Vietnamese food is fresh, fantastic and flavorful. It's especially a great choice when you're heading out to eat with a group of varied dietary preferences and looking for reasonable prices. While Eden Center has a great assortment of Vietnamese establishments, sometimes I'd like to enjoy my Goi Cuon (fresh garden rolls) and Banh Xeo (crispy crepe) in a nicely decorated restaurant with cloth napkins. For those times, I prefer going to Present Restaurant and Four Sisters. Since Present is closer, I've been there more often, and I like the whimsical names of dishes on the menu. http://www.foursistersrestaurant.com/menu.html http://www.presentcuisine.com/
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Present Restaurant
Green Paradise Spring Roll - Prawn, mint, lettuce, rice noodle and scallions wrapped in a fresh rice wrapper.
Mosaic Pathway - jumbo lump crab meat and cellophane noodle sauteed with fresh vegetables (bamboo shoots, celery, carrot, mushroom, onion, chives and bean sprouts)
Gift from the Sea Resting on a Fresh Haystack - Shrimp, squid and lump crab meat with sauteed vegetables on fresh egg noodles.*
I've also tried the Seaside Asparagus (asparagus and crabmeat soup), the Rich Folks Crepe (Saigon style crepe with pork, shrimp, bean sprouts and green onion), Silken Shawl Imperial Autumn Roll (deep-fried rice thread wrapper filled with marinated minced prawn and minced pork) and the Hard-Working Piglet (carmelized pork ribs cooked in a claypot). The Autumn Roll and the Rich Folks Crepe were very good.
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Four Sisters Restaurant
Shrimp Toast - Banh Mi Chien Tom
Garden Roll with shrimp and pork and a peanut dipping sauce - Goi Cuon
Lemongrass Chicken Bun - Bun ga Nuong Xa
Carmelized fish in clay pot - Ca Kho To
Carmelized Short Ribs with onion - Suon Non Ram Man
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