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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 9676899" data-attributes="member: 19675">In the culinary bad news/good news department: our neighborhood Vietnamese restaurant changed hands recently.&nbsp; Complete turnover in staff as one family bought out the founding family.&nbsp; Everything will be changing.&nbsp; They’re revamping the menu, using their own recipes, and closing the place down at the end of the month in order to do a renovation.We found out today because events conspired to keep me from cooking, and Mom suggested Vietnamese takeout.Fortunately, the new family seems to be as nice and engaging as the previous one.&nbsp; And talk their predecessors, they have a skilled Mom-Chef in the kitchen.&nbsp; Because I was clearly an established customer of the previous owners, she let me try something they’re adding to the menu- Vietnamese coffee, brewed strong, with sweetened condensed milk to blunt the edge, and served over ice.&nbsp; It tasted like a better dark chocolate, slightly bitter at first, with a sweet creamy finish.&nbsp; (I did NOT need to know.)As mentioned, her recipes differ from what their predecessors used.&nbsp; But the technical skills and flavors ar on a par.&nbsp; Different, but still tasty.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 9676899, member: 19675"] In the culinary bad news/good news department: our neighborhood Vietnamese restaurant changed hands recently. Complete turnover in staff as one family bought out the founding family. [I]Everything[/I] will be changing. They’re revamping the menu, using their own recipes, and closing the place down at the end of the month in order to do a renovation. We found out today because events conspired to keep me from cooking, and Mom suggested Vietnamese takeout. Fortunately, the new family seems to be as nice and engaging as the previous one. And talk their predecessors, they have a skilled Mom-Chef in the kitchen. Because I was clearly an established customer of the previous owners, she let me try something they’re adding to the menu- Vietnamese coffee, brewed strong, with sweetened condensed milk to blunt the edge, and served over ice. It tasted like a better dark chocolate, slightly bitter at first, with a sweet creamy finish. (I did NOT need to know.) As mentioned, her recipes differ from what their predecessors used. But the technical skills and flavors ar on a par. Different, but still tasty. [/QUOTE]

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