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Vietnamese kitchens across Greater Boston, from Viet-Cajun cooking in Quincy to pho in Dorchester and Chinatown and banh mi in Savin Hill.
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Lê Madeline · Quincy
Le Madeline brings Vietnamese cooking and Houston influences together in a sunny North Quincy room. The Viet-Cajun crawfish noodles come with garlic butter and salmon roe; the crisp-edged bánh khọt are coconut pancakes topped with shrimp and served with lettuce, cucumber and nước chấm.
Saigon Babylon · Central Square
This Cambridge restaurant from the team behind The Eaves fills a fifth-floor room and roof deck near Central Square. Order the lemongrass beef, lightly seared wagyu with passion fruit sauce and a rice cracker, or xôi chim with ground squab and shiitake mushrooms over turmeric sticky rice.
Pho Le Restaurant · Fields Corner
Pho Le is a casual Fields Corner stop for soup. Its house-special phở combines several cuts of beef, including brisket, tendon and tripe, in a savory bone broth. Roasted quail and tapioca dumplings filled with caramelized shrimp make a meal beyond the bowl.
Phở Pasteur · Chinatown
A Chinatown mainstay since 1991, Phở Pasteur serves Vietnamese food near the theater district. The hot-and-sour canh chua cá bông lau brings pineapple and tomatoes to a soup with a choice of catfish or salmon.
Bánh Mì Ba Lẹ & Bakery · Fields Corner
At this Savin Hill Vietnamese grocery, the back counter makes bánh mì for lunch and offers plates of beef wrapped in betel leaves. It is a place to stop for a sandwich while shopping, with the counter itself at the center of the visit.