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| - My friend was in town for a conference and was staying down the street at the Hilton. I met her for a late dinner/drinks and we didn't know where to go. As we walked down the street a few of the places called to us but we have already hit them up before and wanted to try out something new, maybe something exciting. The Foundry was where we decided to go. It was pretty empty for the time of night so we got seated outside really fast.
The first bad experience was something that maybe they had no control over but was irritating none the less. We sat outside and when I sat down there was a crack in the table and when the table moved all of the rain water that was just chilling there from the day or day before spilled all over my pants. Ok, not cool, but not terrible. Until it continued to happen every time the table was bumped. My own fault we should have moved but I honestly thought every time that it happened would be the last.
I was hungry and asked the waitress what would be here suggestion. I was between items on the menu and needed her assistance. With her assistance I went with the Bahn Mi sandwich and a side of fries.
ROAST PORK BÁNH MÌ: cucumber, pickled vegetables, cilantro, jalapeno, baguette. This is where I went wrong. This sandwich was awful. There were little to no picked veggies, little to no jalapenos, a ton of cilantro. The bread was WAY to thick and dry for the sandwich and it felt like it was taking all of the moisture out of my mouth. I ripped the bread in half and still felt like choking on it. I ended up just taking the meat off the bun and eating it with no bread. Ugh. The roast pork is not roasted pork as one would think it was pulled pork with a bbq like sweet sauce. Nothing like regular bahn mi's meat is usually made. It was just blah. The fries though were on point. They were garlicky and delish. I enjoyed them a lot. That sandwich though was the worst. Blah, that is a good word to describe it,
I do not know if I would come back just based upon that terrible sandwich. I mean, I always want to give places another shot but that and the fact that my pants were soaked by the end of the dinner just gave me this bad impression.
I wish that I had a better time. The location and the views were beautiful, I just need a good reason to come here.
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