Vietnamese and Japanese fusion. Hmmm .. .an interesting concept. I can’t quite remember how the restaurant caught my eye, oh that’s right it was on offer on top table to have 50% off their a la carte food. The restaurant is one of those modern funky interior design restaurants which you hope don’t look better than the food tastes. Just a note that lights are very practical and hang very low over your table … anyway, thanks to the lighting all the photos look much pinker than in reality (though not by much!)

Due to the 50% off I think Sandra and I got slightly carried away with our ordering. For starters we ordered Yuzu Squid (Spicy crispy squid served with yuzu sauce), Chicken yaki tori, and Prawn Tempura. Starters were good without being too memorable.

We also had a Dynamite Roll (sushi roll with Soft shell crab, cucumber, spicy pickled cabbage.) The roll didn’t seem as fresh as it could have been and lacked any real conviction.

We were starting to get real full by this stage but we still had our main courses to go! Char-Grilled duck (Duck breast with in a mysterious creamy sauce) and Grilled Teriyaki Beef. Both were reasonably tasty but served a little on the lukewarm side.

Service was fairly friendly with the manager being particular on the ball. I suspect that it was because they were trying to encourage repeat customers …

On the balance NuocMam was an okay venue. I wouldn’t say anything really came out and grabbed me but I like that they’re trying to offer something a little different. Even though we were very very full from our greedy ordering portions weren’t all that huge so it could be a touch on the expensive side – even with our discount and drinks of tap water, our meal still came to over £50.