Vien Huong Restaurant, Oakland, California, Asian Restaurant Details

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This is a good place as who want the noise and lousy from others. Sharing table w/O asking customer is normal in this restaurant. I don't fit with this life style. But the food taste good. ..um

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Food at this joint uses MSG heavily because my wife's (Future Pharmacist) body is designed to detect this kind of thing. Her brain given out alerts when there's MSG used in food. My body doesn't do well in that area so I don't know unless she tells me so. The thing about MSG is that it gives food a good taste. This thing kills your brain cell! Avoid at all cost. Maybe once in a while it's fine I guess.

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Admittedly this is where I first had chow ho fun, so I am somewhat biased, and Vien Huong has been my benchmark ever since. That being said, I have lived in SE Asia for over 9 years and never found anything quite as good as this place. Keeps me coming back to the states!

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We have these where you want to go to lunch conversations at work all the time. The conversation gets old because we always go to the same place. Well, not today! My friend loves this place, but unless you get there early for lunch, there's going to be a wait for a table. He said our other co-workers won't go here because it's too crowded and they don't like waiting. This place is super loud as people chatter between bites of noodle soup. This is what everyone comes here for. #21 on the menu, the many different kinds of mix meats. I love the flat egg noodles, they cook them just right, chewy without being overcooked. Also there house chili oil is fantastic, not to spicy (my heat register is pretty high so sample a small bit to decide for yourself).

This is the comfort food I grew up with, maybe this is why I rather have noodles than rice. I'll be coming back more often with winter coming soon.

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Excellent place for noodles!! Everything we tried was good (wontons, noodles, rice, seafood). Can I just recommend everything? Oh, even their coke/pepsi was great.