My Canh

My Canh is a small Vietnamese restaurant that is located on the edge of Chinatown near North Beach/Russian Hill. It is one of three restaurants on the same block that are open till 2 am (the other two being Sam's and Panuchos). I tried it out a couple of days ago when wanting something late at night. It is a pretty run-down place that definitely needs a good scrubbing but I guess most places in Chinatown would fall under this category. I decided to get the Chicken with lemongrass over rice ($7.95) to-go. Ordering was straight forward without issues and after ordering I waited for about 10 minutes at one of the tables while the cook rustled up my dish and I was on my way. I got a small size container with a lot of rice and a small amount of chicken fried with lemongrass and I mean a tiny amount. It obviously lacked the intense taste of lemongrass but I could pick up some lemongrass taste if I concentrated hard. The rice also could have been much better, it was at best passable. Overall pretty average. Price wise it was pretty cheap with cost being under $10 for a fresh cooked meal. Obviously, it was cash only. The quantity of protein in this dish was enough for a late-night snack but it would be too little for a regular meal. I have to give them props for being open late and being cheap but that is balanced out by the dirty run-down nature of the place and the small serving size, so I'm going to have to go with an A-OK grade at-best.