Golden Trays

Kang Lac operated as a Vietnamese-Chinese bakery and restaurant for over 20 years in the corner space of a small Westminster plaza, but apart from its Yelp page, its digital paper trail begins and ends with health department citations – the latter seemingly the last straw before it closed for good in March 2026. Several months later, Golden Trays took over, rebooted, and hopefully fumigated the space, preserving most of Kang Lac’s menus (and even their packaging) while improving the service experience, which reportedly waned in its latter days.

When we visited in August 2026, Golden Trays offered an overwhelming number of Vietnamese-Chinese baked goods – inexpensive, individually wrapped breads made with pork floss, custard, BBQ pork, taro, or sesame – as well as a “to-go” table with inexpensive, pre-packaged Vietnamese soups, Vietnamese-Chinese congees, noodles, and fried rice. For those who thought the days of $8 bun bo hue or beef chow fun were gone, Golden Trays offers both (as well as many other items at $7 to $8 price points), and will even toss in a free custard or taro bun if you buy three to-go boxes. Flaky baked chicken pastries ($3), crispy cha gio egg roll sets ($8), and a handful of steamed or fried dim sum items (each $5.50) are in “warming showcases,” with $5 cookies and $2.50 to $12 cakes sitting besides $6 pandan, pennyworth, and (especially excellent, intensely flavored) passionfruit drinks in separate displays. All of these items precede the aforementioned Kang Lac menus, which add several pages of freshly made rice, soup, noodle, and drink options.

Worth an extra note: Everyone working in Golden Trays was helpful, attentive, and friendly from the moment we arrived. Better yet, our meal started with complimentary sesame bread and ended with small slices of pandan cake, both of which were unexpected. We were generally happy with the rest of our meal, but these added touches made the experience even better.