It’s as if Bao Noodles can read my mind. I always want more than one thing on the menu but even with my healthy appetite I can’t manage it. Now if you eat at the restaurant between 11:30am and 4:30pm, Bao Noodles offers lunch specials. You can get the Soup & Sandwich combo for $10, which gives you a half portion of noodles and half a sandwich. Even the half and half combo is extremely copious. In fact, I probably should have taken the sandwich to go.

I ordered my two favorites, the Pho Tai Gan (oxtail noodle soup with rare beef round and tendon) and chicken sandwich. The Vietnamese are known for their French influenced sandwiches, served on baguettes but with Vietnamese ingredients. The chicken sandwich comes with marinated carrots and daikon, cilantro and spicy mayonnaise. Nothing fancy but definitely a staple to crave!