Emperor Restaurant

sonickboom41
sonickboom41
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Emperor Restaurant

  • September 16, 2006
  • Rated 5 of 5 by Eric from Aiea from San Jose, California
The staff at the Sunway Hotel tipped me off that I should walk over to the Emperor Restaurant and try the Hue style food there. They also recommended it because there is live traditional Vietnamese music played there each night.

I arrived late in the evening, around 8:30pm, and was given a table in the villa courtyard near the girls playing the traditional music. The two open floors of the restaurant gaze down upon the villa courtyard—and it is just one fantastic place! The music and the layout of the restaurant as a whole got two thumbs up for an incredible experience.

But neither the layout nor the music could hold a candle to the food at the Emperor Restaurant-which served some of the best Vietnamese food I have ever had anywhere. I highly recommend the Hue style spring rolls, which are brought out attached by toothpicks to a small hollowed pineapple with a candle in it. They alone are worth a trip back to the Emperor on my next trip to Hanoi! I also had the chicken and corn soup—which was excellent.

My main course was something had not seen before, chicken in lime sauce. Lime leaves are often used in Viet cooking, and they had a great flavor to any poultry dish. But it was a mystery to me what lime sauce might be. When the dish arrived - I found the sauce to be sweet and tangy and very much different than a lemon style sauce. It was not just good - it was excellent! This is a dish that you definitely want to try!!!!

If it is Hue style cooking that you want to try - the Emperor Restaurant should be where you go in Hanoi.

From journal Exploring Hanoi in August

Emperor

  • April 25, 2005
  • Rated 5 of 5 by sonickboom41 from New York, New York
Both Cha Ca La Vong and Emperor are great dining experiences. Cha Ca has a decor that you wouldn't expect to be a restaurant-in a bad way. Emperor, located within walking distance from the Hanoi Opera House, has an extraordinary decor, clashing Hanoi's French and Chinese pasts. The front is a two-story French colonial building. Up a winding outdoor staircase that sweeps over the courtyard is a room that looks like a Confucian meeting house. Don't go just for the looks. The food options are incredible AND cheap. I had a crabmeat and corn soup to start and a plate of beef with lemongrass as a main course. It cost $9. My father had a prix-fixe menu with two appetizers and three mains and dessert for $18. It is one of the best meals I had in Hanoi. I urge you to go there.

From journal Hanoi--Paris via Asia

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