Shipman's favorite Albuquerque Vietnamese restaurants

I don't eat Vietnamese all that often, but I like it when I do.

• May Cafe***, just west of Louisiana a block south of Central. Huge menu, nice food.
• Que Huong**, 7010 Central SE, just west of Louisiana. I may upgrade the rating after I try more dishes, but I got some rather weird stuff the first time that I didn't like. The Sour Shrimp Soup had a lot of great shrimp in it but it was just too sour to eat as a main dish. And the meat in the 'Vietnamese ham' sandwich had the texture of a credit card---thin and tough. However, Martha Rimmel, a very tough critic of restaurants, says it's her favorite place; she recommends the salt-baked prawns.

I haven't tried any of the rest of these, but they all have their fans. They're listed alphabetically. Please let me know if you have any experience with them.

• Little Saigon, 5615 Central.
• Huong Thao, 1016 Juan Tabo Blvd NE.
• May Hong, 9800 Montgomery NE, in Paradise Square.
• Saigon, 6001 San Mateo. A favorite of several of my friends. Next to "I Heart Sushi".

Last updated: 2005/08/03 00:06:09
URL: http://www.nmt.edu/~shipman/food/abq-viet.html