i've been having a craving for banh xeo (vietnamese crepes with bean sprouts & shrimps & slices of pork) dipped in their universal sauce of fish sauce with lemon, sugar, chilies. now, due to the success of last time's crabfest, i decided to consult noodlepie's website for recommended places. he said 46A Banh Xeo has the best stuff so i wrote down the address & even drew the map (back of business card scanned) so we won't get lost.
we were in dong khoi so we decided to walk to the eatry seeing as how we're near notre dame anyway. we walked & walked & asked for directions & given the wrong directions 2x & had to backtrack & asked again & walked & walked & what the *bleep!* 30mins later, we're still walking!!! (turns out i got the church wrong in my sketch. hihi!)
anyway, our rumbling tummies forced us to take a cab. the place still looked like the same as noodlepie's pic (taken 2005). only we went there at night.
of course we ordered the house specialty. 2 huge ones came out and a plate of cha gio. both food were oily with the taste of rancid coconut oil. darn it! for the banh xeo, the meat & shrimps got lost in a sea of bean sprouts. the cha gio was overcooked & were a little on the tough side. quite difficult to bite & chew. it was quite expensive as well! 184,000vnd for 2 banh xeo, 1 plate of cha gio, 2 tiger, & 1 khong do.
what a HUGE letdown! will never ever go back again.
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