越南順化宮廷料理
IMHO, don't. If you insist, then Y Thao is the place to go. Do NOT go to Tinh Gia Vien.
These restaurants are tourist traps. In addition to being over priced, almost no locals would visit these places. Tinh Gia Vien even quotes their prices in US dollars. Y Thao has relatively good value. That explains why I saw many tour buses dumping loads of toursts there.
Folks at Binh Duong I Hotel advised me not to try this style of dining. I should have listened. They recommended Y Thao after I insisted, because of the darn guide book.
個人淺見：別當暴發戶。如果您堅持要嘗試的話，推薦Y Thao，千萬別去Tinh Gia Vien。Y Thao相對來說投資報酬率較好。所以很多遊覽車送整團的遊客來這裡吃飯。
Binh Duong I旅館的美眉勸我不要浪費錢，可是我因為那本爛旅遊指南，堅持要試。所以她就推薦了Y Thao。
This is when I got really pissed by this crappy guide book. It recommended attempting imperial dining when in Hue. Even worse, it recommended Tinh Gia Vien, the worst restaurant in value I have ever been in during my entire visit to Vietnam.
這是壓垮駱駝的最後一根稻草。Tinh Gia Vien是我在越南吃過投資報酬率最差的餐廳。對這本指南徹底喪失信心。
Environment/環境：
Tinh Gia Vien:
Address: 7/28 Le Thanh Ton
It was quiet as I was the only customer that evening.
很安靜，因為當晚只有我一位客人。
Y Thao:
Address: 3 Thach Han
Some white trash allowed their brats to roam wild in the garden making a lot of noise.
兩個沒家教的死囡仔在花園裡吵鬧。
Y Thao wins on hardware, Tinh Gia Vien on software due to lack of business.
Y Thao的硬體較優。Tinh Gia Vien因沒生意所以清靜。
Tinh Gia Vien: Menu/菜單
Dance of the Phoenix/鳳舞:
Tinh Gia Vien:
Y Thao:
Tinh Gia Vien wins by slightly better taste and guantity. The making of this dish is not as difficult as it appears. You first roll up layers of materials into a stick, then slice. The main ingredient is Vietnamese ham, available almost every where.
Tinh Gia Vien以質、量勝出。這道菜其實沒那麼唬人。做法跟紫菜飯捲類似：先捲成一根棍子，然後再切片就很容易了。主料是到處都買得到的越南火腿。
Pineapple Lantern of Assorted Appetizers/鳳梨燈籠開胃菜:
Tinh Gia Vien:
Y Thao:
Y Thao wins by presentation, quality and quantity.
Y Thao以質、量、呈現勝出。
Surprise Soup of Hue:
Tinh Gia Vien:
Y Thao:
Neither leaves a lasting impression on me. Let's cconsider this round a draw.
沒印象。算平手。
Tinh Gia Vien: Vietnamese Spring Roll in the Form of Peacock/孔雀春捲:
Y Thao: Banh Khoai
Y Thao wins.
Appetizers from Tinh Gia Vien do not differenciate much from the spring roll. Banh Khoai has more local colour of Hue. Y Thao also wins in workmanship for this dish. However, Hanh is the place to go for Banh Khoai.
Y Thao 勝出。
Tinh Gia Vien的開胃菜與春捲出現重複性，而Y Thao的Banh Khoai比較有順化的地方特色。而且這兩道菜比起來，Y Thao的手藝較好。但是真想吃Banh Khoai的話，還是跑一趟Hanh吧！
Tinh Gia Vien: One shrimp
AFTER the "dessert" was served, I questioned the hostess why there was no fish? Then she informed me she "replaced" the fish with shrimp for me.
在上了「甜點」之後，我問怎麼沒看到魚。侍者說，她用蝦代替了魚。
Y Thao: Two shrimps
I would choose two shrimps over the service.
我寧願自己剝蝦殼也要兩隻蝦。
Tinh Gia Vien: Sweet and Sour Papaya in the Form of Dragon/龍形酸甜木瓜
Y Thao: oops. I forgot what this was./我忘了這是蝦米碗糕。
Grilled Beef/烤牛肉
But who cares. This papaya thingie is available at Hanh at peanuts!
啊又怎樣？反正要吃酸甜木瓜，Hanh的好吃又便宜。
Tinh Gia Vien has one dish less than Y Thao.
Tinh Gia Vien比Y Thao少一道菜。
Tinh Gia Vien: Caontonese Rice in the Form of Tortoise
You must be freaking kidding me. Is this Vietnamese imperial dining or Chinese street vendor? Is Vietnamese still kissing Chinese rear end? Even from Cantonese rice point of view, this dish fails the oldest trick in the book: Use over night rice, for it is dryer. So the fried rice does not become soggy. If you crave for fried rice while in Hue, Chau Loan is the place to go.
開啥子玩笑？這到底是越南宮廷料理還是中國路邊攤？難道越南還在P中國的LP嗎？就算從炒飯的觀點來說，這道炒飯也超級失敗。看過周星馳的食神吧？沒用隔夜飯炒！又溼又軟，一塌糊塗！就算您在順化想吃炒飯，也請上Chau Loan，甭來這兒挨宰吧！
Y Thao: Lotus Rice/蓮子飯
Y Thao wins hands down. Lotus rice is one of the speicialties of imperial dining. The rice is loaded with flavour. This delicate dish deserve proper appliciation.
Y Thao大勝。蓮子飯是宮廷料理的特色之一。值得細細品味，千萬別狼吞虎嚥。
Dessert/甜點:
Tinh Gia Vien: I fail to grasp their sense of humor./哈！ 哈！ 哈！ 不好笑。
I wonder if Tinh Gia Vien tired at all. The banana is still green. Nina Cafe's free fruit is better than this./拜託～這叫甜點哦？綠的香蕉也敢拿出來下兮下正！Nina Cafe的免費水果都比這裡強！
Y Thao: In addition to a well presented orange, the "flowers" are actually edible green bean pastries./除了弄得還不錯看的橘子外，那兩朵「花」其實是可以吃的綠豆糕。
Damage/帳單:
Tinh Gia Vien: US$20/VND360,000, for prix fix only.
Y Thao:
Prix Fix: VND 215,000
Lemond Juice: VND 15,000
Coffee: VND 10,000
Service/服務：
Tinh Gia Vien:
Snobish and neglect. This is not acceptable consider I was the only customer that evening. The hostess did not inform me the replacement of fish with shrimp in advance. At the end of the meal, she neither informed me it was the end nor bringing me the bill. She just let me hanging there dry. I thought she was bringing me the real dessert. After I had waited long enough, I had to cry out loud several time to get her attention. I regreted that I did not dash.
臭屁且忽略人客。當晚只有我一個客人，這種服務態度簡直不能接受。沒有事先通知換菜。上完最後一道菜後，既沒有給我帳單，也沒告訴我上完菜了，就自己跑去休息。我還在癡癡地等甜點咧！等很久以後，我還得大聲嚷幾回才有人鳥我。我很後悔沒有落跑。
Y Thao:
There were enough warm affection from the wait staffs to leak through the veil of "imperial" snobishness.
在深宮的冷漠中，仍然感覺得到服務人員的熱情。
Conclusion: In Vietnam, street food rules!
結論：在越南，路邊攤最好！
Additional Reference/延伸閱讀：Temple
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