Lê Lê Street Kitchen

Vermicelli salad with spring rolls filled with crab, shrimp, turkey and various veggies.

Warm beef salad with green beans, onion, sprouts, tomato, and herbs in a soy sauce and lemon grass dressing.

Lê Lê Street Kitchen
H.C. Andersens Boulevard 8
1553 Copenhagen V

Notes:
My current workplace is right in the center of Copenhagen and though lunch possibilities are plenty I hardly ever venture out for lunch as the canteen in my work place is both good and cheap. When my mother invited me out for a quick lunch yesterday I was however quick to accept the offer. Neither of us had tried Lê Lê Street Kitchen and as it is literally right around the corner from where I work it seemed like a good time to try it out. To be honest my previous encounters with Lê Lê have not been too impressive (e.g. their takeout is hardly a good value proposition) and was thus not sure quite to expect. The restaurant however turned out to be a great place for lunch. Service is no-frills but friendly and efficient, and the space really looks more like a canteen than a restaurant (hence the street kitchen name, I guess). I opted for a warm beef salad. The portion was very generous even though it did not look like much initially. I had however wished that they would had added more herbs as that is what I really love about the Vietnamese cuisine. My mom was quite pleased with the spring rolls, which were served with a nước mắm dipping sauce and a rice noodle salad, which honestly was not too exciting. All in all I however found Lê Lê Street Kitchen to be a fine and fair lunch option in an area where bad caesar salads cost +120dkk. We payed around 250 dkk for these two dishes, a lemonade and sparkling water (tap water is free, thumbs up for that). Recommended.