Food Porn Nation

Tan Viet is known for their crispy skin chicken that it is deserving of a line out the door. I’ve heard so many glowing reports it was about time I got some. Even the little old Viet lady next to me tells me it is really good. She also decides to help me with my order. Oh bless… but is it that obvious I’m not from these parts?

We arrive and there’s a line. We’re about 10 people deep. Getting a pork roll is so tempting right about now. Stay focused, Priscilla… I estimate a half hour wait and 20 mins later, we’re in. I smell chicken skin! It smells so good I am taking in gulps full of chicken air. Tastes kinda like chicken.

We order the crispy chicken with noodles ($12) and crispy chicken with tomato rice ($12) to share. Our dishes arrive and it’s moments like this, I hate that I blog. I can hear Julia nibbling away, “Mmmmm….”,”wow” and “mmm..” again.

It’s my turn and I wonder if she’s setting me up. I take a bite and I start chiming in on this acapella too. God this is good. It’s crispy AND Mmmmmm…oist. The skin is wafer thin and brittle. The flesh is so succulent, that… wait, is that chicken juice running down my face? Oh GOD yes! Quick. Lick it. Before somebody else licks it for you.

The tomato rice and egg noodles are equally great options. It will just depend on what tickles your fancy. I end things with the three colour dessert ($4). I’m encouraged by the same little old Viet lady to get this.  Shit she’s cute. She tells me that back in Nha Trang (Vietnam) this is what she would eat as a little girl for breakfast. I was like, “You can’t eat that for breakfast!!! You BAD girl!!”

From the bottom up (dessert), there’s the red bean, beige mung beans, green strips of jelly and white coconut milk. Well… colour me happy that makes four! But this is so delicious and refreshing I’ll happily eat this rainbow.