Kasuga Cafe

Mentei is located at 66 Hereford St in Boston and has been in the business of Retail - Cafe since 1997.

On a Back Bay shopping break, stop by this Vietnamese hole-in-the-wall for the truest of tonics---noodle soup. Choose your noodle---we like egg best---and in a matter of minutes, you'll be seated in front of a huge, steaming bowl (even the small version is large). Add in the accompanying basil, mint, bean sprouts and a few wedges of lime and slurp your wardrobe woes away.

Men Tei (which literally means noodle shop) offers the Back Bay crowd an inexpensive alternative right off of Newbury Street . Try the fried-chicken ramenthis huge bowl of noodles with ample chicken will leave you plenty to take home. The starters are worth trying as well. The seaweed salad and shumai (dumplings with a shrimp filling) are popular. The atmosphere here is that of a diner with...