For my drink, I got a Mango smoothie. Prior to ordering my friend asked if they used fresh mango to which they responded yes; however, this prove to be false. I am use to fresh mango smoothies I get at the bakeries in Chinatown and the fruit cart near my work. Chinatown bakeries make their smoothies with real mango, some cream, sugar liquid, and ice while the fruit cart solely uses mango and ice. What I got at Tu was not what I was expecting. It tasted like the little asian yogurt drinks I use to drink as a kid (which is mostly made up of high fructose btw) mixed with regular yogurt, mango fruit cup (I tasted very soft bites of mango which reminded me the texture of peach fruit cups), and ice. To add to bad experience, the consistency was thick and there were chunks of ice, making it very hard to drink from the straw. My friends also experienced chunks of ice and was displeased with their drinks. One of friends commented she can barely taste the avocado in her smoothie.
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| Mango Smoothie |
The banh mi I got was the Lemongrass Tofu. The ingredients were fresh; however the sandwich was sub par. The bread was less tasty compared to other baguettes I had. The sweet and sour radish and carrots were more on the bland side. I would like the sweet and sour taste to be more polent. The sandwich was really dry. I know banh mi is dry in general but this is the driest I ever had. I would have like a like more mayo on it. The tofu was bland and even though it was fried it wasn't crispy. All I really tasted was the fried tofu and black pepper. The jalapeno did give a nice kick. Overall, I am not happy with the banh mi. Although there are two other veggie banh mi I could come back and try, I doubt it will be worth it going back when I don't even the cafe's main banh mi components- bread and pickled radish and carrots.
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| Lemongrass Banh Mi |
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