postQuick Lunch at Mắm77 pts
“Just an incredibly comforting taste from some otherwise on paper very simply prepared food. Rich, crunchy, and with the perfect amount of spice for the shrimps.”
8.2/10Vietnamese
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Get the . People call it the best they've had outside Vietnam. The bun dau mam tom with is the signature and it's seriously funky. The repeated complaint is price, that the portions are small for what you pay. Reserve ahead, they sell a limited quantity.
“Just an incredibly comforting taste from some otherwise on paper very simply prepared food. Rich, crunchy, and with the perfect amount of spice for the shrimps.”
“Mam in Chinatown is miles more exciting than any other Vietnamese I’ve tried in the city. It’s packed with so much more flavor and spices/herbs I hadn’t had in Vietnamese food before”
“had a really nice fried shrimp dish last time I went. Super strong shrimp flavor and very crunchy too.”
“i loved mam’s pho! i agree, it’s the best i’ve ever had but i did not like their bbh.”
“So so Overrated. If there was a blind taste of the food between (1) Mam and (2) any random Viet restaurant in Brooklyn or Flushing Chinatown that never had a write-up in a website or magazine, #2 would crush.”
“A few weeks ago, I had the pho at mam and it blew me away. It really reminded me of the best pho I had on my last visit to Hanoi.”
“Even the infamous Bánh or Mắm NYC just were not up to my par. The problem with Mắm is they are super overpriced for the so-called “authentic Vietnamese food”.”
“My Việt parents didn't like Mắm while I did because... they also don't like fermented shrimp paste lol.”
“Their signature dish is incredible, but their pho might be even better.”
“Mam has the best beef pho I’ve ever tried.”
“the fermented shrimp paste stood out as one of the funkiest things I’ve ever eaten”
“Mam - when they chicken pho, it's tops”