Pho in the NW?

[Maxx Mazda]

Originally posted by Quizzes


I live close to this place and I would never consider this an option for pho anymore. Food and decor is just horrible.

I said it was cheap and quick, not uber delicious...

[sneek]

Originally posted by alien


Pho Anh has become my goto place for NW Pho too. I can't decide if it's actually really good or just not as sh_tty as all the other NW places.

Pho Anh is a bit of a gamble for me. I usually get pretty good food there but once I got a beef pho...with no beef. Still one of the better options in the NW, but leaving NW is probably your best bet for consistently good pho.

[Disoblige]

Originally posted by Maxx Mazda


Friday update. Had me some Saigon Pearl for lunch. Ordered the seafood pho and shrimp salad rolls. The seafood soup was probably one of the worst I've had. The broth was so strange tasting. Very "sour" almost like it was made of tomatoes. In fact, there were a bunch of tomatoes in it. Much prefer the seafood broths at other places.

Are you sure you ordered pho.. That sounds like Bun Rieu..

[suntan]

Originally posted by max_boost
Pho Hoai Chinatown still the best and fastest ever. Sit down order and 100 seconds you will get your food. 100mins you guys are champs!

This place is a legend. Nothing compares to it.

[beyond_ban]

Originally posted by Maxx Mazda


Friday update. Had me some Saigon Pearl for lunch. Ordered the seafood pho and shrimp salad rolls. The seafood soup was probably one of the worst I've had. The broth was so strange tasting. Very "sour" almost like it was made of tomatoes. In fact, there were a bunch of tomatoes in it. Much prefer the seafood broths at other places.

Weird, i have never had a bad experience with their satay beef (#18 i believe)

[403ep3]

I hate this thread. I was craving pho all day!

[Maxx Mazda]

Originally posted by Disoblige

Are you sure you ordered pho.. That sounds like Bun Rieu..

Sounds like it but it wasn't. It was definitely pho just with a very strange broth.

#21 on the menu. http://www.saigonpearl.ca/pho_beef_noodle_soup.html

[Maxx Mazda]

Originally posted by beyond_ban


Weird, i have never had a bad experience with their satay beef (#18 i believe)

Taste is a very personal thing. I was just giving my white boy opinion (albeit I eat pho probably 10-15 times a month.) What tastes not so good to me, might taste delicious to someone else. Just found it to have a very "tart" broth when I was expecting the usual sodium explosion I get at other places. The Bun at Saigon Pearl however is delish!

[chathamf]

What's this bun everyone is talking about? Is it a must try for Vietnamese? White guy here obviously and I grew up in NS where they don't really have viet food. All I know to try is the subs and pho.

[Maxx Mazda]

Originally posted by chathamf
What's this bun everyone is talking about? Is it a must try for Vietnamese? White guy here obviously and I grew up in NS where they don't really have viet food. All I know to try is the subs and pho.

Bun is basically a rice noodle vermicelli bowl. It's not a soup. Often has spring rolls and chicken or shrimp in it with a bunch of veggies.

[carguy]

Pho Hoan Pasteur Fusion Noodle House in Royal Oak.

You guys have to try the Pho SATE there

[Disoblige]

Originally posted by Maxx Mazda


Bun is basically a rice noodle vermicelli bowl. It's not a soup. Often has spring rolls and chicken or shrimp in it with a bunch of veggies.

Bun means rice vermicelli, but it doesn't mean it can't be a soup.

Bún bò huế and bún riêu are both rice vermicelli soups, and there are other kinds too.

[BigDL]

Originally posted by Disoblige

Bun means rice vermicelli, but it doesn't mean it can't be a soup.

Bún bò huế and bún riêu are both rice vermicelli soups, and there are other kinds too.

Man is there a good place in the NW for Bun bo hu or am I stuck having to go to 17th ave se

[CRXguy]

Originally posted by BigDL


Man is there a good place in the NW for Bun bo hu or am I stuck having to go to 17th ave se

Song Huong for bun bo hue!!

[A2VR6]

Originally posted by BigDL


Man is there a good place in the NW for Bun bo hu or am I stuck having to go to 17th ave se

I like Pho Van's actually.

[bigbadboss101]

Ditto

[BigDL]

Originally posted by CRXguy


Song Huong for bun bo hue!!

Its really good but far, and the raw beef is good.

[riander5]

Originally posted by suntan
This place is a legend. Nothing compares to it.

They will even give you water at pho hoai, but they they wont be happy about it