661318 Wed Oct 21 18:44:48 -0700 2009 5 57 Western Canada 0 5121353 While the food at Ninh Kieu seemed to have improved under the latest new management , today's lunch was so bad that we are going to have to think twice before going back. While I still hope it was just an off day, the signs are ominous. I am talking about their one of their "specialties", Bun Bo Hue, it was teasteless , it only had one kind of meat, slices of tough , stringy and gristly beef, red cabbage, etc. My wife's chicken with mung bean noodles was just colored salty water with what tasted like chicken pieces that had been boiled for hours intead of discarded as unedible. It was sad. We have eaten there on and off since its beginnings in 109 Street, but never had a meal this bad, as if the kitchen does not give a... Wed Oct 21 18:44:48 -0700 2009 19089 felix the hound 1 5121542 i quit going to ninh kieu when i saw the waitress clear a table, take the pot of tea that was on the table and dump it back into their big tea dispenser. that was it for me. Wed Oct 21 19:47:47 -0700 2009 5121353 204873 jim bachinski 2 5121955 Yum! Can't blame you for that one Jim. Thu Oct 22 00:36:13 -0700 2009 5121542 190434 raidar 3 5124320 oooo....that is horrible. They still have my favorite pho sate. I tried a couple of their specialty dishes and did not like them, too saucy. the Vietnamese regulars are the best to me (pho, noodle bowls) Thu Oct 22 20:29:53 -0700 2009 5121955 105701 cleopatra999 1 5129129 So where can one get good (?) vietnamese food besides Oriental Noodle House in Edmonton? Sun Oct 25 07:27:55 -0700 2009 5121353 293423 towkay 2 5129254 Don't worry towkay, I am sure they are working on fixing your search function right now. In the meantime, here is a thread about the best pho in Edmonton: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/523220 Sun Oct 25 08:56:17 -0700 2009 5129129 213246 itwillmakeaturd