Benley: A Vietnamese Kitchen Restaurant Review:
This minimalist Vietnamese café tucked in the corner of an unassuming Long Beach strip mall succeeds due to the skills of its talented kitchen. Appetizers include fried and salted cuttlefish, as well as lemongrass-charred pork spring rolls. The authentic pho is a good way to sample one of the restaurant's four varieties of beef noodle soup, while the braised short rib separates from the bone...
Banh vivants savor the "fresh", "exquisite" Vietnamese dishes – "perpetually well prepared and flavorful" – at this low-cost Long Beach "phenomenon" "tucked in an unassuming strip mall"; while the "intimate" digs aren't the "Ritz-Carlton", it's "charming" enough with a "wonderful, efficient" staff.
Vietnamese eatery offers hip atmosphere and fresh spin on traditional Southeast-Asian favorites in offbeat strip-center location.:
In Short
Located in an offbeat section of Long Beach, this charming Vietnamese café lies behind the facade of an enormous strip center. Floor-to-ceiling aluminum windows and a single...