Rolls LatAsian Kitchen — Restaurant in Fairfax

I was thrilled to find their Hainanese chicken rice bowl as we miss it from SE Asia. I always set expectations low in US but this was great. Quality ingredients in the bowl and thick soft breast meat. I like that i can pick white meat. Maybe a slight Vietnamese take with garlic side (yummy) instead of soy sauce and chili sauce like Singaporean way. Still good.

Also got the noodle bowl. Maybe needed more salt or I didn’t mix the fish sauce enough so be sure to stir well. My kid loves noodles and finished it off.

$1 price increase than in the photo the #9 chicken rice is $9.60 and still well...

You can do better! I was in the mood for noodle soup and found this spot in 99 Ranch. Ordered #32 - Roasted Pork with rice noodle soup. I was kinda disappointed the soup was lacking flavor. Tasted like boxed chicken broth. The roasted pork was actually good - soft and a little more flavor. Aside from the pork and noodles, it came with a slice of lime, a few pieces of sliced onions and some basil (?). Service was friendly. Make sure you order from the counter and not the kiosk. For some reason, the kiosk didn’t have the entire menu...

Beef vermicelli noodles were overcooked to the point of instantly falling apart into mush. The beef pieces themselves are tasty and tender, but the rest of the dish has an identity crisis where it can’t decide if it’s Taiwanese beef noodle soup, pot roast, or pho. Aside from beef pieces, the other ingredients’ and soup’s flavors are underwhelming.

This is too bad because the other menu items look delicious. I would recommend getting...