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2017-07-11
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De Viet Son is the latest restaurant to open in Causeway Bay's V Point Building. Located on the ground floor, it serves Vietnamese noodles and rice along with side dishes. As it was a new, boyfriend and I decided to give it a try as they had a grand opening promotion where everything was 50% off.The restaurant had a white and blue color scheme. It had a fresh, clean design. They had tables and on the side with a long communal bench in the middle much like those found in ramen restaurants.Menu
The restaurant had a white and blue color scheme. It had a fresh, clean design. They had tables and on the side with a long communal bench in the middle much like those found in ramen restaurants.
Menu was in English and Chinese. Drinks are half price if you order a main. There is no 10% service charge.
They also offer a create your own pho starting at $49 and up as you add on ingredients.
They also had the fish sauce and chili peppers in stainless steel buckets. That was a bit odd to me and not that hygenic as it wasn't covered and left out in the open air.
Shredded Chicken and Pork Bologna with Vermicelli in a Coconut Sour Soup ($68). Boyfriend ordered this as it was stated on the menu as their number one item. It was interesting as we had never encountered that many Vietnamese places in Hong Kong that offer a coconut based broth. And it wasn't just a regular rich coconut broth but they added a sour element to it so it tasted a bit like the sweet and sour soup you find at Sichuan restaurants. The vermicelli was chewy but the flavor of the broth just covered everything.
3+1 Cold Vermicelli ($78). As it was it so hot outside, I had a cold vermicelli. This had shredded pork bologna, fried pork, lemongrass roasted pork, pork neck and chicken. It was topped with fresh crunchy cucumber and lettuce for that added freshness. This was pretty good. The vermicelli didn't fall apart on me when I mixed it with the fish sauce. the size of the bowl was a decent size so when I mixed ingredients, I had enough room to do so without everything spilling over. The meat was good with a special nod to the fried pork bits.
French Toasts Prawn with Cheese ($54). We shared an appetizer and chose something that wasn't something we had ever encountered in a Vietnamese restaurant. And that was prawn toast, a typical Cantonese dim sum item. But they added cheese in the middle. This was pretty good. Not too oily from being fried. The addition of cheese with prawn just worked really well. The prawn meat itself was quite firm and fresh.
Soda with Livina Lime ($25). Boyfriend had this drink. It was basically Ribena with lime mixed with soda. It was ok. Nothing to really rave about.
Lemongrass Ginger and Honey Special Drink ($25). I ordered this and I quite liked it. It had a slight ginger taste but was balanced out by the sweetness of the honey and fragrant lemongrass taste. They even threw in a whole stick of lemongrass just to let you know ... they added lemongrass.
Overall, the food wasn't too bad. Definitely not authentic Vietnamese but more geared towards a more Hong Kong style of the Southeast cuisine. If we didn't have the 50% off promotion, a meal would be over $100 per person. But as we did have a discount, it was made it a bit better in value. So, it was a bit on the pricey side.
Service was a bit ... I don't know how to explain it. Off? Or maybe it was just the person at the front door who took you to your table? When we arrived, he asked us how many people. We said 2 where he said to please wait. A couple minutes later he asked us how many people. We repeated 2 and was told to please wait while table was getting cleaned. A minute later he turned to us AGAIN and asked how many people. Um...2? There wasn't anyone else behind us or in front of us. Why ask us 3 times how many people? As if in the span of 5 minutes, we'd increase our party of 2? Yeah ... strange and a bit wary of staff with such short term memory.
May or may not be back due to the price as there is a equivalent type of Vietnamese in Causeway Bay that offers the same style of Vietnamese for a cheaper price and they offer value for money lunch and tea sets. This place doesn't. But they may in the future because you know .. Causeway Bay competition is fierce.
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