Thien Tam Vegetarian Restaurant — Restaurant in El Monte

Amazing quality & fresh VEGAN food! #18 is the vermicelli bowl w/2 spring rolls - which has chopped lettuce underneath the rice noodles (so it looks like a lot. FYI, getting extra food in a Chinese restaurant is awesome & a blessing!!!) This dish was served with vegan fish sauce! (*I tried asking for the secret recipe & was denied 🤣). My mom wanted the tomato-based soup w/noodles, which was delightful! I really like the house-made tofu because they tasted like fish cakes! We had spring rolls w/peanut sauce (because we requested to it instead of fish sauce) and that was light & flavorful too. I ordered the #6 which the pan fried thick rice noodles w/veggies - this has been my favorite! (Sorry I didn’t include a pic…I ate it too quickly!) Overall, the staff is friendly & knowledgeable of vegan food. I think the prices are very good for unique, tasty, & fresh VEGAN food! I would come...

First this is Vietnamese vegetarian. We had the spring roll appetizer with veggie shrimp. One of the best if not the best spring roll I have had in a restaurant. When we do spring rolls at home, we set out a variety of meats, tofu, veggies and lots of fresh mints. Our whole family loves extra mint and these rolls had plenty where most places put literally only a couple of leaves. We had wide noodles with veggies and veggie meats, and the veggie soup with vermicelli pork belly and other soy meats, served pho style with mints, bean sprouts, shredded cabbage. jalapeños. etc. Both dishes were as good or better than other places serving meat. Purchased some vegan spicy flavored soybean Jerry to go. We will definitely be back! Note closed Tuesday...

The food is great! Presentation is pleasing and aesthetic. Taste is amazing and authentic. The staff is very polite, and knows about everything on the menu. I’ve been to a lot of restaurants where the staff either had a hard time explaining things or had to ask questions from other staff. Not at this place. The quality of the food is fresh and carefully prepared. I would visit about 1-2 times a week when I lived close by. Even the desserts are amazing and freshly made, same day. I always tried something new and was never disappointed! I can’t say that about a lot of places. My mouth is watering already! I need my fix soon! Get yours, too. You won’t regret this...