Muffins Muffins is a tiny hole in the wall on 2nd between Mission and Howard.  You have probably walked by it a thousand times… in fact it took me about a year before I went in for the first time (for their fro-yo).  Today I ordered the Vientmase sandwich with chicken.  The woman who works there is friendly and pleasant, and a few people came in and out while I was waiting.  They are CASH ONLY!

Sorry the photo quality is bad today – I used my iPhone for this one.  I would usually wait until I have my nice camera with me but I felt like this sandwich deserved to be Fryhole’d.

This sandwich was excellent!  You can’t tell from the pic but it’s actually a pretty big sandwich.  There is a lot of chicken on it and the chicken is mostly white meat which is nice – the only difference between this sandwich and other vietnamese sandwiches I’ve had is this place added mayo (see it near the top).  I’m not a huge mayo freak but on this sandwich it worked because it was put on sparingly.  The carrots could have been a tad more pickled (or maybe just a little more fish sauce) but overall there was the perfect amount of sweet (sauce on chicken), fresh (mint) and heat (jalapenos).

I’m giving my sandy 4 fries!  The only thing holding it back from 5 fries is as I mentioned, it could’ve been a little pickley-er, and also the bread was a just a toasted soft roll, not french bread as in the traditional vietnamese sandwich (I like my french bread on the softer side tho, not the rock hard stuff).  I probably would’ve skipped the mayo too.

123 2nd Street
(between Minna St & Mission St)
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 882-7355

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So what is the Vietnamese Crepe you say? It kind of looks like an omlet – it is a sort of crispy pan fried rice flour folded-over shell stuffed with chicken, shrimp and bean sprouts (mung beans). They also make it with turmeric and cornstarch so it has a nice golden color and a yummy corn-esque flavor. The crepe itself is for the most part, is pretty thin… it should be both chewy on the inside and crisp on the outside, if that makes any sense.

Today I went at lunchtime which was a completely different experience than going at dinner which I usually do. This was the first time in 5 years that I’ve gone to this place when my 2 favorite waiter dudes weren’t working – it was a woman and another guy (they were both very nice, don’t get me wrong). And they had an easy listening radio station playing too. I never noticed music before in there, so maybe it’s just a lunchtime thing… it was nice though, and it was also nice how it wasn’t so crowded and there were other “singles” eating alone too.

There must be a different cook during the day than night (duh), because there was only one difference in the crepe today than how it’s usually made at night. There were small scallion slices cooked into the crepe, they aren’t usually there at night. …No, seriously, I could talk about the Vietnamese crepe all day. Anyway, onto the pics!

[above] Fish Sauce!!

[above] Post-fish sauce

I <3 Vietnamese Crepe = DISCO FRIES!!

Sunflower Authentic Vietnamese Restaurant
3111 16th St
& 506 Valencia
(at Valencia St)
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 626-5022
www.sunflower-restaurant.com

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