Thien Huong
Vietnamese restaurant · San Diego ·
Vietnamese breakfast spot: banh cuon rice rolls & banh mi chao skillets
Vietnamese breakfast spot: banh cuon rice rolls & banh mi chao skillets
"This Mira Mesa Vietnamese spot does breakfast until 5pm, so it’s there for you no matter what time you roll out of bed. Diners with delicate, morning-after stomachs should opt for banh cuon—slurpable sheets of rice noodle filled with ground pork or shrimp, to be dipped into nuoc cham—or the banh mi chao, a still-sizzling skillet of fried eggs, steak, and meatballs served with a side of crunchy baguette. Complete the (re)fortification with a strong, sweet Vietnamese coffee topped with custardy egg cream." - candice woo, cora lee, ligaya malones
"This Mira Mesa Vietnamese spot does breakfast until 5pm, so it’s there for you no matter what time you roll out of bed. Diners with delicate, morning-after stomachs should opt for banh cuon—slurpable sheets of rice noodle filled with ground pork or shrimp, to be dipped into nuoc cham—or the banh mi chao, a still-sizzling skillet of fried eggs, steak, and meatballs served with a side of crunchy baguette. Complete the (re)fortification with a strong, sweet Vietnamese coffee topped with custardy egg cream." - Candice Woo
"With several branches in Vietnam, this chain’s outpost in Mira Mesa specializes in banh cuon, a popular breakfast dish of steamed rice rolls with savory fillings of ground pork or shrimp. Another hearty option is banh mi chao, or cast iron skillets holding Vietnamese steak and eggs or meatballs and pate with eggs, served with a fresh baguette. Vietnamese coffee is a must." - Candice Woo
"The first U.S. location for a family-run restaurant with a handful of branches in Vietnam, this friendly establishment specializes in Vietnamese breakfast, from cast iron pans of eggs served with Vietnamese meatballs, steak, or pate paired with fresh baguette to plates of delicately-steamed banh cuon, rice rolls that might be filled with ground pork and topped with fried shallots." - Helen I. Hwang
"I learned that, founded by its matriarch, this family-owned group has operated for 40 years in the capital city of Dong Nai province and runs six branches in Vietnam; it has chosen San Diego’s Mira Mesa for its first U.S. outpost and is now open with a grand opening scheduled for Thursday, December 22. Operating from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., the daytime restaurant specializes in banh cuon, a breakfast rice roll made from fermented rice batter steamed into thin, delicate sheets and wrapped around savory fillings — Thien Huong offers versions with ground pork, fried onion, egg, or shrimp, served with bean sprouts and Vietnamese ham. There are also banh mi chao cast-iron skillet breakfast combos (ranging from Vietnamese steak and eggs to meatballs and pate with eggs) paired with fresh baguettes, plus Vietnamese coffee and fruit teas." - Candice Woo
