Water Cress Vietnamese Bistro Service List

Main Menu

• Main

  • Ginger Chicken

    Braised chicken in caramel-ginger

  • BBQ Chicken

    Grilled marinated chicken with sweet chili sauce

  • Yellow Curry

    Coconut yellow curry with baby carrot, fingerling potato, pearl onions, scallions and cilantro (choice: Chicken, Beef or Tofu)

  • Panang Curry

    Coconut red curry with peanut sauce and bell peppers (Choice: Chicken, Beef or Tofu)

  • Pan-Seared Stuffed Tomato

    Pan-fried tomato or bell pepper filled with assorted mushrooms and tofu. Braised in tomato-maggi sauce

  • Chili Lemongrass

    Braised chicken, beef or tofu in caramel-chili lemongrass, atop toasted peanuts

  • Vermicelli Noodle

    Vermicelli noodles, scallions oil, peanuts, on a bed of lettuce, cucumbers, bean sprouts, mint herbs, and nuoc cham. (Choice: Chicken, Beef or Tofu)

  • Wok-Fried Noodle

    Wok-fried egg noodle or flat rice noodle with vegetables and mushrooms. (Choice: Chicken, Beef or Tofu)

  • Pad Thai

    Stir-fried rice noodles with egg, scallions, ground peanuts and bean sprouts. (Choice: Chicken, Beef or Tofu)

  • Pad Sea Ew

    Pan fried flat noodle with egg, broccoli and sweet soy sauce. (Choice: Chicken, Beef or Tofu)

• Appetizers

  • Crispy Spring Rolls

    Crispy spring rolls with minced pork, carrots, glass noodles, and wood ear mushrooms. Served with nuoc cham (3)

    $6.00

  • Chicken Wings

    Deep-fried chicken wings tossed with pineapple habanero glaze or Thai sweet chili sauce (4)

    $6.00

  • Vietnamese Crepe

    Crispy rice crepe filled with shrimps, bean sprouts, onions and nuoc cham

    $9.00

  • Golden Wontons

    Crispy wontons filled with chicken, onions, and scallions served with sweet-chili sauce (6)

    $6.00

  • Steamed Pork Belly Buns

    Steamed bun filled with pork belly, hoisin sauce, cucumbers, and pickle carrots (3)

    $9.00

  • Brochette

    Grill-marinated chili lemongrass beef or pork brochette with pickle carrots & daikons

    $8.00

  • Beef Carpaccio

    Beef slices, lime vinaigrette, red onions, micro greens, toasted peanuts, crispy shallot, and mint herbs

    $9.00

  • Braised Five Spice Pork Belly

    Braised five spice pork belly, atop with lotus root chips (3)

    $9.00

  • Panko Crab Claw

    Panko-crab claw wrapped with shrimp mousse served with peanut sauce (2)

    $12.00

  • Coconut Shrimp

    Golden fried coconut shrimp served with sweet chili-pineapple salsa (4)

    $12.00

  • Appetizers Tasting Platter

    Chef's Selection of Trio Tapas

    For Two

    $16.00

• Soups

  • Cream of Corn-leek with Coriander Dumpling Soup

    Smooth cream corn-leek with chicken or vegetable dumplings

    	$4.00
    	$7.00

  • Chicken Asparagus Soup

    Shredded chicken with asparagus and egg

    	$4.00
    	$7.00

  • Lemongrass Soup

    Hot & Sour coconut milk broth with oyster mushrooms and baby corn. (Choice of Chicken, Tofu, or Shrimp $6))

    	$4.00
    	$7.00

  • Vietnamese Bouillabaisse

    Traditional Vietnamese soup, tamarined broth with chicken, bac ha, bean sprouts, tomatoes, pineapple chunks, and garlic oil

    $7.00

• Salads

  • Shredded Chicken-Cabbage Salad

    Shaved green cabbage, shredded chicken, pickle carrots & daikons, toasted peanuts, crispy shallots, mint herbs, and nuoc cham

    $9.00

  • Watercress Beef Salad

    Grilled slices of beef, tossed with watercress red onions, pickled carrots & daikons, toasted peanuts, crispy shallots, mint herbs, and nuoc cham

    $12.00

  • Char-Grilled Prawn Salad

    Char-grilled marinated prawn, cucumbers, pickle carrots, shaved red onions, crispy shallot, mint herbs, and nuoc cham with sweet & sour dressing

    $14.00

• Choose Your Meal

  • Banh Mi

    Vietnamese Sandwich on baguette served with house mayo, cucumbers, pickle carrots & daikons, jalapenos and cilantro served with sweet potato fries

    	$7.00
    Without Fries	$5.00

  • Rice Bowl

    Steamed jasmine rice served with cucumbers, pickle carrots & daikons and cilantro

    $8.00

  • Fresh Summer Rolls

    Fresh rice paper rolls with choice of meat, vermicelli noodles, lettuce, bean sprouts and mint herbs, with peanut sauce

    $6.00

  • Vermicelli Noodles

    Vermicelli noodles, scallion oil, peanuts on a bed of lettuce, cucumbers, bean sprouts, mint herbs, and nuoc cham

    $9.00

• Choose Your Meat

  • Grilled Lemongrass Beef

  • Grilled BBQ Pork

  • Chinese BBQ Pork

  • Teriyaki Chicken

  • Sauteed Tofu or Veggie Meat

  • Grilled Lemongrass Shrimp

    $6.00

• Noodle Soups

  • Pho Dac Biet

    Watercrese House Special vietnamese beef soup, with rice noodles, rare beef thin slices, brisket, tendons, tripe, with bean sprouts, basil, chili, hoisin sauce and lime

    $10.00

  • Pho Bo

    Fragrant Vietnamese beef soup with rice noodles, choice of 2 items with bean sprouts, basil, chili, hoisin sauce and limes; Rare beef thin slice, brisket, tendons, trips or meat ball additional item $1.5

    $8.00

  • Pho Ga

    Fragrant Vietnamese chicken soup with rice noodles, bean sprouts, basil, chili, hoisin sauce and limes

    $8.00

  • Wonton Noodle Soup

    Rice noodles or egg noodles, chicken broth, baby bok choy with chicken wontons. (Choice: Chinese BBQ Pork or Chicken slices)

    $9.00

  • Beef Stew Noodles

    Traditional Vietnamese beef stew, rice noodles or egg noodles, bean sprouts, basil, chili, and limes

    $14.00

  • Special Crab Noodle Soup

    Vermicelli noodles in spiced crab broth, crab meat, bean sprouts, tofu, tomatoes and limes

    $10.00

• Substitute to your Favorite Noodles

  • Flat Rice noodles

  • Egg Noodles

  • Vermicelli Noodles

  • Udon Noodles

  • Rice Noodles

• Wok-Noodles & Rice

  • Wok-Fried Shrimp Curry Noodles

    Wok-fried shrimp with flat rice noodles, chinese celery, onions, scallions and curry

    $16.00

  • Wok-Fried Noodles

    Baby bok choy, shiitake mushrooms, and baby carrots on a bed of wok-fried egg noodles or woke-fried rice noodles (Choice: Chicken, Beef, or Tofu)

    $12.00

  • Wok-Fried Rice

    Wok-fried rice, onions, scallions, peas & carrots (Choice: Chicken, Beef, or Tofu)

    $12.00

  • Claypot Rice

    Rice in clay pot with chicken, ginger, black mushroom, lily bud, onion and scallion

    $10.00

• Meats & Poultry

  All items below served with steamed rice, brown rive or herb sweet mashed potatoes

  • Five Spice Roasted Cornish Hen

    Roast-marinated cornish hen in five spice atop grilled scallions, and boy choy

    $14.00

  • Yellow Curry Chicken

    Coconut curry chicken with baby carrots, fingerling potatoes , onions, scallions and cilantro

    $12.00

  • Chicken Lemongrass

    Chicken or beef in caramel-chili lemongrass, onions, scallions atop toasted peanuts

    $12.00

  • Crispy Duck Confit

    Crispy marinated duck leg confit with oyster mushrooms, ginger, boy choy, and hoisin-plum glaze

    $18.00

  • Ragout Beef

    Traditional Vietnamese beef stew with basil, chili, onions and fresh limes or choice of toasted Baguette

    $14.00

  • Coriander-encrusted Filet Mignon

    Coriander encrusted filet mignon with wok-fried mushrooms, asparagus, bell peppers and fragrant mushroom reduction

    $22.00

  • Pan- Roasted Chili Lemongrass Pork Chop

    Pan- roasted chili lemongrass pork chop in chili-lemongrass spice, and pickle mustard green relish

    $16.00

  • Braised Pork Belly

    Braised five spice pork belly and quail egg atop with pickled mustard greens

    $14.00

• Sides

  • Stir-fried Eggplants with chili garlic sauce

    $7.00

  • Baby bok Choy with Garlic Oyster Sauce

    $6.00

  • Chinese Broccoli with Oyster Sauce

    $6.00

  • Jasmine Rice

    $2.00

  • Steamed Brown Rice

    $3.00

  • Egg Noodles Tossed with Garlic Infused Oil

    $6.00

  • Sweet Potato Fries

    $4.00

• Watercress Specialties

  • Garlic Butter - Soy Lobster

    Wok-fried lobster with garlic butter soy, jalapenos, and scallions

    Market Price

  • Wok-fried Steak Cubes

    Wok-fried USDA choice flank steak cubes, butter soy, onions and garlic chips, served on sizzling platter

    $16.00

• Seafood

  All items below served with steamed rice, brown rice or herb sweet mashed potatoes

  • Braised Prawn

    Braised prawn in savory caramel sauce, onions and pickle mustard greens

    $16.00

  • Garlic Butter- Soy Shrimp

    Wok-fried shrimp with garlic butter-soy, jalapenos and scallions

    $16.00

  • Pan- Seared Seabass Turmeric

    Pan-seared marinated seabass with turmeric atop shallot lemongrass sambal relish

    $21.00

  • Yellow Curry Shrimp

    Coconut curry prawns with baby carrots, fingerling potatoes, pearl onions, scallions and cilantro

    $16.00

  • Claypot Fish

    Claypot fish in a sweet savory black pepper caramel sauce atop with pickled carrots & daikons

    $15.00

  • Teriyaki Glazed Salmon

    Pan-seared salmon with teriyaki glaze with pineapple, baby bok choy, and mushrooms

    $17.00

• Choose Your Meat

  2 Meat- $18; 3 Meat- $20

  • Grilled Lemongrass Beef

    $15.00

  • Grilled Beef Wrapped in Grape Leaves

    $15.00

  • Grilled BBQ Pork

    $15.00

  • Teriyaki Chicken

    $15.00

  • Sauteed Tofu Or Veggie Meat

    $15.00

  • Grilled Lemongrass Shrimp

    $18.00

• Vegetarian

  • Fresh Summer Rolls

    Fresh rice paper vegetarian rolls with sauteed tofu, onions, lettuce, mint herb, vermicelli noodles, and peanut sauce

    $6.00

  • Crispy Spring Rolls

    Crispy vegetarian rolls with tofu, carrots, vermicelli noodles, wood ear mushrooms

    $6.00

  • Vietnamese Crepe

    Crispy rice crepe filled with tofu , bean sprouts served with lettuce cups, ans nuoc cham

    $9.00

  • Golden Bag

    Crispy wonton filled with wok-fried rice, mushrooms, vegetables and chili oil say

    $9.00

  • Watercrese Tofu Salad

    Fried tofu tossed with watercrese, red onions, pickled carrots & daikons toasted peanuts

    $12.00

  • Wok- Fried Noodles

    Wok-fried tofu, baby bok choy, shiitake mushrooms and baby carrots on a bed of wok-fried egg noodles or wok-fried rice noodles

    $12.00

  • Braised Spice Kabocha Squash with Fennel

    Braised five spice kabocha squash and fennel in sweet ginger soy, below served with steamed rice, brown rice, or herb sweet potato mashed

    $10.00

  • Pho Chay

    Fragrant Vietnamese tofu soup, with rice noodles, bean sprouts, basil, chili, hoisin sauce, and lime

    $8.00

  • Wok Luffs Squash with Mushroom

    Wok-fried luffs squash with mushrooms, eggs, garlic, scallions, and cilantro served with steamed rice, brown rice, or herb sweet mashed potatoes

    $10.00

  • Yellow Curry Tofu

    Coconut curry tofu with baby carrots, fingerling potatoes, pearl onions, scallions and cilantro, below served with steamed rice, brown rice or herb sweet mashed potatoes

    $12.00

  • Pan- Seared Stuffed tomatoes

    Pan-fried tomatoes or bell peppers filled with assorted mushrooms and tofu, braised in tomato-maggi sauce. Served with steamed rice, brown rice or herb sweet mashed potatoes

    $12.00

  • Grilled Asian Eggplant

    Grilled Asian eggplant, ginger cucumber-chili relish, scallion oil below served with steamed rice, brown rice or herb sweet mashed potatoes

    $12.00

  • Wok- Fried Rice

    Wok-fried rice, onions, scallions, peas & carrots, mushrooms and tofu

    $10.00

  • Claypot Rice

    Rice in clay pot with veggie meat, ginger, wood ear mushroom, lily buds, onions and scallions

    $12.00

  • Veggie Meat Chili Lemongrass

    Stir-fry veggie meat caramel-chili lemongrass and onion, atop toasted peanuts

    $12.00