Cho Tam Bien — Restaurant in Santa Ana

This is a small Vietnamese grocery/takeout spot. The egg rolls were pretty good (pork $1, pork and shrimp $1.20). They have porridge, pho, and banh canh, a small selection of fresh raw meat (pork butt, $3.99/lb), frozen egg rolls,, banh bao, a lot of desserts. Some prepared foods available but only a few set out (a few boxes of fried rice), banh cuon with meat. Prices seem fair - not inexpensive but not going to break the bank. The 10 egg rolls and banh cuon that we purchased were pretty yummy ($17 total). I hope they do well they seem like a really...

Great Vietnames spot! Ice coffee was on point, on the stronger side so beware but delicious with just the right amount of sweetness and cream. Egg rolls were freshly fried 😋 The best was the porridge, I had chicken and hubby had the one with intestine. Get the "donut" (bread) to dip in the porridge. Staff was friendly and helped us understand the menu- Thank You!! During July they have their soft opening special and offer 20% your entire purchase - and free tote bag with a purchase of $50+ 🙌 Will...

Ordered chicken vermicelli soup which was tasty. I won’t be going back though because they keep prepared food for sale (with pork etc) out on the counter at room temperature for hours at a time and that’s just gross. I asked the lady how long it had been out and she said 8am. It’s 1:20 now and it’s all still out. Not good food practice. I had second thoughts about even ordering there but I was in a rush and it was there or nothing so I did. Last...