BAMI (Angel)

• Terrific Vietnamese with some unique twists on classic dishes
• I would recommend sharing a starter if two people are both ordering mains unless you have big appetites
• We started with vegetarian spring rolls and the cabbage and chicken salad
• The spring rolls were unusual because they were wrapped in crispy tarot instead of standard rice paper
• The dipping sauce was not a conventional nuoc cham
• The cabbage salad didn't sound exciting and was made without exotic ingredients such as green papaya or green mango but was a great fresh and herbal take on a Som Tam nonetheless
• Chargrilled chicken on the salad was very tender
• Big portions in both cases and the Saigon beef was extraordinarily tasty
• Though my companion didn't like that it was not piping hot
• That is just a characteristic of any Vietnamese bun dish that combines cold rice vermicelli and raw herbs with a warm stir fry
• My BAMI special with a spring roll
• Rice and honey BBQ pork was very nice too
• The food was really mediocre and the service was extremely poor
• The food took ages to arrive(bearing in mind i had ordered take out and there was only 1 other customer in the shop)
• Did not give me any indication of time or if it was even being made
• The sandwich was below standard expectations
• Similarly there was only 1 other customer (i now see why) and the same 1 server lady looked at me and smiled
• I stood there awkwardly for 10 minutes whilst she was putting napkins on the table and having a chat with the person behind the counter (whoever he was)
• Even the one other customer in the restaurant was wondering why i wasn't being served
• As the restaurant was refusing to serve me

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