"Vietnamese coffee houses are currently a big boom, with Fremont’s Aroom Coffee an especially enchanting choice. The owners hail from central Vietnam, so while the Saigon-style coffee drinks are solid, it’s fun to sample some of the Aroom signature drinks. The sesame latte is popular and the egg coffee is en vogue, but perhaps most noteworthy is the salty coffee, with the salt accentuating the flavor of the beans. As for those beans, “dad” roasts them locally, while “mom” helps in the kitchen creating a crispy house cake filled with cheese cubes or — even better — pate and pork floss." - Jay Friedman