October 15th, 2009 by kateD
Review Series: Best Vermicelli On The West Side
If an award for strangest restaurant décor existed, Kimbo would be firmly in the running. This location clearly didn’t begin its commercial life as a Vietnamese restaurant. The massive dining room is decked out in a faux-Tudor style, with heavy wooden beams framing textured plaster walls, red carpeting, and huge wrought iron chandeliers that look like something Errol Flynn might have swung from while executing a swashbuckling escape. Overall the effect is of a mock-baronial castle, where cabbage rolls would look more at home on the table than salad rolls. Nonetheless, the menu is distinctly Vietnamese, specializing in bo 7 mon, or beef in 7 courses.
Crazy decor at Kimbo
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Tags: bun bo nuong, cha gio, grilled beef, Kimbo, spring roll, vermicelli, vermicelli combo
October 3rd, 2009 by kateD
Review Series: Best Vermicelli On The West Side
Ossington has exploded in the last year: posh new restaurants and bars open weekly, and half the places you wander into are so fresh that your cocktail comes with a side of drywall dust. Gentrification is in the air, but so far Pho Tien Thanh still looks like the restaurant that time forgot. The lighting is fluorescent, an A/C unit takes pride of place above the door, the bathroom layouts are… unconventional. Luckily, you are here for the food, not the décor. And, as the busy lunchtime crowd attests, the food more than makes up for the lack of ambience. Local business people and office workers drop in for take out, families enjoy lunch together, hipsters take a welcome break from cruising the trendy shops and galleries.
Street view of Tien Thanh on Ossington
Tags: bun nem nuong cha gio, pho tien thanh, vermicelli, vermicelli combo
September 16th, 2009 by Christina
Cha Ca
Under a pile of fresh herbs is delicately fried grouper atop vermicelli noodles. What makes this distinct for Vietnamese food is the dill, which often makes an appearance in Northern Vietnamese cuisine. Cha Ca is a dish that is named after a street in Hanoi where this specialty originated. Read more.
Tags: bun, dill, grouper, vermicelli
September 13th, 2009 by Christina
Shrimp Fresh Rolls
Next time you’re skimming the menu deciding on a starter, or if you are walking through Chinatown famished for a snack, this is a tasty guilt free option. Strands of vermicelli are bundled in with herbs, lettuce and shrimp. Before you take a bite you must introduce your roll to the sauce.
Peanuts, chilli and shredded carrots top this sauce
Tags: rice paper, shrimp, vermicelli
August 25th, 2009 by Elaine
–Sigh–. Vietnamese vermicelli. This is by far one of my favourite dishes in Vietnamese cuisine. It’s simple, fresh, colourful, tasty and healthy. It’s also one of the dishes where I find newbies to Viet food are wary to try unless a friend in the know suggest it, which is why I am recommending it to all of you!
Grilled pork vermicelli
So what are vermicelli dishes? In a nutshell, it is a combination meat/salad dish over thin rice vermicelli noodles, where the vermicelli (usually cold or room temperature) is topped with charcoal-grilled, thinly-sliced marinated meats or seafood such as chicken, pork, beef, meatballs, shrimp, or calamari, and then finished with fresh salad greens, bean sprouts, fresh herbs including mint and coriander, chopped peanuts (beware allergies!!) and a pickled assortment of carrots, cucumber and daikon radishes.
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Tags: healthy, noodle, pork, vermicelli
August 10th, 2009 by Elaine
Some of you may already know that I am finishing up my degree to become a Registered Dietitian. And as such, I frequently am asked about making healthy decisions when eating out, and Vietnamese cuisine is no exception.
Vietnamese flavours
Luckily for us, Vietnamese food is generally considered to be healthy since Vietnam’s geographical location yields lots of fresh tropical fruits and vegetables which have been incorporated into the diet. Read more.
Tags: healthy, juice, pho, roll, rolls, salad, smoothie, vermicelli
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