemon beef with with fresh & raw beef $7.95, beef with snow peas or asparagus 58.95, with tomatoes or mixed mushrooms $8.45.
Chicken, duck, e.g., crispy deep-fried (half) spicy lemongrass chicken $7.95, marinated duck with soy sauce (half), $7.95.
Pigeon, squab, $6.95 & $9.95, e.g., flaming quail $6.95, 5-spice squab $6.95, squab with oyster sauce $9.95.
Fish, seafood, e.g., sweet & sour fish $8.95, fried fish with spicy garlic sauce $8.95, salt-pepper seabass $10.95, scallops with broccoli or snow pees $8.45, sautéed gooseneck clams with shrimp sauce $15.05. sautéed abalone & sea cucumbers $19.95.
Claypot & firepot, e.g., catfish in claypot $6.95, pork spareribs & prawns in claypot $8.95, spicy seafood firepot, small $16.00, large $23.00.
Specialties, e.g., curry frog or curry goat stew $8.95,deep-fried frog with creamy butter $9.45, Happy Family, (sautéed seafood with chicken, pork, beef, & vegetables) $9.45, family-style bean curd (deep-fried, then cooked with pork & vegetables, hot & spicy) $7.95.
Family dinner for 4 ($36), for 5 ($45) – for 4 includes hot & sour soup, Chef salad with meat & fish, prawn dish, fish dish, vegetables, tea. Dinner for 6 includes crab & asparagus soup, 1/2 chicken, fried pork, fried beef, salt & pepper calamari, deep-fried fish, vegetables, tea.
Vegetables. Similar to lunch above, but expanded.
Beverages, desserts, soft drinks $1.00, fresh vegetable juice $1.50, lichees or longans $1.50, ice cream (vanilla, mango, coconut) $1.85, flaming fried banana $1.85, with ice cream $3.75.
No alcoholic drinks.
Vietnam II reviewed 10/15/02 by Louis Madison
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