I have been kicking the idea around of a doing a food blog for a while. Unfortunately a rough year coupled with a one year masters program got in the way. A fellow food blogger recommended that I give it a shot. So here is the first post. Thanks Bruce!
I tried out the Olympic Bakery a couple of weeks ago. It is on the toll way at Beechnut, in the Viet Hoa shopping center. I believe that I went to something in this same space a few years back, that I was not impressed with, called the Parisian Bakery. While the Olympic Bakery does not have any bread in the place, the food I had was good and fresh. It looks like the new owners just took out “Parisian” from the sign and stuck “Olympic” in there. The news was on one TV, while another TV plays Olympic videos non-stop. I got a Bun Thit Nuong which was a huge portion, with lots of fresh vegetables and even some herbs as well. I liked that that they added mint in the dish. There was a big dollop of what looked to be a freshly made chili paste. I got some extra paste to put in my Nuoc Cham sauce. The egg rolls on it were OK. The pork was pretty good, and had been cooked previously. It was obvious that the cook heated it back up on the griddle before it was served.
Price was 5 bucks and change before tax if I am not mistaken.
The menu is limited, but they have daily specials. The special that day was a duck soup, but I wanted something that was comfort food, and Bun Thit Nuong is in that department for me.
For Vietnamese basics, this is a good place. It is easily accessible off the toll way for me, and was quick and clean. Staff was quite nice and helpful. They apparently have “expresso” according to the sign outside, but I bet this sign is a holdover from the previous owners. I didn’t see any espresso machine, but they did have cà phê sữa đá (Vietnamese Iced Coffee).
