the one thing i like about vietnamese food is it tastes a lot like filipino (slang: pinoy) food. no we don't have pho, we have beef soup that doesn't have noodle though. as i browsed through the vietnamese turo-turo i find familiar ingredients and though their dishes may not have been cooked exactly the same way as in the philippines they are a lot similar. when i am homesickly for pinoy food and can't find a pinoy resto all i have to do is look for a vietnamese one. if not, chinese comes next.
vietnamese food categories are a lot like pinoy: they have the main dishes which you eat with rice (typically meat or fish with veggies), noodle dishes, a variety of spring rolls, a variety of rice cakes, a variety of sausages, a variety of sweet desserts having coconut or coconut milk. i might add their barbecue's taste a lot like pinoy barbecue! really, if i didn't know this was a vietnamese place i would have thought these were just dishes in a different part of the philippines i haven't been to.
vietnamese dessert w/ ice and coconut milk; behind it are some rice cake varieties
location: 3100 S Redwood Road; there are no seats so this is strictly to-go. for $5 you get rice and 2 dishes.
