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The Plain Rice Noodle Roll tasted very smooth indeed as that's what they're famous for. However, I didn't like that it wasn't previously cut up which made it difficult to share and eat. The Plain Rice Noodle Roll is frequently paired with peanut butter sauce and sweet sauce but instead of having it in bottles ready for you to pour from, they served the two sauces in a tiny bowl accompanying the plate. Why can't they have them on the table in bottles for self-serve like Sam's Congee Delight? Same thing for the sesame seeds. You have to ask the server to sprinkle it on for you.
The Marinated Pork & Beef with Chives Rice Noodle Roll was just as smooth and fluffy as the plain one and I liked that the pork and beef pieces were very smooth and tender too. However, as with the plain one, I didn't like that the rice noodle rolls weren't cut up already. Also, the rice noodle roll 'skin' didn't actually wrap around all of the the pork and beef. When you lifted the layer of rice noodle roll, all the beef and pork pieces fell out. I didn't like that.
Next, our bowls of congee arrived. I love eating Hong Kong style minced beef congee (where the beef is a bit raw and it cooks further in the hot congee as you eat it; it's mushy and soft). The Minced Beef Congee here at Yin Ji Chang Fen wasn't up to my liking at all. The "minced beef" was actually just loose pieces of rough-tasting beef. When I used the spoon to stir it all together before eating, the individual pieces of beef just floated around in separate chunks. The congee was topped with a small portion of peanuts, shredded lettuce, and cilantro.
Yin Ji Chang Fen takes over the space previously occupied by Pho Viet.
Yin Ji Chang Fen had lots of customers come in for dinner during our entire time spent there; a good meal for a single diner, couples, or a small family.
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