Ever wonder where older Vietnamese or Chinese people go after church? Well, this spot is the not-so-secret old G meeting place on the weekends. We walked in to pick up some silken tofu with sweet ginger syrup, and wowzers -- we walked into a store filled with grandmas and grandpas yelling their orders from across the room -- all in Vietnamese or Chinese. Almost like a scene from one of those Chinese drama series. Anyway, this spot is known for their Tofu prepared in multiple ways but they also sell snacks, banh mi sandwiches, desserts, and grab-and-go lunch plates. I would say it's a good choice for a stop on a lunch hour or even a place to pick up food while on the way home for dinner. Decent prices. Classic selection.
Ann
Reliable and tasty for pork rolls, che, and steamed rice cake foods. Usual no nonsense service for the area and cash only. They’re marginally nicer to you if you make an effort to speak Vietnamese.
Seno C.
This is a great place for all kinds of snacks, quick to grab foods, Vietnamese desserts and freshly fried tofu. Service is fast, friendly. The place can be crowded during certain hours. Clean and spacious with lots of foods displayed besides freshly made to order desserts. The fried bananas have to be eaten right away. Otherwise the skin can become tough. The banana inside is not a lot, though. They could slice a bigger cut of banana to fry.
Bo N.
This place can be intimidating if you don't speak Vietnamese and there's no seating, but it's a good place to grab some Vietnamese desserts and snacks. It's in a plaza with a lot of Vietnamese restaurants, so we tend to swing by after eating lunch. My wife likes that you can customize your chè here and get exactly what you want (or really, avoid what you don't like). She also craves the tofu pudding. I like the cơm rượu. Prices aren't listed on anything and we've had a few incidents where the cashier made a mistake. Unfortunately, it's hard to know unless you are a repeat buyer. If it seems too high, maybe you should ask them to double-check. There's also a $20 minimum for credit card.
Vicky Leung
It's a takeout only place. Great tofu pudding (Dau fa). We love their "Pearl drinks" which is like tofu pudding Che!Cashier is very nice even with language barrier. Cash preferred but they do take card.We got number 6 but they ran out of the green jelly so they substituted with grass jelly. Very delicious!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
RandomWander B.
Bánh mì used to be good here, but not anymore. It's slightly under average. $6 each. I rather go to Tram Cream coffee place in the same plaza for banh mi. Their filling is much better with similar price. I only recommend chè here. It's better than Bambu. Chè has the right amount of sugar. Yum yum
Thanh P.
Poor and not clean service They want to charge $1.5 extra for ice sugar and coconut to be added. And they have a piece of giant plastic in this cup. Horrible
Andy L.
Các bạn đừng nên mua gỏi cuốn ở tiệm này nha. Bán rất mắt $7. Không có thịt ba chỉ. Chỉ có ba con tôm trên mặt, bên trong toàn là salad và bún thôi, buôn bán gạt được khách hàng một lần thôi!
Chau P.
I love the place very nice workers, the foods is so good 10/10, every body is so nice, friendly and the service is really fast.
Lauren L.
Local palace to grab a quick snack/ dessert / drinks. Bring cash with you. Our favorite thing to get here is the Che Khoai Mon. They also have a Che station when you can get pretty much anything.
Tam Bi cake with coconut milk and Banh Tam are not plus vermicelli but are white, slightly long, not right. Banh Tam is strange to eat.
Food: 3
Service: 4
Brian V.
4+ A place that has that small corner shop field that's located in the strip mall in San Jose. They have a counter serving lots of different Vietnamese desserts, and they have sandwiches for sale as well in addition to a good variety of goods available throughout the space. The folks here are super nice. This is one of those places I love supporting. My family and I were having lunch nearby, but we stopped by this place to get some goods. I wanted one of the desserts with the coconut milk and I wanted to get some sandwiches for a long drive I was going to do later. The dessert and the sandwiches were good and reasonably priced. Definitely a good spot if you want some Viet desserts or some foods on the go.
Vi T.
The owner and the worker there are really rude. The banh cuon I bought there for $45 had gone bad so we couldn't even eat it. The tofu was dried and has been sitting out with no heat lamp, per city code they must put it under a heat lamp. Avoid this place if you can!
Ugly Duckling
Solid food for price point. I love the sandwiches here and the bread they use doesn't cut my mouth up. The flavor is also super yummy though they don't always stuff the sandwich until it overflows.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Julienne P.
Got some banana fritters, boiled fresh peanuts, bean dessert, Mochi mung bean balls dessert, and Sâm Bổ Lượng. Also got some their onion tofu too. I really liked their boiled fresh peanuts because they cooked it just right and just salty enough. Really yummy! Bean dessert and Mochi dessert in ginger sugar syrup were both delicious as well. Their onion tofu is too dry on the inside for me. I prefer another shop for my onion tofu but in a pinch I would absolutely get these as my 2nd choice.
Ever wonder where older Vietnamese or Chinese people go after church? Well, this spot is the not-so-secret old G meeting place on the weekends. We walked in to pick up some silken tofu with sweet ginger syrup, and wowzers -- we walked into a store filled with grandmas and grandpas yelling their orders from across the room -- all in Vietnamese or Chinese. Almost like a scene from one of those Chinese drama series. Anyway, this spot is known for their Tofu prepared in multiple ways but they also sell snacks, banh mi sandwiches, desserts, and grab-and-go lunch plates. I would say it's a good choice for a stop on a lunch hour or even a place to pick up food while on the way home for dinner. Decent prices. Classic selection.
Reliable and tasty for pork rolls, che, and steamed rice cake foods. Usual no nonsense service for the area and cash only. They’re marginally nicer to you if you make an effort to speak Vietnamese.
This is a great place for all kinds of snacks, quick to grab foods, Vietnamese desserts and freshly fried tofu. Service is fast, friendly. The place can be crowded during certain hours. Clean and spacious with lots of foods displayed besides freshly made to order desserts. The fried bananas have to be eaten right away. Otherwise the skin can become tough. The banana inside is not a lot, though. They could slice a bigger cut of banana to fry.
This place can be intimidating if you don't speak Vietnamese and there's no seating, but it's a good place to grab some Vietnamese desserts and snacks. It's in a plaza with a lot of Vietnamese restaurants, so we tend to swing by after eating lunch. My wife likes that you can customize your chè here and get exactly what you want (or really, avoid what you don't like). She also craves the tofu pudding. I like the cơm rượu. Prices aren't listed on anything and we've had a few incidents where the cashier made a mistake. Unfortunately, it's hard to know unless you are a repeat buyer. If it seems too high, maybe you should ask them to double-check. There's also a $20 minimum for credit card.
It's a takeout only place. Great tofu pudding (Dau fa). We love their "Pearl drinks" which is like tofu pudding Che!Cashier is very nice even with language barrier. Cash preferred but they do take card.We got number 6 but they ran out of the green jelly so they substituted with grass jelly. Very delicious!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Bánh mì used to be good here, but not anymore. It's slightly under average. $6 each. I rather go to Tram Cream coffee place in the same plaza for banh mi. Their filling is much better with similar price. I only recommend chè here. It's better than Bambu. Chè has the right amount of sugar. Yum yum
Poor and not clean service They want to charge $1.5 extra for ice sugar and coconut to be added. And they have a piece of giant plastic in this cup. Horrible
Các bạn đừng nên mua gỏi cuốn ở tiệm này nha. Bán rất mắt $7. Không có thịt ba chỉ. Chỉ có ba con tôm trên mặt, bên trong toàn là salad và bún thôi, buôn bán gạt được khách hàng một lần thôi!
I love the place very nice workers, the foods is so good 10/10, every body is so nice, friendly and the service is really fast.
Local palace to grab a quick snack/ dessert / drinks. Bring cash with you. Our favorite thing to get here is the Che Khoai Mon. They also have a Che station when you can get pretty much anything.
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Tam Bi cake with coconut milk and Banh Tam are not plus vermicelli but are white, slightly long, not right. Banh Tam is strange to eat.
Food: 3
Service: 4
4+ A place that has that small corner shop field that's located in the strip mall in San Jose. They have a counter serving lots of different Vietnamese desserts, and they have sandwiches for sale as well in addition to a good variety of goods available throughout the space. The folks here are super nice. This is one of those places I love supporting. My family and I were having lunch nearby, but we stopped by this place to get some goods. I wanted one of the desserts with the coconut milk and I wanted to get some sandwiches for a long drive I was going to do later. The dessert and the sandwiches were good and reasonably priced. Definitely a good spot if you want some Viet desserts or some foods on the go.
The owner and the worker there are really rude. The banh cuon I bought there for $45 had gone bad so we couldn't even eat it. The tofu was dried and has been sitting out with no heat lamp, per city code they must put it under a heat lamp. Avoid this place if you can!
Solid food for price point. I love the sandwiches here and the bread they use doesn't cut my mouth up. The flavor is also super yummy though they don't always stuff the sandwich until it overflows.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Got some banana fritters, boiled fresh peanuts, bean dessert, Mochi mung bean balls dessert, and Sâm Bổ Lượng. Also got some their onion tofu too. I really liked their boiled fresh peanuts because they cooked it just right and just salty enough. Really yummy! Bean dessert and Mochi dessert in ginger sugar syrup were both delicious as well. Their onion tofu is too dry on the inside for me. I prefer another shop for my onion tofu but in a pinch I would absolutely get these as my 2nd choice.