"It might be in a strip mall about 20 minutes from the main NOLA drag, but you're not in for the ambience—you're in it for the food. Seriously, where else can you order a mound of freshly-fried beignets (nine for just $3.25) and a char-grilled pork Banh Mi? (If it seems like a surprising mix, consider the history of Vietnamese food in New Orleans: more than 14,000 migrants have moved here since the fall of Saigon in 1975). Grab a seat next to a fellow cheap eats sleuth and hold tight for those powdered pillows, preferably with a coconut smoothie in hand." - Paul Oswell, Andrew Parks