Chateau de Saigon

WTF is this? I look around and it's all roundeyes up in this piece...

1) - It's a friday night, WTF are they doing in Cham-bodia? Don't they know it's dark out?
B) - Shouldn't they be at Nan, Harry & Sons or some other 'safe' places in midtown?
Third) - Damn you Cliffy for writing up this joint up in the Loaf!!! (Brandishing my fists)

All the guys and gaos serving were running around like chickens with their heads cut off... looking confucius'ed and disoriental'ed. Ok, given that some of them were FOB's... but I think the whities gave them a run for their money. As with most Asian joints, if you have a relatively large group of peeps, you make like incest and do it family style. But like most interlopers, the menu was all Japanese to them. And that's what threw off the servers' momentum because they took too much time asking too many questions about the dishes.

We on the other hand made it easy for them and they still messed up a bit. No worries, it was to our advantage. The food was pretty darn tasty and the menu covered a lot of 'accurate' Vietnamese dishes. They were totally cool about BYOB, so I got on the horn and got Dio to pick up a fix for us. Hell, I needed it with the smell of fresh GAP and Polo wear in the air.

Spring Rolls- The premade ones and roll your own at the table were all tasty.

Shaken Beef- Super tender cubes of boeuf in a very light sweet glaze.

Sizzling Fish - Even though it wasn't sizzling or cooked table side, the handful of fresh dill really made it flavorful and aromatic.

Vietnamese Papaya Salad - I can't believe I enjoyed this ruffage... it was tasty filler.

Eggplant Claypot - Filled to the rim with moulinyan... just delish.

Pork Claypot - Filled 1/4 way to the rim with sweet, tender and charred piglet... 4 bites and gone in a flash. Don't be so chincy next time, stop swining.

Flat Rice Noodle Combo - yip, it had everything in it except dog meat and durian... yum.

Betal Wrap Rolls - no, it ain't grape leaves but they're so tasty you'll feel their wrath.

This place is a great replacement for the previous Viet resto and a lot prettier too! And I'm not just talking about the cute FOB servers. I just hope they don't dumb it down in the future with all the John and Jane Doe's that are filling up this joint like the Ark. I don't really care as long as they prepare my vittles in the Vietnamese vernacular.

DANH! ....Burp!

4300 Buford Highway
Ste 218
Chamblee, GA 30345

(404) 929-0034