Dalat has been serving up Vietnamese food for a long time in this quiet store front location on Park Ave in Worcester. The restaurant is quiet plain on the inside offering about dozen tables for dining. Dalat offers about 100 different dinner options from very safe to very unusual. After perusing the menu I opted for a rather conservative choice of Bo Xao Bap Non or Beef with sautéed baby corn, onion, red and green peppers.
My meal was a well prepared dish of sliced beef and mixed vegetables in a simple and fresh tasting brown sauce. The meat was cooked perfectly and the vegetables still had a crisp fresh taste to them. The meal was served with white rice and was a moderate size portion. While I have no objections to my meal, its quality or value I found it rather forgettable. The meal seemed to need a little spice, seasoning, or sizzle.
Dalat was a good value, offered clean fresh tasting food, and an extensive menu full of choices, yet I left felling that it was missing something. In my opinion it seemed to lack some personality or sizzle for both the food and the venue. Overall, Dalat is a restaurant that I would have no problem going back to but it would not pop into my mind as a place that is a “must go back to.”
