{"id":22159,"date":"2013-03-02T23:04:38","date_gmt":"2013-03-03T05:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=22159"},"modified":"2026-04-04T13:51:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T19:51:35","slug":"2000-vietnam-albuquerque-new-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=22159","title":{"rendered":"2000 Vietnam Restaurant &#8211; Albuquerque, New Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_22161\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22161\" style=\"width: 495px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2000-01.gif?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22161 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 495px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 495\/223;border: 4px solid black; margin: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2000-01.gif?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"2000 Vietnamese Restaurant on San Mateo\" width=\"495\" height=\"223\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2000-01.gif?lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 495w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2000-01.gif?size=128x58&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2000-01.gif?size=256x115&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 256w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2000-01.gif?size=384x173&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 384w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22161\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">2000 Vietnam Restaurant on San Mateo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>JERRY<\/strong>: &#8220;<em>By the way Newman, I&#8217;m just curious. When you booked the hotel, did you book it for the millennium New<\/em> <em>Year<\/em>?&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>NEWMAN<\/strong>: (smug) &#8220;<em>As a matter of fact, I did<\/em>.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>JERRY<\/strong>: &#8220;O<em>h, that&#8217;s interesting, because as everyone knows, since there was no year zero, the millennium doesn&#8217;t begin until the year two-thousand and one.\u00a0 Which would make your party one year late, and thus, quite lame<\/em>.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">It\u2019s likely only Jerry Seinfeld and a few chronologically savvy people even know that \u201c2000\u201d and \u201cthe Millennium\u201d are not synonymous. When it first launched and for years thereafter, a popular Duke City Vietnamese restaurant was actually named 2000 Millennium Restaurant, a semantically incorrect term. Today, the name on the marquee reflects the year in which the restaurant was launched (which also happens to be the reason behind its quaint name).<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22163\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22163\" style=\"width: 475px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2000-02.gif?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22163 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 475px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 475\/318;border: 4px solid black; margin: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2000-02.gif?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"Garlic chicken wings\" width=\"475\" height=\"318\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Garlic chicken wings<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Aside from its quirky, uniquely Albuquerque name and an intriguing menu (which includes a few items heretofore not found in the Duke City), what draws the most attention to the 2000 Vietnam Restaurant is the Saigon Express Emissions Testing facility in a garage attached to the restaurant. Its presence has undoubtedly engendered trite scatological references to emissions and Vietnamese food. Diners who have moved on beyond sophomoric humor have discovered that &#8220;Y2K\u201d and succeeding years have been very good years for Duke City diners who love Vietnamese cuisine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Situated on the southwest corner of Zuni and San Mateo, 2000 became so popular that in 2010, a sibling restaurant named 2000 II (or is that 2000, too?) opened on Juan Tabo just north of Central.\u00a0 As with all of the city&#8217;s Vietnamese restaurants, 2000 draws from a wide demographic cross-section that includes servicemen from nearby Kirtland Air Force Base and medical personnel from the Lovelace Medical Center among others.\u00a0 The restaurant is usually more than half full even during off-hours and near capacity at lunch.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22165\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22165\" style=\"width: 475px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2000-03.gif?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22165 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 475px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 475\/228;border: 4px solid black; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2000-03.gif?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"2000-03\" width=\"475\" height=\"228\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2000-03.gif?lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 475w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2000-03.gif?size=128x61&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2000-03.gif?size=256x123&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 256w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2000-03.gif?size=384x184&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 384w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22165\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Banh Mi<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">The menu is a veritable compendium of Vietnamese food favorites, but the overwhelming favorite appears to be the rice noodle or egg noodle soup with duck leg.\u00a0 At least one swimming pool-sized bowl of this elixir seems destined for each table.\u00a0 Diners wash it down with any number of beverages including the largest selection of Vietnamese style shakes in Albuquerque, sixteen in all.\u00a0 The shakes are available with or without boba, the gooey, gelatinous globules that seem to inherit the flavor of the shake.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>2 March 2013<\/strong>: Aside from perusing the multi-page menu which offers more than 150 items, you&#8217;ll want to check out the daily specials scrawled on a slate board by the restaurant&#8217;s entrance.\u00a0 That&#8217;s where we found the <strong><em>garlic chicken wings<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0 four lightly-breaded pterodactyl-sized wings with plenty of meat on their bones and lots of garlicky flavor.\u00a0 The wings are served with a sweet and sour (mostly sweet) sauce that is wholly unnecessary.\u00a0 Try it, but you&#8217;ll quickly discard it because these wings stand on their own.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22167\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22167\" style=\"width: 475px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2000-04.gif?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22167 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 475px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 475\/348;border: 4px solid black; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2000-04.gif?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"2000-04\" width=\"475\" height=\"348\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2000-04.gif?lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 475w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2000-04.gif?size=128x94&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2000-04.gif?size=256x188&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 256w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2000-04.gif?size=384x281&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 384w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22167\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Spicy Beef Noodle Soup<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>2 March 2013<\/strong>: The menu also offers several <strong><em>banh mi<\/em><\/strong>, the Vietnamese sandwich analogous to America&#8217;s submarine sandwich or hoagie.\u00a0 Unlike its American counterpart, however, the banh mi focuses not on piling on cold-cuts, but on a balance of ingredients including pickled vegetables (daikon, shredded carrots),\u00a0 jalape\u00f1os, cilantro and thinner meats than adorn American sandwiches.\u00a0 The canvas for the ingredients is a long, thin baguette with its own balance of textures&#8211;a pillowy inside and crusty outside.\u00a0 Alas, if the baguette is toasted for too long, an unwelcome flavor component&#8211;char&#8211;becomes part of the equation.\u00a0 Such was the case during our most recent visit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>2 March 2013<\/strong>: Perhaps the only soup or pho which can steer me away from the egg noodle soup with a duck leg is the <strong><em>spicy beef noodle soup<\/em><\/strong>, which is brimming with flavor.\u00a0 Spicy is perhaps a misnomer if your definition for spicy includes piquancy.\u00a0 Instead, this is a soup that inherits a mildly piquant flavor profile from the sundry spices used to season it.\u00a0 The soup is redolent with the distinctive flavors of those spices as they meld with beef and noodles.\u00a0 This is a soup which will tantalize your taste buds and possibly make you swoon in appreciation.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22169\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22169\" style=\"width: 475px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2000-05.gif?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22169 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 475px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 475\/318;border: 4px solid black; margin: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2000-05.gif?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"Grilled pork with thin noodle mesh and fish sauce\" width=\"475\" height=\"318\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2000-05.gif?lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 475w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2000-05.gif?size=128x86&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2000-05.gif?size=256x171&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 256w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2000-05.gif?size=384x257&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 384w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22169\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Grilled pork with thin noodle mesh and fish sauce<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>2 March 2013<\/strong>: Perhaps no culinary culture in the world can grill pork as well as the Vietnamese.\u00a0 The pork is thinly sliced into small strips and is ever so slightly caramelized, but what is most discernible about this porcine perfection are the sweet-smoky aroma inherited from a marinade of sweet, tangy and savory ingredients.\u00a0 The marinade imbues the pork with exotic qualities.\u00a0 <em><strong>Grilled pork<\/strong><\/em> is served on everything from banh mi to vermicelli dishes to a\u00a0 thin noodles with cheesecloth-like pattern.\u00a0 In combination with these &#8220;patter&#8221; noodles, the grilled pork just sings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">The fragrant aromas from 2000&#8217;s kitchen will waft toward you like a sweet, savory, seductive siren. Those aromas are a precursor to exotic deliciousness belying the restaurant&#8217;s proximity to an emissions testing station.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>2000 Vietnam Restaurant<\/strong><br \/>\n601 San Mateo Blvd SE<br \/>\n<strong>Albuquerque, New Mexico<\/strong><br \/>\n<span class=\"baec5a81-e4d6-4674-97f3-e9220f0136c1\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\">(505) 232-0900<\/span><br \/>\n<a title=\"2000 Vietnamese Restaurant\" href=\"https:\/\/www.2000restaurant.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Web Site<\/strong><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Vietnam-2000\/172117259467703\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Facebook Page<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>LATEST VISIT<\/strong>: 2 March 2013<br \/>\n<strong># OF VISITS<\/strong>: 4<br \/>\n<strong>RATING<\/strong>: <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Very Good<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Good to very good food; generally solid; delivers consistent quality, strong technique, and a comfortable, enjoyable dining experience<br \/>\n<strong>COST<\/strong>: $$<br \/>\n<strong>BEST BET<\/strong>: Grilled Pork with Thin Mesh Noodles, Spicy Beef Noodle Soup, Garlic Chicken Wings, Durian Shake, Watermelon Shake<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JERRY: &#8220;By the way Newman, I&#8217;m just curious. 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