Mimi Nguyen Vietnamese Restaurant at Puchong: Restaurant review

Vietnamese pop songs that sound like a blast from the 1980s flood the air at Puchong’s Mimi Nguyen Cafe, setting the mood for a sweeping feast of Hanoi street fare.

Duck embryo

Start with hot vit lon – the duck embryo is served in two styles here, boiled (RM4.50) or fried with a savoury tamarind sauce (RM10.80 for two eggs).

Favourite orders

Our favourite orders at Mimi Nguyen include the fried quail (RM9.80; juicy and flavoursome), pho (RM11.80; one of the Klang Valley’s more satisfying renditions, relatively speaking), braised pork and eggs simmered in coconut juice (RM8.80; beautifully luscious), melon soup stuffed with minced pork (RM8.80; comfort food) and long melon soup with shrimp (RM8.80; soul food). The only caveat is that the kitchen can seem too liberal in its penchant for sodium.

Other offerings

The caramelised snakehead fish in claypot (RM10.80) and deep-fried catfish with rice (RM12.80) are both notable for their tender flesh, though neither is the top temptation here.