As spartanly attractive as an art gallery — with an interesting collection of Asian art — this Vietnamese restaurant has all the right assets for its predominantly youth-conscious neighborhood: great visual flair, an interesting and reasonably priced menu, and highly attractive (if inattentive) servers. Fans of spicier Thai and Chinese fare might be surprised that traditional Vietnamese cuisine here tends to be a bit bland. But Sung Son serves some delicious dishes, from the delectably crispy fried-shrimp-and-sweet-potato-stick combination known as banh tom chien to lau do bien, a hot pot loaded with meats and vegetables in a gingery broth. — Charles Ferruzza
Price: $-$$
Payment Type: All Major Credit Cards, cash
Parking: Street
Reservations: Accepted
Attire: casual
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I had heard about this place. But when I heard that the place had a new opened a new buffet and noddle bar for lumch, I had to go and check it out. I had heard that the Vietnamese food was bland. It was especially at recent place I tried in Kansas City but to my delight, not at this place. I had tried Vietnamese food in other parts of the country and I knew Vietnamese food was better then this bland restuarant before. But here at this new buffet and noodle bar, you can see immediately the character and what Vietnamese food really tastes like.
When I entered, I chose 1 of 11 different noodle type soups, made to order by one of the cooks ( noodles with either tofu, beef and others). While that was being prepared fresh, I sampled the buffet area.
The dishes were not really spicy but well seasoned. The best was the slightly spicy sweet tomato tofu. The spicy yellow curry chicken was excellent and was thick and spicy sweet not spicy hot and was very good. The beef stew in a nice brown broth and vegetables was excellent too and had a lot of flavor. The non fried spring rolls had a lot of vegetables and was very good in the hot sour sauce or the peanut like sauce. The crab rangoon was okay and the Goi Ga chicken salad was bland. The chinese General t'sao was surprisingly good , not too sweet, moist and not burnt to a crisp. Hunan chicken and the Moo Go Gai Pan chicken were better then I had expected. One of the premier ones I heard of the tempura like sweet potatoes were mushy and not very good.But it was the noodle soup I wanted to find out about. I ordered the meatball version s I heard about it. It came with vermicelli, vegetables and jalapeno strips in a clear tasty broth. The beef ball was actually cut into little strips. It was little chewy and did not have much flavor. The owner and staff were very cordial. I definitely will come back with my wife and my son is interested too.
Rating Detail:
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Value: 5
Overall: 5
The Pho was delicious as well as the Bun. I was thoroughly satisfied by my trip here. The Pho was so comforting to eat even on hot night. I can only imagine how good it will be during the winter
Rating Detail:
Food: 5
Service: 3
Atmosphere: 4
Value: 5
Overall: 4
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