Hubby had me traumatized with these Vietnamese sandwiches in our younger years as he used to enforce his fave eats on my very picky self. His mom used to buy it from T&T and the bread rock hard had more veggies than meat. The herby taste of the leafy greens is a bit overpowering for my enjoyment. Same herbs that is served at their pho establishments.
That may have placed a dark cloud on this very popular craze that dominated downtown and shamed other sandwich making places. They don't ask you for your toppings tho, except for level of spice and call it a day. So definitely much simpler than deciding between banana peppers or jalapeƱo. The 5 spice pork was tender and delish and found the pickled carrots and radish living up to Vietnamese eats.
Service was fast, although I'm sure it would've been faster if it hadn't been for the flirtatious looks and caresses the two employees gave one another as we all watched (struggled, actually)over the ridiculously high counter, so the production of my food was incognito anyways.
Kimchi fries was weirdly good, which would be odd for non kimchi lovers out there.