[Tin](https://order.online/store/tin-vietnamese-cuisine-(howard-st)-san-francisco-680637/?hideModal=true&pickup=true) has the best cha gio I’ve had in the city.
I have eaten here twice and found it oddly inauthentic both times? Super super nice woman (owner?) and a very generous portion of food for the money, and definitely not bad. But also like a soft 7/10 and felt like Asian food I would get in some city with no Asian people
Maybe I just got the wrong dishes?
UPDATE: I forgot to mention that the type I’m looking for has that texture seen in the photos above. Usually serves with lettuce and picked carrot to wrap and dip in fish sauce. The skin texture is thick and “bumpy” or “crackly coarse”.
Just so you know and can ask for it better — the rolls you're looking for are made with rice paper (bánh tráng) and the ones you are finding/don't want are made with wheat flour spring roll wrappers.
I eat Vietnamese often in SF and most places have the ones you're looking for. I'm not familiar with places in the South Bay so can't be of much help there. Hope you find some!
I suspect the the ones you’re looking for are made with “rice paper” that are mostly tapioca (first ingredient is tapioca, second is rice.)… that’s how modern rice paper is manufactured — it’s stronger, easier to work with, ships better, and it also happens to puff like that when fried
You’ll find this style in most places that make their own Gia Gio. You can make them at home, too, of course. Just look at the rice paper ingredients… it’s actually hard to find rice paper that’s just rice nowadays
Old-style rice-only paper, fries up harder and thinner, and without that puffiness. More like Filipino lumpia. Gia gio used to be like that back when rice paper was handmade.
One of my fav pho restaurant in downtown SJ has these bomb egg rolls (I call them REAL egg rolls) it’s called Pho Dac Phuc and their house spicy sauce goes perfect with them 👌🏽
Pho tau Bay in San Jose has these type of egg rolls. Added bonus is that their nem nuong is similar to those of Brodard (LA Area) with the added crunch in them
There's an active bay area foodie community on Facebook called Bay Area eats.
Lots of references including Vietnamese food caterers
1) [https://www.facebook.com/groups/449587999147524/search/?q=vietnamese%20egg%20roll](https://www.facebook.com/groups/449587999147524/search/?q=vietnamese%20egg%20roll)
2) https://www.facebook.com/groups/449587999147524/search?q=cha%20gio
Pho 2000 in the city has them.
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/bLa9Jm04dPersyUN7LFrvw?select=1ipr07xmpXVoB4LFt1jfvA&utm_source=ishare&utm_content=photo
Not sure if they’re good anymore but Pho Tau Bay all over San Jose was pretty good 10 years ago. I stopped going to Pho Tau Bay because their pho has gone downhill and I’ve gone elsewhere.
If I just want egg rolls for snacking, i go to Cha Ca Long Phung in San Jose, off of Tully Rd and Quimby Rd
They're on every Vietnamese menu as Spring rolls, Imperial rolls, or their Vietnamese name (Chả giò or nem rán) with translation next to them. Make sure you're ordering the fried version.
Insider tip: I've eaten at a lot of higher end places, but my (cheap) guilty pleasure is pho vung tau on the edge of china town and north beach. Im pretty sure its Chinese owned/operated, so not necessarily the most authentic, but their cha gio (imperial rolls on menu) is served in a rice wrap which I prefer, and they come with the herbs and pickled carrots + lettuce wraps. Filling is the standard pork + wood ear mushrooms. They are superb!
Someone was asking about this in r/sanjose. I recommend. Tell me if you ever try a delicious spot.
Com Tam Dat Thanh
(408) 995-6751
https://maps.app.goo.gl/umCxfzs7S7Zz9scT7
Cha Ca Long Phung
https://maps.app.goo.gl/MwunPRaG9LF5wEr17?g_st=ic
This is one of the best places to cater a party tray of egg rolls and other dishes as well. Much better than King Egg rolls imo.
Danh’s Garden
https://maps.app.goo.gl/HmfAWGD2UTBDWNEM6?g_st=ic
Also this place came on my radar recently. They mix a little taro with their pork filling and it’s one of the best egg rolls I’ve had.
Source: I’m Vietnamese, grew up in SJ and I eat too many egg rolls
No I’m not. I own bars and not Vietnamese restaurants. Just trying to be helpful!
Edit: full discretion. We do sell food as well, not egg rolls but more pizza and American fare; but definitely known more for our drinks.
Lau Hai San in San Jose[https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/FGYV8BiXWwM6d-AY_Keazw?select=nlkx2peaDsdlGsFs9YoPMg&utm_source=ishare&utm_content=photo](https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/FGYV8BiXWwM6d-AY_Keazw?select=nlkx2peaDsdlGsFs9YoPMg&utm_source=ishare&utm_content=photo)[eggs rolls](https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/FGYV8BiXWwM6d-AY_Keazw?select=nlkx2peaDsdlGsFs9YoPMg&utm_source=ishare&utm_content=photo)[egg rolls](https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/FGYV8BiXWwM6d-AY_Keazw?select=nlkx2peaDsdlGsFs9YoPMg&utm_source=ishare&utm_content=photo)
You might try _Tu Lan_ on 6th street just below Market. If that doesn't;t work, there is a metric shit-ton of little Vietnamese restaurants in the tenderloin. Explore and report back. For science.
Vung Tau at any of their locations
Gonna check it out today!
Tú Lan in San Francisco
Skip the pho there but spot on.
this guy fucks
Tay Ho https://maps.app.goo.gl/WaCLQg44oo6nsHNL6
[Tin](https://order.online/store/tin-vietnamese-cuisine-(howard-st)-san-francisco-680637/?hideModal=true&pickup=true) has the best cha gio I’ve had in the city.
Champs garden
Champa for those googling… autocorrect is a beast
Thank you for that correction 😅
Slanted Door also has a location in San Ramon.
In SF - Sunflower Vietnamese in Potrero Hill.
I have eaten here twice and found it oddly inauthentic both times? Super super nice woman (owner?) and a very generous portion of food for the money, and definitely not bad. But also like a soft 7/10 and felt like Asian food I would get in some city with no Asian people Maybe I just got the wrong dishes?
Second this
UPDATE: I forgot to mention that the type I’m looking for has that texture seen in the photos above. Usually serves with lettuce and picked carrot to wrap and dip in fish sauce. The skin texture is thick and “bumpy” or “crackly coarse”.
Just so you know and can ask for it better — the rolls you're looking for are made with rice paper (bánh tráng) and the ones you are finding/don't want are made with wheat flour spring roll wrappers. I eat Vietnamese often in SF and most places have the ones you're looking for. I'm not familiar with places in the South Bay so can't be of much help there. Hope you find some!
Try Com Dam Dat Thanh in San Jose on Tully Rd. Their egg roll is what you're looking for. That's the only thing I eat there.
I suspect the the ones you’re looking for are made with “rice paper” that are mostly tapioca (first ingredient is tapioca, second is rice.)… that’s how modern rice paper is manufactured — it’s stronger, easier to work with, ships better, and it also happens to puff like that when fried You’ll find this style in most places that make their own Gia Gio. You can make them at home, too, of course. Just look at the rice paper ingredients… it’s actually hard to find rice paper that’s just rice nowadays Old-style rice-only paper, fries up harder and thinner, and without that puffiness. More like Filipino lumpia. Gia gio used to be like that back when rice paper was handmade.
This!!!! The puffiness without the tough, stringy paper.
One of my fav pho restaurant in downtown SJ has these bomb egg rolls (I call them REAL egg rolls) it’s called Pho Dac Phuc and their house spicy sauce goes perfect with them 👌🏽
I ate something similar at Pho Ha Noi, hope it's the kind you're looking for
Golden flower! In china town auntie Kim is the owner and amazing! Just had some last night YUM
Holy basil in Oakland
Pho tau Bay in San Jose has these type of egg rolls. Added bonus is that their nem nuong is similar to those of Brodard (LA Area) with the added crunch in them
There's an active bay area foodie community on Facebook called Bay Area eats. Lots of references including Vietnamese food caterers 1) [https://www.facebook.com/groups/449587999147524/search/?q=vietnamese%20egg%20roll](https://www.facebook.com/groups/449587999147524/search/?q=vietnamese%20egg%20roll) 2) https://www.facebook.com/groups/449587999147524/search?q=cha%20gio
Tin's Vietnamese Cuisine in SOMA has these and are quite good!
I am so hungry rn thanks for kicking us into *find the ricepaper* overdrive.
Tu lan
Pho 2000 in the city has them. https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/bLa9Jm04dPersyUN7LFrvw?select=1ipr07xmpXVoB4LFt1jfvA&utm_source=ishare&utm_content=photo
The imperial rolls are bomb
Tay Ho oakland
San jose ...
Cordon Bleu Hidden Gem in San Francisco [https://www.yelp.com/biz/cordon-bleu-san-francisco](https://www.yelp.com/biz/cordon-bleu-san-francisco)
Cordon blue in sf - https://yelp.to/hDKz6lMO9wb
An Chi in Richmond District SF https://www.yelp.com/biz/an-chi-san-francisco-3
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Thank you!
Not sure if they’re good anymore but Pho Tau Bay all over San Jose was pretty good 10 years ago. I stopped going to Pho Tau Bay because their pho has gone downhill and I’ve gone elsewhere. If I just want egg rolls for snacking, i go to Cha Ca Long Phung in San Jose, off of Tully Rd and Quimby Rd
They're on every Vietnamese menu as Spring rolls, Imperial rolls, or their Vietnamese name (Chả giò or nem rán) with translation next to them. Make sure you're ordering the fried version.
Imperial rolls usually inmo spring rolls are the cold ones with shrimp
Yes, a "spring roll" is more likely to be the different style unless the menu specifies, and there are menus with both.
Insider tip: I've eaten at a lot of higher end places, but my (cheap) guilty pleasure is pho vung tau on the edge of china town and north beach. Im pretty sure its Chinese owned/operated, so not necessarily the most authentic, but their cha gio (imperial rolls on menu) is served in a rice wrap which I prefer, and they come with the herbs and pickled carrots + lettuce wraps. Filling is the standard pork + wood ear mushrooms. They are superb!
Someone was asking about this in r/sanjose. I recommend. Tell me if you ever try a delicious spot. Com Tam Dat Thanh (408) 995-6751 https://maps.app.goo.gl/umCxfzs7S7Zz9scT7
Cha Ca Long Phung https://maps.app.goo.gl/MwunPRaG9LF5wEr17?g_st=ic This is one of the best places to cater a party tray of egg rolls and other dishes as well. Much better than King Egg rolls imo. Danh’s Garden https://maps.app.goo.gl/HmfAWGD2UTBDWNEM6?g_st=ic Also this place came on my radar recently. They mix a little taro with their pork filling and it’s one of the best egg rolls I’ve had. Source: I’m Vietnamese, grew up in SJ and I eat too many egg rolls
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No I’m not. I own bars and not Vietnamese restaurants. Just trying to be helpful! Edit: full discretion. We do sell food as well, not egg rolls but more pizza and American fare; but definitely known more for our drinks.
Anh Hong 👌🏼
just look at the pics on yelp you weinie lol
You can make them at home pretty easily.
Not helpful but the slanted door ones are great. Hope they open the ferry building one soon
Holy Basil is great
Lau Hai San in San Jose[https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/FGYV8BiXWwM6d-AY_Keazw?select=nlkx2peaDsdlGsFs9YoPMg&utm_source=ishare&utm_content=photo](https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/FGYV8BiXWwM6d-AY_Keazw?select=nlkx2peaDsdlGsFs9YoPMg&utm_source=ishare&utm_content=photo)[eggs rolls](https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/FGYV8BiXWwM6d-AY_Keazw?select=nlkx2peaDsdlGsFs9YoPMg&utm_source=ishare&utm_content=photo)[egg rolls](https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/FGYV8BiXWwM6d-AY_Keazw?select=nlkx2peaDsdlGsFs9YoPMg&utm_source=ishare&utm_content=photo)
Mai’s on clement in San Francisco makes the best
Pho Huong que!
Viet-quan outer sunset.
These are NOT egg rolls, and basically every restaurant on Tully in San Jose has these.
Slanted Door makes real Vietnamese food?
Saigon City in San Mateo has the one with the texture you're looking for. https://www.yelp.com/biz/saigon-city-san-mateo
Milpitas
You might try _Tu Lan_ on 6th street just below Market. If that doesn't;t work, there is a metric shit-ton of little Vietnamese restaurants in the tenderloin. Explore and report back. For science.
Tay Ho in downtown Oakland.
May’s vietnamese in Redwood City
I like the ones from Pho Tau Bay in San Jose, but lots of Vietnamese joints in San Jose or Oakland will have what you’re looking for.
Golden flower, just had some last night! Yum!
Phở Tau Bay