I used to come here quite often, back when they had the original menu, which included fresh summer rolls, but once they took the summer rolls off their menu, I stopped eating here as much. Recently however, I started craving their food again and went back a few times to try their new menu.
This particular time I went, I ordered their fried steamed rice cakes with egg and mince meat, banh cuon (steamed rice rolls) with egg and mince, and banh khot (mini savoury pancakes) with shrimp. I love rice cakes and all things rice cake, so for me, I absolutely love the fried steamed rice cakes; they're crispy and crunchy around the edges, while remaining soft and chewy inside. The fillings are delicious, and plentiful, although I would love some more pickled vegetables and cucumber on the side to give it a little more freshness, and help make the dish feel a little lighter.
The banh cuon was delicious too, soft and tasty, without being soggy or anything. Personally I prefer this one with the egg over the regular one with just mince, although the regular one is served with cha lua, which is a Vietnamese pork sausage, but the egg banh cuon is served with just some shredded lettuce, shredded cucumber, mint, and bean sprouts. However, I'm not a big fan of cha, so I don't mind this.
Originally, when I used to come here often, their banh khot with prawns was one of my favourite dishes, but recently going back again, I've discovered that it's changed a bit and I no longer love it as much. For starters, they used to use full size prawns in their banh khot, but now they just use the smaller shrimp variety. They also used to give a lot more lettuce (and larger leaves of lettuce), mint, cucumber, and other leafy sides along with the banh khot to wrap it and eat with it, but now they've halved the amount of lettuce, the leaves are not as big, and there's hardly any mint leaves or shredded cucumber, and no leafy sides of any other kind. The banh khot itself is also much more oily, and sits rather heavy in the stomach, and it's not cooked as well either, with the centre still being a little raw.
Service is quite friendly still, they don't talk much but they're polite and all smiles. The food here is also quite filling, even though the dishes may not quite look it, but you will definitely not walk away hungry. I usually pay about $30-$40 for my meals here, so not the cheapest for Vietnamese food in the area, but it's something different to your usual Vietnamese places.
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