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CÔNG TỬ BỘT
Vietnamese
The burnt banana coconut tapioca pudding is a little ugly and completely beside the point, which is almost the whole story of this Vietnamese restaurant on Washington Ave. The menu runs bright and chili-forward, with shrimp cakes wrapped in butter lettuce and twice-cooked eggplant that quietly steals the table. A James Beard nominee for Best Chef: Northeast and a New York Times Restaurant List pick, it draws the kind of crowd that orders everything.
The awards strongest first
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Nominee · Best Chef: Northeast · Vien Dobui
- The New York Times The Restaurant List
- Condé Nast Traveler 15 Best Restaurants in Portland, Maine
- Eater The 15 Best Restaurants in Portland, Maine
- Portland Press Herald Best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland
One number, weighted & current 82
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Mouthwatering mushrooms
““Mouthwatering mushrooms,” to be exact.”
Condé Nast Traveler -
Shrimp cakes
“Fresh purple basil pervades plates, like the shrimp cakes—sweetly fried with carrot, then wrapped in butter lettuce—and servings of velvety twice-cooked eggplant with peanuts, scallion oil, and nước mắm chấm.”
Condé Nast Traveler -
Burnt banana coconut tapioca pudding
“And don’t bypass the burnt banana coconut tapioca pudding.”
Condé Nast Traveler -
Chao so
“uses traditional techniques to create dishes like chao so, a littleneck clam congee featuring savory pork sausage and pickled shiitake mushrooms.”
Eater
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