Thanh Thanh Restaurant

This restaurant is very extraordinary in the fact that you can get dishes here that you would only be able to get overseas the staff is very friendly and though it takes a while to cook everything from order I have no problem sitting and waiting the young ladies who take care of you a very very nice please understand that large groups of people come in to eat at this establishment so you must be patient but it is well worth the wait and if you are someone who travels a lot overseas eating a lot of unorthodoc dishes this is definitely the place for you

I came on Sunday at dinnertime, and my experience was pretty consistent with what you see in a lot of other reviews: very family owned, maybe not cleaned as rigorously as a more popular/"professional" restaurant, fairly slow service (with the rest of the English-speaking family helping out on Sunday, if you're shy about having to point at the menu and smile), but not unfriendly. We were trying to eat relatively light, so for two people we got the spring rolls, egg rolls, and the Gỏi tôm ngó sen nấm tuyết - Lotus snow mushroom salad with shrimp (and pork as it turns out). The spring roll was fresh and well put together, the egg roll was crispy and hot and fresh (if you've never had a Vietnamese eggroll, it's best with lots of lettuce and herbs - try asking for some extra!) And the lotus fungus salad. It was so full of flavor, and filling but not heavy, and juicy even, and it was just a pleasure to eat from start to finish. I might go back for just that. There seemed to be a fair amount of takeout business, so that might be the way to go. Order from the airport and pick it up on the way home. Edit: I went back and this time we got the Egg roll (again), Vịt Nấu Chao (Duck noodle soup with Curbean sauce) and the dry Hủ Tiu Khô (White noodle with shrimp, pork, fish ball, and beef ball). The Hủ Tiu Khô was pretty solid and well prepared, definitely no complaints there. The egg rolls weren't quite as good as last time (a little less pork?) but still excellent and well fried. The Vịt Nấu Chao? Oh my god. It's like a nice, deeply savory miso ramen, but BETTER than most. Instead of the straight-up richness that you get with a lot of ramens (I'm looking at you most American tonkotsus), it has a nice savory funk in the broth, which is supplemented by the dipping sauce they give you. The duck is tender without being mealy, and even despite its stewed texture holds onto its flavor distinct from the broth from a good strong marinade. Upgrading this rating because it's THAT good, and honestly a little bit because of rating inflation in google. I gotta advocate for my favorites.