Kafe Vietnam (Closed)

Can authentic be more authentic than this? And I thought I have tasted some of the truly authentic Vietnamese food in town. Boy, was I wrong. The food quality and authenticness was beyond my expectation. Kafe Vietnam, is the one that I would recommend to all my friends and family, should I'm asked to recommend good Vietnamese food. I frequented Bandar Puteri, due to the baking supply shop, BWY, and if anyone that knows BWY, supposedly its on your left, then Kafe Vietnam will be on the right. And frankly speaking, its not difficult to spot, as it occupies the corner shop lot. Entrance of Kafe VietnamOnce I stepped in, I felt at ease. I love the many enticing food shots on the top area of the drink making area, and upon entering, one will see the many Vietnamese product that is brought in by the owners, Justin and Dona. My gut feel says that Kafe Vietnam is here to stay,with the main reason being, Justin makes an excellent host with vast hotel background in the past. Having posted in Vietnam, he has strong understanding of the food and history of Vietnam, and it is where, he met his lovely wife, Dona. Dona is the start of the reason on why Kafe Vietnam existed, as she could hardly find a good authentic Vietnamese restaurant as she lived in Malaysia. Being able to convince her relative to come to Malaysia as the chef, they all have found the right formula for success. Male boss backed by good social skills and vast knowledge, while the lady boss supports on ensuring quality and recipe of the food. Thumbs up. A place that you will find yourself dining in, a lot, in future.. Range of Vietnamese product found in Kafe VietnamWe could have spent 10 minutes looking through the menu, all because, there were just so many choices, and everything really looks so delicious. But being just 2 females, sigh, how much can our stomach take. The easy decision has to be drink. Hehe. The Ice dripped coffee is highly recommended. The coffee was first dripped, and upon cool, ice is added in, so that the pure coffee taste is preserved as best they can. I love the aroma of the Vietnam coffee. The soursop strawberry smoothie was a thumbs up too. It carried more flavor of strawberries, and true to the name of the drink, it is indeed very smooth. Ice Dripped Coffee. Price-RM7.90 & Sour Sop Strawberry Smoothie. Price-RM12.90For food, we started with the best seller salad recommended by Justin. The jelly, prawn and pork salad. They surely place emphasize on presentation. The almost same sized crackers that formed as flower, surrounded the salad. This is the first time I tried jelly in food. The jelly is blanched in water, thus still maintain its slight 'jellyness' or rather crunchiness of the jelly. Together with the main items, pork and prawn, plus shreds of carrots, onion and parsley, they are all mixed together in their homemade sauce, made from Vietnamese fish sauce, lime juice, and sugar. A good way to 'open up' my appetite. Yay.Jelly, Prawn & Pork Salad. Price-RM13.90 Looks at the shreds of jelly.. Yumms.. For noodle, we tried the Bun Bo Hue. I liked how they separate the greens and bean sprout, to be added on, on our own. The greens as seen is actually kangkung stem. Interesting! The soup base is a broth of beef and pork bone, which explains the apparent sweetness, despite it carries some spiciness. The noodle was topped with pork knuckle, which is deboned, compressed and boiled, beef tenderloin, and homemade ham. Just by finding out these, my head came out with so many question marks, how could they managed this much of tedious work, and well, of course it then came the answer of, all for the sake of good tasting bowl of noodle. As for the good taste of the broth, thanks to the usage of lots of lemongrass and fresh lime juice.Slice Beef, Ham In Spicy Soup. Price-RM14.90A specialty of Kafe Vietnam is the Fermented beancurd duck in hot pot, however, its too bad we couldn't order this, due to the portion which I deemed is big. But not to be missed, is their Black Pepper Basa Fish. This was indeed my first encounter with Basa Fish. 'Apa itu', which literally means 'What is that' in Bahasa Malaysia. Rice with Black Pepper Basa Fish. Price-RM14.90This is a freshwater fish, which comes from the family of 'Pating' fish. This fish is actually sourced through suppliers that import them from Vietnam. For easy understanding, it was explained that Basa is the cod fish of Asia. Shape of fish, is more rounded. At first bite, it almost doesn't taste like fish.. Hehe... It is just so creamy, and carried a slight chewiness which means its just so fresh. The fish is slowly simmered, using fish sauce, black pepper and a little chilli. Goes extremely well, with plain rice. Upon tasting this, I know why some customers regularly come to Kafe Vietnam just for this. And you should find out for yourself too.Close up of the steamed Basa FishThe special rice fried with Vietnam spices tasted just right for our taste. We slowly savor the fried chicken, as it is marinated for a min of 6 hours with 8 spices. I was trying to taste and differentiate the spices, which of course I couldn't.. @__@The chicken is oil seared which gave it such a nice color and crunchiness to the skin. Again, note the presentation. Lovely. Done with much love and passion. Special Fried Rice with Oil Seared Chicken. Price-RM13.90Not sure what is with me, but when I visit a Vietnam restaurant, my taste bud is somehow inclined to Vietnamese fresh spring rolls. We ordered the deep fried Gurame. And wow, was I impressed by the presentation. The fillet of fish, and the deboned fish was fried to perfection. Its not a norm for me to see fish, for spring rolls, and what makes the roll special is to have basil, starfruit and young banana within. The combination will just give you tingling of 'la-la-la' which denotes happy tongue and taste bud. Deep Fried Gurame W&R in Rice Paper. Price-RM21.90I can't resist but to invite Justin and Dona for a photograph together, and which definitely deserved some thumbs up. The very friendly owners, Justin and Dona, with myselfThe complimentary watermelon was cut in such a cute manner, that forms a holder at the skin part. Dip with the special powder, and you'd like your fruits even more. The powder is available for sale at Kafe Vietnam. One slice was missing. Hehe.. I thought it was the end of my meal, when I was again enticed by the Vietnamese coffee, and this time, the hot version. I just love to enjoy the moment, as I wait for each drip of the coffee to happen. Kafe Vietnam served their House Blend which its bean are made of 45% Highland from Dalat Mountain, 45% Low Land from Border of Cambodia and Vietnam, and 10% of Civet Cat from Dalat, which the latter is best known as Kopi Luwak. I simply loved the taste and thickness of Vietnam coffee, and truly, it is authentic tasting, that is only made possible by the combination of good beans. Vietnam coffee in the making Kafe Vietnam also sells a Deluxe Grade coffee that made up of the same as above, but combination of 35%, 35% and 30%. Expansion plan has commenced where they currently have an outlet in Times Square, while they are still looking out for the ideal location for the next one. I trust that I will see more of Kafe Vietnam outlets in the near future. Keep up the good work!Because the food was so good, I had to include the below photo.. LOL.. Come eat, here at Kafe VietnamKafe Vietnam 1 Jalan Puteri 4/1, Bandar Puteri, 47100 Puchong, SelangorTel : 012-301 5928Business Hours : 930am - 930pm Closed on : every forthnight, 1st & 3rd week's Wed & ThuFB link, here continue reading