Vit Dong Que - San Jose

#TL;DR#: CASH ONLY, dirty environment, order never came, very limited communications... I was here because I was craving shrimp egg rolls and bahn beo. I ordered shaken beef, shrimp egg rolls, bahn beo and a duck noodle soup. And man, I was DISAPPOINTED... Bahn beo never came, though I ordered with shrimp egg rolls as soon as I got seated. The shrimp egg rolls (5pcs) are thick and hard, and stuffed with carrots and onion. Very bland... The entrees had no flavor, the rice of the shaken beef was red but very bland (thought was tomato flavor but no) and dried. The beef cubes were so small and just sweet... Needless to say, the duck noodle soup was bland as well. Maybe I am a MSG girl, but I don't need to spend $40 just to get food that's lack of umami. Might as well just eat at Pho Hanoi.

Great soup, duck and salad combination very filling. If you want to try something new and other than pho I would definitely recommend this place.

Special soft rice cakes are delicious as an appetizer! Duck salads, porridge, thin rice noodles are also unique!

Not sure if the price has gone up and they forgot to update the menu or I got ripped off because I can’t speak Vietnamese. I ordered the vermicelli soup with giblets and bamboo shoots (listed $7.5 on the menu) and a whole duck (listed $35 on the menu) to go and I was charged total of $48 which is 1.12x of $42.5?

Probably as good as getting it in this area for duck that is their speciality. The duck and the chicken were both very delicate, fresh and tasteful along with the piping hot broth. A generous part of noodles and protein were provided and their addictive ginger chili diving sauce. The service was meh, but the dishes are more than to worry about it. $15/bowl). Hot tea is not free, but it was pleasant and came with a few slices of ginger. Only cash. COVID protocols were good. Unisex rest room at the back. Many parking spaces on the property.