Decent portion size, great menu selection, no issues with the service. They don’t do anything poorly; however, this is definitely not my favourite Asian food restaurant in the area (I’d recommend Star Lake for Chinese, Noma for Japanese, C&U or Pho 99 for Vietnamese)

Rainy Saturday afternoons call for soup so my partner and I headed for Deluxe Noodle House knowing that their Vietnamese menu included the promise of Pho. Deluxe has opened recently just to the west of Langley on Fraser Hwy. It is in a high ceiling space with lots of light and seems a little sparse overall but once you settle in it is comfortable and the folks are friendly. My partner had the Pho with brisket, tripe and tendon. The broth was tasty with star anise in evidence. It was a generous portion with plenty of the promised meats. I ordered beef stew (if you think Vietnamese food is only about Pho and lemon grass grilled meats, you need to try the beef stew bearing in mind the influence that French cooking has had in that country! ) which was available as a soup with noodles. I didn't know that was a thing but it is brilliant! The stew was amazingly rich and tasty. It was maybe a little too salty but this did not slow me down at all! We started with the Deep Fried Won tons which might be the best we have had (and we order it everywhere). There was a generous filling of what I would classify as pork sausage and I am telling you, there was a lot of filling! An excellent sweet dipping sauce accompanied them. Now I was a little skeptical of the whole Vietnamese menu / Chinese menu thing. I mean who are these people and what is their specialty? (No I am not worried about cultural appropriation. What a stupid concept. If someone imitates you its because they admire you. I would love for someone to culturally appropriate me!). It turns out that the owners are ethnically Chinese from Vietnam! So of course they would open a Chinese / Vietnamese restaurant! Brilliant! I can't wait to go back and explore the Chinese menu as well!