I was very surprised by the Beddington area - lots of pubs, a few fast food places, but not much in between. We almost stopped at an A&W because we needed something quick when D spotted this little vietnamese place. The idea of eating something quick, fresh, and flavourful was more appealing than the fast food option and we did not have time for a full sitdown pub experience.
We went in and got a seat at a nice little booth in the corner then poured through the menu, settling on a couple of bowls of #41 - Grilled Lemongrass Chicken with Vermicelli and Spring Roll.
I've never had a vermicelli bowl where the noodles were so freshly cooked that they were still warm. It was perfect! The salad was fresh with a very light dressing, and the spring rolls were hot and crispy. The sad part was the chicken - barely grilled, no lemongrass flavour, and not much of it anyway. Everything else was delicious right down to the fantastic hoisin sauce, but they definitely need to up the lemongrass and put some more chicken in that bowl.
The ratio was 50% noodles (decent and tasty) / 40% salad / 7% spring roll / 3% chicken.
If they can fix the chicken they'd be the best vietnamese place we've tried so far!!