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| - My girlfriend and I ordered Saigon rolls, Thai mango salad, char siu and assorted banh mi, and Viet coffee through Foodora to have on our binge of Blacklist on Netflix. It really hit the spot!
Opening the delivery, I could tell everything was packaged and put together with care. The salad and rolls were beautifully presented/preserved and the sandwiches themselves didn't look too shabby either.
First bite into the sandwich, I could tell the ingredients were quite fresh and appeared true to the construction of this classic staple. Bread wasn't stiff, but supple and soft. Pickled daikons and carrots still had a nice crunch, with no wilted cilantro. Pate and mayo generously lined and not overbearing. Overall, sandwiches passed muster. However, the level of quality was not quite enough to justify the price which is double those of Ba Le and Nguyen Huong. Maybe I'm missing something, but there is nothing apparent to me that is extraordinary about these sandwiches that could substantiate its overinflated pricepoint. I would like to see more customization options (a spicy/chili variant? option to add fried quail eggs?).
I was seriously impressed by the Saigon rolls and Thai mango salad. The rolls were a nicely chewy, delicious envelopes of hardboiled quail egg halves, jerky, dried shrimp, mango slaw among other things---a unique combination that captured my interest. The mango salad was exciting as well, with the dried shrimp, raw onion, crispy deep fried scallions, cilantro, and mango slaw. Very exciting and fresh flavours. Just on these two offerings alone, I sense there's a huge potential in Holy Snack. Definitely planning on making another round some time with further exploration into their many smoothie/drinks from which I expect to find more unique combinations.
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