My Canh

05/04/09

Fresh and good!!

by CSMobileUser

Clean place, friendly staff, and the food is delicious!

01/31/09

Worse than Supermarket Chinese Food!

by clarisso

Well people, this was the absolute worst Asian food I have ever had in my life! I have eaten enough of it to know what these dishes are supposed to taste like and these were nearly inedible. I am not a food snob, just expecting something that was at least as good as the Chinese food at a supermarket deli! You'd think i couldn't miss. You'd think!

First, the Sweet and Sour Chicken was the scariest bloody color and the taste was blah. The chicken pieces that came with it were so greasy they were dripping! We also had a very bland Veggie Chow Mein: the sauce was like watery gravy and the tofu in it was as chewy as an old sponge (not that I eat those). The egg rolls tasted funny, too, and the sauce that came with my sons potstickers was very vinegary and he couldn't use it. I had to rescue my dinner with my own soy sauce at home, thank goodness I had some. I am throwing my leftovers away, sadly.

My husband liked his curry but I tasted it and I've had a lot better. All in all we were very disappointed. Mostly I thought the food was flavorless and way too greasy. The portions were decent and the vegetables were nice and crispy, to give them some credit. I would have liked some bean sprouts in my chow mein though.

Maybe I will try their Vietnamese fare, but I am a bit scared to be honest.

My foturne cookie said that tomorrow I will find what I have been searching for, which just may be a decent Chinese/Asian restaurant in Portland!

02/11/08

My Canh is a No Canh Do

by surly

This used to be one of my absolute favorites. But over the last six months (in three visits), twice I've found long black straight hair in my food (had to really push that out of my mind to go back again), and this last time, realized that they use MSG. I used to go there because not only was the food very good and fresh tasting, but I didn't get geeked out like I do at other Asian restaurants that do use MSG, and they used to have a sign by the front counter that said "No MSG." Last night when I ate there, I could feel those familiar signs that I had eaten MSG and I checked the menu -- it no longer made an MSG statement. I went to the front counter -- the sign was gone. I asked if they used MSG, they reluctantly said yes. I asked why. The woman just stared at me. I asked how long ago they switched, and she said, "Oh, a long time ago." Well, I could stand a hair or two, though that alone grossed me out. But even though the food is really good tasting and unique, I don't want MSG, and the meat portions in the dishes seem to be shrinking quite a bit anyway. Hair, MSG and lack of main ingredient. Won't be going back any time soon.

• Pros: great taste, unique dishes (stuffed eggplant one of my favs)
• Cons: they use MSG, let hair get in their food, light on meat ingredients