Two years ago, my brother introduced me to Vietnamese sandwiches. Traditionally, Vietnamese sandwiches are on a soft French roll with cilantro, carrots (in skinny strips), and your choice of chicken, tofu, or pork mixed in a sauce.

The main reason I love eating these sandwiches is that after you eat it you never feel overly full. You can eat the full sandwich without it making you feel super bloated or gross.

While I was living in Roseville, there was this Vietnamese restaurant that my family used to go to frequently. The food was delicious, decently priced for the amount of food you receive and it was one of the few restaurants that wasn’t a chain up there and the food was fresh. You never felt that you were eating something that was left under a lamp to keep it warm.

Now that I live in Millbrae, I wanted to find a restaurant just like theone we used to go. I’ve tried a few Vietnamese sandwich spots in San Mateo, Burlingame and San Francisco, but nothing could compare to La Petite Camille in Millbrae.

On Saturday Sept. 1, my family went out to eat at La Petite Camille. We shared an appetizer of imperial rolls, which were the most delicious rolls I have ever tasted. They are similar to egg rolls, but not completely. Normally I am not a huge roll person because I think they lack flavor and are usually really crispy or soggy.

This was not the case, they were cooked perfectly! The right amount of crispness and the right amount of flavor. They gave us lettuce, cilantro, carrots, cucumber and a fish sauce to wrap the roll in. These flavors all went well together and really complimented and balanced the other favors out.

We then shared a bowl of fried rice, and this is like no other fried rice you have ever had before—I promise. This one had the right amount of flavor and not a lot of salt. I personally don’t like a lot of salt on my fried rice.

There was so much flavor that one helping was not enough…I had to eat about four servings of that rice.

Then came time for us to order our individual meals, I ordered the sautéed beef over rice noodles which is beef sautéed with lemon grass over rice noodles, lettuce, ground peanuts, mint leaves and bean sprouts, served with fish sauce.

his meal was so delicious. Again the flavors balanced each other out and the meat was cooked perfectly.

Since I ate so many helpings of rice, I ate about half of my actual dinner and brought the rest home to have as lunch the next day.