Green Bamboo Restaurant

Very good taste Vietnamese food.

This place has quickly become one of our go-to's for breakfast/brunch. I love the way they make their congee - it's on the thicker side without starchy additives. I particularly enjoy their fish filet and beef porridge varieties. We also always order it with one of their Chinese donut varieties. I personally like the ox tongue bread because it's a little sweet and very bready - perfect for soaking in the congee. The traditional Chinese donut is also good though - they always manage to keep it crispy on the outside and bready on the inside. Most places, these days, over fry it.

Our other favorite dish here is the bahn mi which is still relatively cheap at sub-$6. Mom and I, in particular, love the tofu and pate variety. The tofu here is deep fried which makes a big difference compared to other places that serve firm tofu just pan fried. Their bahn mi does contain the majority of traditional fixins, but for some reason they omit cilantro. I think bahn mi without it is missing that extra bite of freshness.

Other dishes we've tried here haven't quite hit the spot from the garlic noodles and chicken (chicken had good lemongrass flavor, but garlic noodles wasn't garlicky enough) to their seafood tossed rice noodles (noodles were all broken) to their steamed rice noodle dishes (noodles are wayyy too thin). I do see quite a few people order wonton noodles here though so I'll definitely have to check it out some day - it's one of my favorite comfort dishes.

Down to earth basic stuff. Decent services

My recollection from previous trips were better. The pho had an strange after taste and the sandwich bread was not crunchy and not very filled

8 months later, same review no improvement