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| - (3.5 stars) after a long jog on the school's track, decided to come by for some of the recommended picks. I had my premonitions about this place because I've eaten traditional banh mi since childhood from Nguyen Hoang in China town, so I anticipated the banh mi was going to be different since this place seems very Americanized. We ordered the kimchi fries, the five spice pork banh mi, and the five spice pork bao.
Kimchi fries 5/5--damn. This is something that I didn't expect, yet it was a pleasant surprise! Something about the onions, mayo, pulled pork, fries, and kimchi.. pulls the poutine together at the end and leaves me with a lasting impression and craving for more! This is a must try for those who haven't been here before.
Banh mi 2/5-- like I said, this is very different from the traditional banh mi. There was the pickled carrots and parsley which was similar, but they added this radish. Not sure how I feel about it. The pork belly also didn't go well with the dry baguette. We got medium with sriracha hot sauce, so that spiced it up a bit. This banh mi is too dry. Traditional ones have lard spread on one side and meat paste on the other side. They also have "cha" which is also a type of pork that was previously wrapped in tree leaves to season. Definitely like the cha more. Overall nothing too special.
Bao 3/5--this was like a steamed white flour bun. I thought the bun itself was done well, moist enough as well. The five spices pork goes much better with the bao.
Overall 3.5 stars. The kimchi fries were innovative!
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