Catherine N.
Yelp
Stopped in around 9am on a Wednesday, and they had a large variety of still warm fresh sticky rice and also a variety of standard to-go trays (fried rice, banh beo, banh cuon, bi cuon, and goi cuon). I was really craving carbs, so I carboloaded with a tray of basic mung bean sticky rice (xoi vo), savory mung bean, mochi and sticky rice balls (banh khuc), and xoi kep (red coconut rice and black rice with sweet mung bean paste in a soft crepe). They were all still warm, but I waited until I got home to dig in.
The xoi vo was 2.5 to 3 stars - very sticky, soft and gooey, so it clumped together and was soggy. It also needed either a pinch of salt (if their intent was to make it savory) or a TBSP of sugar if they wanted it sweet. It wasn't horrible, but I've had better.
The sticky rice varieties in the crepes were better. The right stickiness (where the grains stayed intact) and sweetness from the mung bean paste. They also came with a small container of powdered sesame seed mixed with some granulated sugar. Once that was sprinkled onto the crepe, it was pretty good. 3-3.5 stars
The banh khuc was the best. The filling was perfectly seasoned and moist (meaning they likely used a bit more oil but that's better than it being dry and crumbly). The mochi was great too. The only thing that needed tweaking was the white sticky rice surrounding the mochi. It was dry, so they needed to add a bit more water during the steaming process. I appreciated that they added some salt to the rice though. I would buy those again for sure. They come 2 to an order and are larger than usual.
Overall, I think this place is a 3-3.5, I wouldn't necessarily go out of my way to stop in again (like I did today - I was en route to Hien Khanh and missed my exit so I wound up here instead), but I would return if I was in the area and wanted some sticky rice items.
I also bought a tray of banh cuon nhan thit (steamed rice crepes with ground pork and Woodward mushrooms) that I have yet to try. Their spring rolls are on the small side and the rice paper looked a bit dry, so I didn't try them.