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Los Angeles is the best city to experience great Vietnamese cuisine. This past weekend we were in L.A. and couldn’t leave without stopping by our favorite Vietnamese restaurant Bordard’s. We’ve only been to the Westminster location (the one behind the 99 cent store). The food is awesome but the service sort of sucks and you feel like you’re eating in a cafeteria. On this trip, we accidently stumbled upon their newest location in Garden Grove. Turns out that this is their more upscale restaurant. The restaurant had a nice warm ambiance with modern touches. The first thing that struck us as odd was their incredible service! Not only was our waiter helpful and attentive, the entire staff was amazing. I have to admit that we were a little concerned that the food wasn’t going to be as good as their Westminster location but to our relief, it was! I’m not sure if the prices are more expensive here but we are willing to pay extra for the ambiance and the service.


Nem Noung Coun – Roasted Pork Spring Rolls
Droool. These are the best spring rolls ever with the best dipping sauce ever. Rice paper filled with nem noung which is Vietnamese grilled sweet pork patty, mint, lettuce, carrots, cucumber and a fried roll of egg roll wrapper for a nice crunch. And the sauce is incredible, I’ve never experienced sauce like this, it’s so good you can drink it. It’s a complex eggy gravy sauce with so many layers of flavors. It’s a little fishy, garlicky, spicy and sweet. I think there’s even bits of meat in there.

Bun Ca – Fish Noodle Soup
You don’t see this dish often on Vietnamese menus so any time it’s offered, I order it. However, not every place that makes this dish make it well. Brodard’s makes the tastiest fish noodle soup.

Vit Xao Mang – Fresh Duck Noodle Soup
Brodard Chateau
9100 Trask Avenue
Garden Grove, California 92844
Telephone 714.899.8273