Normally I would not go eat a cuisine foreign to the city I visit and where it is already excellent in the city I live in (i.e. LA), but after traveling for two weeks in Europe, my kids were eager for some Asian comfort food. We found Au Coin Des Gourmets (aka Indochine) convenient for our walk back from the Eiffel Tower to our hotel in the Vendome area of Paris.
I will qualify my review with the above, we come from a city with very good Vietnamese food. If this were in LA, I would say it was overpriced and average. I have not had Vietnamese/SE Chinese food at other Paris restaurants so I can only compare to my experience with other Asian cuisine I have had in the city on other occasions (i.e. Ramen) which have not been great. Compared to those experiences, this was above average.
I'll start with the pho. The regular bowl size is smaller than a small pho in LA. They also use Pho noodles that are round rather than flat which is what I am used to in LA. All in all though, was good. Pho was 9 Euro and if you normally eat a regular size bowl of pho in CA, I would recommend getting an appetizer in addition. We also got sticky rice and won ton soup which were also both average.
All in all, I would say this is okay if you need a fix of Asian cuisine but it's not cheap. We left with our appetite for comfort food satisfied. We spent about 120 Euro for four adults and two elementary school aged kids. read more