Matt B.
Yelp
Update: this place is still awesome. We've come here many times over the past couple years, and the food is always high-quality. Sometimes the service is a bit haphazard -- forgetting certain items, or with significant delays (both for dine-in and take-out) -- but you always can forgive it for the food quality. My only real complaint is it tends to be on the oily side -- even compared to other Vietnamese and Asian restaurants. They seem to update their menu regularly, adding / removing certain dishes, and modifying others.
This latest time, we ordered way too much food, but it was all excellent:
-Bahn Xeo Crepe ($18) -- I'd seen people order this a few times and finally decided to try it. Now it comes with plant-based "prawns", which are an interesting texture, and totally un-fishy (thankfully). Other than that, it's mostly bean sprouts inside. The crepe is somewhat crunchy and quite oily, but very tasty. 4.5/5
-Black Garlic Eggplant ($15) -- Perfectly cooked eggplant, with a sweet, garlicy sauce that works well over the rice. You get a bit of steamed bok choy on the side. Very good. 4.5/5
-XO Green Beans ($13) -- I'm a sucker for Asian green beans and these hit the spot. Oily, savoury, and lightly sweet, with a great garnish of garlic and fried onion, served atop crispy vermicelli. Really tasty. 5/5
-Lettuce Wrap ($14) -- this is advertised as coming with tempeh, but it only came with a few small pieces, and instead came with a lot of fried tofu, and diced veggies cooked into a swimming pool of oil. It's tasty, sure, but this one seemed too different than advertised and is just too over-the-top oily. 3.5/5
-Mushroom Vermicelli ($15) -- the best part of this dish are the little spring rolls and the garnish on top of the vermicelli. If you don't mix this in with the noodles enough, you'll be left with very plain, flavourless noodles underneath. Very tasty dish though. 4.5/5
-Papaya Salad ($13) -- done very well, seasoned perfectly, and comes with some nice bean curd skin sheet strips on top. Really good. 5/5
If you haven't tried this place, what are you waiting for?