Saigon City
The spring rolls came out of Saigon City's kitchen too fast to have been wrapped fresh. Even the plate felt refrigerated. The beef pho was, well, disappointingly unremarkable (waaaay too salty), but at least there were numerous other Vietnamese dishes offered compared to the usual pho place. Yet, this family-run restaurant (which looks like the type of place you would find just off a highway exit in the middle of nowhere) also has a frozen yogurt and bubble tea counter. To me that's real sketchy. Like it's catering to people who have never had Vietnamese food and have nothing to compare it to. I hate to say it, but while the service from the Vietnamese family was very cheerful and attentive, they may be trying too hard--there are even old family photographs displayed in the menu.
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