Nem Nuong Ninh Hoa
it’s no brodard, or even hy… but this (apparently famous) restaurant is close to my house and is not half bad. we had cute little banh beo (each in their own little sauce dish), roll-your-own goi cuon (nem nuong only… where’s the chao tom?), bun thit nuong, and flan-from-a-box courtesy of Happy Donut. the decor is nicer than most vietnamese restaurants, and the strange paris-by-night-esque music in the background made us feel like we were right back in little saigon. it was crowded on the weeknight that we visited (lots of large parties)… i’m not sure i want to see how bad it is on the weekends. the parking is scarce enough as it is.