We ate at Xie Xie long before Angelo Sosa made a splash on Top Chef. I even blogged about it before and confessed my love for their 1000 year-old ice cream sandwiches (which got them a Runner Up title for best Noms of 2009). Even after Angelo made it through his first season, we were impressed that when we were eating there, he was casually sitting around and greeting customers. He seemed a very likable guys in person.
(WARNING: Top Chef Spoiler for last night’s episode, February 16th, 2011, is at the end)
We took a big group of friends there and got to try a huge variety of the sandwiches.
This was the Fish Cha Ca La Vong with onion jam and sriracha mayo dill. 
This was the Shredded Braised Chicken Sandwich.
And then… there was this… I have no idea what this was 🙂
The Sweet Glazed Pork Sandwich on a Chinese Bun was perfectly offset with the cilantro. I don’t think you can make a pork steamed bun that I won’t love. One of my most favoritist foods.
But my absolute favorite was the Vietnamese BBQ Beef Sandwich.
It is supposed to come with basil mayo and carrot kimchi…
But I got mine sans kimchi
Unfortunately, Xie Xie has since closed. This is awful news because I LOVED that ice cream sandwich… And it’s GREAT news because I lurrrrrrved that ice cream sandwich too much. Angelo Sosa has gone on to another venture that just recently opened called Social Eatz. I can’t wait to try it! I just hope the ice cream sandwich comes back some day…
TOP CHEF SPOILER:
Angelo Sosa surprisingly got kicked off tonight. I know a lot of people found him annoying, but I liked him and always drooled when looking at his food. I can’t wait to see what this guy does next… but I’m surprised he didn’t win Top Chef.
