Binh Minh Quan
338 12th St
Oakland, CA 94607
(510) 893-8136
Category: Vietnamese
Neighborhood: Oakland Chinatown
3 star rating
Have been here twice now, first on a date and then with a group of friends.
Food is definitely solid performance.
broiled green mussels and the beef salad are fast becoming favorites.
Ordered the 7 courses of beef which is a lot of meat and very delicious. The first 3 courses come raw- tartare, and some you have to cook it either in hot vinegar or over a littlle hibatchi grill, so it can get a little splattery when you lash on the slabs of butter. next 3 were little dolma style minced meat in lot leaves, char broiled sausage wrapped in caulfat, and a burger with aromatic herbs and mushrooms. I was so full I couldn't eat the thick and creamy beef rice soup (delicious re-heated the next day).
The crispy oven roasted catfish comes with green onions, lettuce leaves, mint, basil and other herbs, cucumbers, pickled carrots bean sprouts. They even give you a little dish of hot water to dunk your rice paper to make spring rolls. The anchovy fish sauce is a sublime accent.
Other good choices are the clay pot, and the cubed beef steak.