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| - I came here for lunch the other day with some co-workers and was pleasantly surprised. The restaurant is clean, bright, and inviting. The menu has a section for specialty drinks (milk tea, Thai tea, boba, etc.), Vietnamese dessert (che ba mau, che Thai, che banh lot, etc.), appetizers/sides, traditional banh mi, and fusion banh mi. They also have your standard fountain drinks.
I ordered the banh mi special ($5.50), nem nuong summer rolls (2 for $4), and che ba mau ($5.50) for dessert. All three were delicious. I highly recommend the nem nuong rolls here -- they do it right! :) My only complaint would be that the summer rolls can sometimes stick to the paper liner they are served on. The bread they use for the banh mi is excellent: soft but still has that great crunch. One other thing I like about this place is that the sandwiches are a good size. I have been to other places that use much smaller bread rolls, but this place uses the true banh-mi-sized bread.
Fair warning: they do put some jalapeno slices in the banh mi (most legit banh mi places do this), but I wanted to call it out in case there are people (or kids) who can't eat spicy food and may miss it in the ingredients listed. You can request to not have these put in.
My co-workers ordered the Korean banh mi ($7), spam and egg banh mi ($5.50 -- don't knock it 'til you've tried it!), and the satay chicken banh mi ($6). There were nothing but positive comments at the table, and we have already decided we will be throwing this into our regular work-week lunch rotation. I will be back to try some of their other sandwiches and definitely their specialty drinks!
Update: their banh mi thit nuong ($5.50) is also delicious and Vietnamese iced coffee ($4.50) is nice and strong!
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