Pho on the Go: The Noodle Bus

[kenny]

New food truck is about to hit the streets in Calgary called the Noodle Bus. The first asian food truck to hit the streets in town.

Should be interesting to see how well this works :)

You can follow them on twitter @thenoodlebus

Review of The Noodle Bus (http://www.beyond.ca/food-truck-review-the-noodle-bus/10410.html) by unknown303

[Kritafo]

ahh if only they made house calls... cater to my addictions.

[JRSC00LUDE]

If it's in the upper half of good for pho it should do awesome! :thumbsup:

[98type_r]

I'd love to check them out when they open for business, they only have one tweet Oct. 11th and it just says opening very soon.

[lilmira]

Nice, so is it going to be hot soup in a styrofoam cup?

A ramen truck should be next. It'll be even nicer if there are bench seating on the side.

[flipstah]

They stole my idea! :banghead:

Lol jk! I can't wait for some deliciousness! :drool:

[sexualbanana]

I like Pho On The Go better than the Noodle Bus. haha

[Kritafo]

Originally posted by sexualbanana
I like Pho On The Go better than the Noodle Bus. haha

yes...I agree..if you say noodles it could be just about any sort. NO denying what Pho on the Go is.

[kenny]

It only has a cool ring to it if you say Pho incorrectly though.

[sexualbanana]

I say it like a white guy

[holden]

I remember joking to my friend in university back in 2004 that I was going to start a food truck called Pho on the Go, lol.

[D'z Nutz]

Originally posted by sexualbanana
I like Pho On The Go better than the Noodle Bus. haha

Then wouldn't it sound like "phuh on the guh"?

[msommers]

Originally posted by D'z Nutz


Then wouldn't it sound like "phuh on the guh"?

:rofl:

[n1zm0]

very awesome, followed :thumbsup:

imagine this thing outside the clubs in winter, win!

[G-ZUS]

:poosie: Nothing beats Pho Kim

[Unknown303]

Originally posted by n1zm0
very awesome, followed :thumbsup:

imagine this thing outside the clubs in winter, win!

And then imagine all that pho filled puke outside of night clubs.... :barf:

[Guillermo]

hrm, this will be interesting. i can only imagine how many people will spill near-boiling soup all over themselves while standing/sitting outside and trying to eat from a flimsy styrofoam bowl. :rofl:

[nj2Type-S]

Originally posted by holden
I remember joking to my friend in university back in 2004 that I was going to start a food truck called Pho on the Go, lol.

looks like your buddy took your idea and didn't tell you about it! lol!

[arktrance]

Originally posted by Guillermo
hrm, this will be interesting. i can only imagine how many people will spill near-boiling soup all over themselves while standing/sitting outside and trying to eat from a flimsy styrofoam bowl. :rofl:
Haha, I thought of the exact same thing! That wouldn't work out too well at all.

Maybe it's not soup but rice vermicelli? But where is the "viet" in the truck when you don't have pho... gotta have the soup I guess haha!

[Xtrema]

I see a McD Hot Coffee type lawsuit coming.

Unless the food truck also comes with a portable bench on the side. Something similar to this:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_v85KIfQeIxc/RyuvAVwPI2I/AAAAAAAACB4/25Ky96YfNsk/s1600/071104tokyo.JPG

[Guillermo]

i've actually had this happen to me more than once (i.e. spilling my pho from the stupid styrofoam bowl) so that's why i mentioned it. i learned my lesson well, i don't buy pho in those POSes anymore! :rofl:

[2007RS4]

Alley burger & Perogy Boyz FTW.

[jwslam]

Originally posted by D'z Nutz


Then wouldn't it sound like "phuh on the guh"?

:rofl: +1

[TomcoPDR]

I told max boost to do this with a rolling Chinese buffet

[max_boost]

Originally posted by TomcoPDR
I told max boost to do this with a rolling Chinese buffet

The Quons at Lingnans in Edmonton are doing it.

http://mastermaq.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/WhatTheTruck/lingnan.jpg

:thumbsup:

Personally I neither care for the money or publicity and prefer to remain low key. But what they have going for them is totally awesome. :thumbsup:

[RickDaTuner]

Should have called it "Pho for Yu"

[bigbadboss101]

Pho in a styrofoam cup is gonna be pho messy.

[cdnsir]

Saw their green truck parked right outside of Pho Que Huong at 8:30 in the morning. Guessing it's the same owner?

http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/15/191289/restaurant/Marlborough/Pho-Que-Huong-Vietnamese-Calgary

[lilmira]

According to the food truck app, the noodle bus is at 5th and 5th. Who's gonna try it out and do a review? Just don't burn yourself lol.

[kenny]

Anyone wanna snap some pictures of the truck and food and write a review? Will cover the cost of the food and post it up on our blog :P

[Unknown303]

Originally posted by kenny
Anyone wanna snap some pictures of the truck and food and write a review? Will cover the cost of the food and post it up on our blog :P

I may be able to track it down tomorrow and do it.

[n1zm0]

this is the only pic i've seen so far of their food, i wish i didnt work in the boonies :(

http://a.yfrog.com/img736/5721/mf7gm.jpg

http://twitter.com/#!/thenoodlebus

edit: here's a nice pic of the portions:

http://p.twimg.com/Ab-uwPZCQAA8dd_.jpg

http://twitter.com/#!/yycfoodtrucks/status/126011458373959680/photo/1

[lilmira]

That looks tiny. Wonder how much is a cup?

[BensonTT]

Mobile Pho IMO is a bad idea!! You need to sit down for this shit.. have dipping sauce in front of you etc..

[LongCity]

The soup actually looks pretty good haha

[Quizzes]

Just visited this truck.

- Pho (Beef or Chicken) - $6.50, add satay $0.50

- They have vermicelli bowls for $8.00 or something

- Obligatory Spring Rolls and Salad Rolls, I think $4.50 or something

I only ordered the pho satay which is pretty good. The satay is actually blended in with the broth and tasted coconutty... unlike other restaurants where satay is just a spoonful of chili oil.


Originally posted by BensonTT
Mobile Pho IMO is a bad idea!! You need to sit down for this shit.. have dipping sauce in front of you etc..
+1.
By the time I walked back to the office to eat it, the noodles have consumed the broth.

[Everlast]

I had the beef pho with satay today. It was a 5 minute walk back to my office and it was pretty mushy by the time I started eating.

Would not recommend the soup.

[jus_sum_guy]

The pho place in Pacific Place mall, beside t&t, owns this bus....no wonder why it wasn't good!

[max_boost]

Originally posted by jus_sum_guy
The pho place in Pacific Place mall, beside t&t, owns this bus....no wonder why it wasn't good! I remember eating there a few times and thought it was just OK. Maybe it's just me.

Pho Hoai and Sunny's are my two favorites. Pho Dau Bo and Basil are excellently good as well but their Satay is just too spicy. haha

I don't think I'll go out of my way to get Pho out of a truck. :nut:

[Unknown303]

Originally posted by max_boost
Pho Dau Bo

:drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:

But I have to wrangle up an.. how you'd say ethnic group of friends before I can venture that deep into Forest Lawn... But god damn is that place taste good in your mouth.

[Stunt66]

Originally posted by lilmira
That looks tiny. Wonder how much is a cup?

That's proabably the only way pho could work, if you went too big it would be so hard to eat and you'd end up getting burnt for sure. That satay does look tasty tho

[BensonTT]

The BEST Pho in Calgary is Pho Xuan! Place looks ghetto but its the best!! The wife and me go there at least once a week...:drool: Plus that old cougar that works there likes to flirt wit me LoL...

[kenny]

The bowl sizes seem fine. Looks comparable to the size of bowl from places such as Thai Express. This concept would work if they don't park 1-2 blocks from the nearest Viet restaurant.

[lilmira]

The only proper way to get noodle soup to go is to separate the noodle from the soup, ie two containers, though there'll be more cost and not exactly environmentally friendly.

[boarderfatty]

Love their restaurant, Have been going there since before I can remember. Love going to the restaurant, its like stepping into the setting of Big Trouble Little China, and Amy's Crack chicken is pretty good white people chinese food imo


Originally posted by max_boost


The Quons at Lingnans in Edmonton are doing it.

http://mastermaq.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/WhatTheTruck/lingnan.jpg

:thumbsup:

Personally I neither care for the money or publicity and prefer to remain low key. But what they have going for them is totally awesome. :thumbsup:

[01RedDX]

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[n1zm0]

Originally posted by lilmira
The only proper way to get noodle soup to go is to separate the noodle from the soup, ie two containers, though there'll be more cost and not exactly environmentally friendly.

how about the noodles in a separate sandwich bag or saran wrap, i guess these are things to mention to them through twitter

[2007RS4]

Song Viet in Chinatown is the best Vietnamese in Calgary.

[sexualbanana]

Their twitter says theyre set up outside nexen today

[darthVWader]

Pho Que mang!!!!!!!!

[sputnik]

So wait... is the name of this bus pronounced... Fuh on the Guh?

[KRyn]

Originally posted by sexualbanana
Their twitter says theyre set up outside nexen today


That is only a block away from my office, I'll check them out at lunch if the line isn't huge. Thanks for the heads up.

Cash only I assume?

[lilmira]

Originally posted by sputnik
So wait... is the name of this bus pronounced... Fuh on the Guh?

I think it's the noodle bus, like the bang bus.

[Unknown303]

Yeah cash only. Just finished dropping 28 dollars there. Pretty damn good food out of a vehicle in my opinion. Photos to follow.

I had, Beef Satay and Sugarcane Shrimp Skewers, Springrolls, Beef Satay soup and the Banana Fritters. :drool:

[KRyn]

Originally posted by Unknown303
Yeah cash only. Just finished dropping 28 dollars there. Pretty damn good food out of a vehicle in my opinion. Photos to follow.


Damn I probably just missed you then. Just grabbing mine as I type this. What did you get?

The truck is outside the Northern Husky Tower.

[Unknown303]

Originally posted by KRyn



Damn I probably just missed you then. Just grabbing mine as I type this. What did you get?

The truck is outside the Northern Husky Tower.

I was the tall whitey sitting over on the marble bench just to the SE with a camera in hand eating/shooting/eating/shooting.

[2007RS4]

Where are the photos?

[Unknown303]

Originally posted by 2007RS4
Where are the photos?

To be released with the review...

[Atriux]

http://www.beyond.ca/food-truck-review-the-noodle-bus/10410.html

Looks like the review is up.

Definitely going to have to check it out.

[LongCity]

Originally posted by BensonTT
The BEST Pho in Calgary is Pho Xuan! Place looks ghetto but its the best!! The wife and me go there at least once a week...:drool: Plus that old cougar that works there likes to flirt wit me LoL...

WHAT!? haha

[Stunt66]

Originally posted by BensonTT
The BEST Pho in Calgary is Pho Xuan! Place looks ghetto but its the best!! The wife and me go there at least once a week...:drool: Plus that old cougar that works there likes to flirt wit me LoL...

This place is not the best by far and that cougar flirts with everyone :poosie:

[Unknown303]

Originally posted by Atriux
http://www.beyond.ca/food-truck-review-the-noodle-bus/10410.html

Looks like the review is up.

Definitely going to have to check it out.

I liked it. But more for the skewers and dessert.

[schocker]

They are across from shell/westin today.
Perhaps I will go try since that is super close.

[BensonTT]

Originally posted by Stunt66


This place is not the best by far and that cougar flirts with everyone :poosie:

LoL ya thats true haha :poosie:

[schocker]

Got the beef satay pho and the sugar cane shrimp. It is very good so far.
durrr, you don't eat the sugarcane right?

[dj_rice]

Originally posted by max_boost


The Quons at Lingnans in Edmonton are doing it.

http://mastermaq.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/WhatTheTruck/lingnan.jpg

:thumbsup:

Personally I neither care for the money or publicity and prefer to remain low key. But what they have going for them is totally awesome. :thumbsup:


I've tried their lunch boxes at their food court restaurant Chicken For Lunch in Scotia Centre and its pretty good for this white man style Chinese food. Better quality than say Manchu Wok shit but its not like OMG amazing as white people make it out to be.

But they are Edmonton's longest standing (white) Chinese restaurant so props to them on that.

[TYMSMNY]

The review... is there an affiliation of sorts?

I hear a lot of the positives, but any negatives? portioning? do you get bean sprouts, basil, and lime? available sauces at the truck or in portioning cups to go?

[Unknown303]

Originally posted by schocker
Got the beef satay pho and the sugar cane shrimp. It is very good so far.
durrr, you don't eat the sugarcane right?

You probably could, but not normally...


Originally posted by TYMSMNY
The review... is there an affiliation of sorts?

I hear a lot of the positives, but any negatives? portioning? do you get bean sprouts, basil, and lime? available sauces at the truck or in portioning cups to go?

I didn't ask about affiliations but I did meet up with the truck later near Pacific Place which leads me to believe it may be affiliated with the place in Pacific Place.

My only negative was the stock was a little on the bland side for my taste. I had it with satay and even then I wanted a lot more heat out of it. There wasn't mint/basil/sprouts and I didn't notice if there was and of the red "cock" sauce outside, I wonder if I asked if they would have provided it.

[lilmira]

Depending on how good/fresh the sugar cane is, I use to chew on it. It's got sweet juice in it, why not? You can swallow it for extra fibre too :D .

[schocker]

Originally posted by Unknown303
You probably could, but not normally...

Good, I gnawed on it.

Overall I liked it. Was quite fast, food was good though, plenty of soup so I will likely try it again when it is close though. I am white though so I do not know my pho's very well.

[dj_rice]

No Hoisin sauce?So suckkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[Everlast]

Hoisin comes in one of those little plastic sauce "cups".
My white friend promptly took it for his vermicelli.

[Unknown303]

I've never really used the hoisin but I don't shy away from the flaming red cock sauce that is normally at pho restaurants.

[Guillermo]

Originally posted by Unknown303

I didn't ask about affiliations but I did meet up with the truck later near Pacific Place which leads me to believe it may be affiliated with the place in Pacific Place.



i think he was asking if you are affiliated with the truck, since it's not a "raving" review, but also doesn't really discuss any of the negatives. I have to admit that I wondered the same thing when I read it.

[Unknown303]

Well I'm not affiliated in any way.

Yeah I didn't go very positive or negative. But there wasn't anything with the food that was really driving me that far either direction either. overall my experience there was definitely more into the positive. The Skewers and dessert were really good while the pho left me wanting a little more. But I wasn't let down by eating there, I had a good time, enjoyed the experience and will be eating there again for sure.

[clem24]

Originally posted by G-ZUS
:poosie: Nothing beats Pho Kim

LOL you need to get out more... A *LOT* of places beat Pho Kim. They may have been one of the first big players but they've been easily beaten.

[EG6boi]

If they have Bun Bo Hue, I'd be down to try.


Pho Xuan and Pho Rang Dong are some of my favourite places. And yes, the cougar also flirts with me too lol. :facepalm:

[blitz]

Originally posted by Unknown303
I don't shy away from the flaming red cock

Quoting out of context FTW.

[hurrdurr]

I liked Basil in the NE, best Beef Satay Vermicelli that I've had, and the hired help isn't hard on the eyes either

[Unknown303]

Originally posted by blitz


Quoting out of context FTW.

I appreciate that.

[sexualbanana]

Originally posted by blitz


Quoting out of context FTW.

Gotta keep the sauce part in there too.


Originally posted by Unknown303
I don't shy away from the flaming red cock sauce

[2007RS4]

Originally posted by Guillermo


i think he was asking if you are affiliated with the truck, since it's not a "raving" review, but also doesn't really discuss any of the negatives. I have to admit that I wondered the same thing when I read it.

Dude, he isn't John Gilchrist. Give him a break. You should be happy you even got a review.

[clem24]

Originally posted by EG6boi
If they have Bun Bo Hue, I'd be down to try.

You want Bun Bo Hue, go to either Bun Bo Hue Deli or Song Huong, both on 17th.

[GQBalla]

omfg...

they stole my idea!!!

ahha

oh well im excited to try

[me_dennis]

so this food truck has been out for a couple weeks now..

is it actually good? the internet reviews out there seem to rave about it, but for all the pho regulars, is it ACTUALLY good pho?

for some reason I'm not all that excited to want to try it out, because I'd rather just goto a pho restaurant, not have to wait in the cold, and be able to sit down and enjoy my pho, instead of sitting on a park bench, or walking back to the office/car with mushy noodles.

[Weapon_R]

Why would anyone really want this over a regular pho restaurant anyway? It's more expensive, you sit outside, and it comes in a shitty foam container. Advantages?

[GQBalla]

none, but it attracts to white people.

imo it's a fantastic idea.

:D

the real question now, what race are the owners?

[BensonTT]

Originally posted by GQBalla
none, but it attracts to white people.

imo it's a fantastic idea.



You fail! Mobile pho is the worse idea ever!! worse then the vacuum haircut back in the 90's or 80'.. cant remember!! LooL

[hurrdurr]

I'd rather drive 30kms to basil in the NE any day of the year, than sit outside in the cold to eat lower quality, inflated priced soup

[skd]

Originally posted by D'z Nutz


Then wouldn't it sound like "phuh on the guh"?

Hahahhaha oh wow! Pho bus should be interesting though. Hope it's good Pho!

[Roarasaur]

Originally posted by GQBalla
none, but it attracts to white people.

imo it's a fantastic idea.

:D

the real question now, what race are the owners?

From my understanding, they're Viet and they own Pho Que Huong in Pacific place in the south.

[Guillermo]

they should have called it Phos From a Bus.

[Cos]

http://www.titaniumteddybear.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/wat-why-you-no-face.png

Why you no take me when you go to these.

[Unknown303]

Originally posted by Cos
http://www.titaniumteddybear.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/wat-why-you-no-face.png

Why you no take me when you go to these.

You know how long ago this review was done? I've already done the Perogy Boyz review since this one.

[Cos]

Originally posted by Unknown303


You know how long ago this review was done? I've already done the Perogy Boyz review since this one.

Yeah I realized this wasnt the Perogy Boyz one. I was meaning to post this in there.