February 2nd, 2010 by kateD
For someone who didn’t grow up with Vietnamese food, discovering a cuisine so flavorful and fresh, so exotic yet so accessible, (not to mention so cheap!) is a gift. When you first stumble upon pho, you can be seduced by it’s savory broth, delicious noodles and tasty garnishes, such you are rarely tempted to branch out and order something different, other than maybe a salad roll on the side. Who could blame you? Pho is delicious and as the title of this blog states, ‘broth don’t lie’—a well-made broth is probably the most reliable indicator of the overall quality of a Vietnamese restaurant. But there are 100+ items on every Vietnamese menu in Toronto for a reason—Vietnamese cuisine has much more to offer than just pho.
Bun combo
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Tags: bun, pho, rolls, vermicelli, vermicelli combo
December 15th, 2009 by Jen Martin
It’s a Friday night in Ottawa and I’m excited for my first official Pho experience. My dining partner and I drive casually down Somerset St looking for a restaurant that peaks our interest. Gazing through the window of Pho Bo Ga La, we see that virtually all seats are taken- surely a good sign as the quality of the cuisine- and so find a car park and make our entrance. Perfect timing, a table is just being cleared so we settle ourselves and begin pouring over our respective menus.
Pho Bo Ga La
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Tags: bun, Ottawa, sugar cane shrimp, vermicelli
November 26th, 2009 by Casey
Although some restaurant menus boast over 200 different items, most of them are made up of pho, rice, vermicelli noodles, and beverages. The rest range from appetizers to side dishes, and specialty dishes to family courses. But the choices are still vast and can still be very overwhelming for novice fans.
In today’s article I present to you our list of 10 Vietnamese dishes you must try. These are based on our personal favourites and our opinion on their popularity. We decided to leave out appetizers and beverages since we figure you get them regularly. Keep in mind that only few restaurants actually serve all these 10 items, so you might have to do some investigating!
our top 10 must try vietnamese dishes
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Tags: banh cuon, banh xeo, bo luc lac, bun bo hue, bun rieu, canh chua ca kho to, hu tieu, pho, rice, vermicelli
November 20th, 2009 by Bill Killorn
Review Series: Chinatown Challenge
Just around the corner from the Dragon City Mall in the heart of Toronto’s Chinatown is a small Vietnamese restaurant called Pho Pasteur. Despite its size the restaurant is hard to miss; the front of the business is plastered with red, white and blue signs that shout out to any passerby that Pho Pasteur exists, it is a pho restaurant and it is open 24 hours. Out of all of the Vietnamese restaurants I have visited as part of the Chinatown Challenge series I was most excited for this one. Pho Pasteur was highly recommended to me by both the founder of this blog and my Vietnamese girlfriend’s father. Needless to say I was expecting a great bowl of pho as I strolled into the restaurant.
Pho Pasteur as seen on Google
November 11th, 2009 by kateD
Review Series: Best Vermicelli On The West Side
For anyone following this series, I’m sure the obvious question has been, but what does she think of The Golden Turtle? No other Vietnamese restaurant I know of inspires more vehement debate; it is the most hyped and written about Viet resto in Toronto. People Love it or Hate it, but for better or worse Rua Vang (aka the Golden Turtle) is the standard against which all other Vietnamese restos are judged. Knowing this, I’ve held out against writing about it until now, simply because the stakes are so high.
A quiet moment on busy Ossington.
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Tags: bun, golden turtle, noodle, rua vang, vermicelli
October 29th, 2009 by kateD
Review Series: Best Vermicelli On The West Side
The corner of College and Dufferin is an unlikely location for a miniature Viet-town, yet a number of Vietnamese businesses and shops cluster together here in an otherwise distinctly Portuguese neighbourhood. No fewer than 3 Vietnamese restaurants co-exist on a single block. Faced with such an array of options, how is one to decide? On road-trips my dad always picked a roadside diner based on the number of transport trucks parked out front (truckers being the experts on roadside cuisine), so following the same theory, I decide to try the resto with the largest number of Vietnamese customers inside. And the winner is: Pho Linh.
Simple but modern exterior of Pho Linh on College.
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Tags: bun, chicken, lemongrass, vermicelli, vermicelli combo
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Lucy: This is my favourite Vietnamese restaurant in Toronto! The have the best PHO in town.
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