Yummy2Go

Tasty, fast, healthy food in the metro
Too many times, I have been feeling peckish as I rush from destination to destination, or else seduced by the sweet siren smell of pizza, and found myself spending money on «metro food» followed by instant regret. For this reason, I cast a wary eye at «Yummy Express» every time I passed it while hopping on the green line at Atwater. And I was missing out!
My partner and I decided to grab a sandwich there one day as we headed to a museum. He ordered the vegetarian banh mi, but I’m not a big fan of banh mi, so I went with chicken ceasar instead. Both were delicious! Several days later, I satisfied a hotdog jones: $ 3.50 for a 12-​inch all-​beef hotdog with all the trimmings (onion, mustard, relish, and ketchup if you want it), plus a drink. Mmmm, even Lafleur’s while I’m drunk would be hard-​pressed to beat that.
The owner and his wife told us all about how they avoid excess salt, fat, and sugar, and try to keep it pretty healthy in general, which is rare in a resto so close to turnstyles. It has a pretty home-​cooked vibe when you look past the sandwich display and popcorn machine. There’s a number of delicious menu items I’m looking forward to trying, including traditional Vietnamese fare as well as the hotdogs and popcorn to satisfy junk food cravings. Finally, food I can feel good about grabbing as I rush to my next destination!

The sign reads L’Express Yummy Express, but the new owner (of a few months), tells me he wants to freshen it up and change it to Yummy2go. Well he’s on the right track, since it is yummy and definitely 2 go (as there is no seating in the Metro station where they are located). His wife literally makes fresh Vietnamese springs rolls the minute they run out of the ones in the chilled display case. I tried two of them (you can get one, two or three in an order), with both the traditional fish sauce (excellent), and the more Western peanut dipping sauce (also tops). The rolls themselves were right up there (not the best of my life, but quite fresh). They also have a new mango salad offering (chock full of colourful veggies including red onion, carrot, bell peppers and of course thinly slice mangos (both orange and green)). They make Vietnamese sandwiches of which I tried the curry infused tofu (they call it vegetarian). Nice taste, but the bun was a but too crusty for my liking and a little dry. For the $ 3 – 4 dollar price range of those three items individually, the budget aware can not be too picky. I myself will keep going back to try different items. The service and smiles made up for some small fine tuning on the food items. In sum if you are on the go it’s worth a quick stop and go. Note they do not use MSG or preservatives and carry all beef hotdogs.