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| - I experienced a Taste of Saigon last week for the first time. In the midst of a soul sucking "power centre," it is nice to be able to step into a facility that doesn't have a chain restaurant feel.
My friend and I are both vegan, and when trying to place our order, the girl assisting us was a little confused. However, she then sent another gentleman over to look at the menu who was very helpful. The veggie spring rolls are not vegan with the regular egg wrappers, but upon request they wrap them in rice paper to make them vegan. Another thing on the vegetarian menu that is not vegan is the sub, as the bread is not vegan.
Anyways, we eventually came to a decision and tried the tofu salad rolls with peanut sauce, spring rolls wrapped in rice paper, veggie curry dish, and tofu veggie noodle soup. They even have imitation fish sauce here for the veggie dishes which is rad. Generally, the food was pretty good. I really enjoyed the salad and spring rolls, as well as the veggie curry dish. The soup was okay, but the tofu wasn't cooked to my liking and I prefer it at a few other places. The collateral was that I didn't have to be worried the whole time about whether my food was purely vegetarian because the staff here had a good understanding of that what we wanted. This was also more than enough food for two people to share and we ended up not actually finishing. We also drank lychee juice which was a tasty thing. For two people two share four dishes and drinks, it came to about $40.
As this is close to my workplace, I will definitely be back here again for some veggie curry and salad rolls!
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