VN Street Foods (Wolli Creek)

Disappointed; Average value, poor taste.

Ordered the traditional pho and a 5 meal set. Pho looked promising unfortunately, the broth tasted sharply of stale spices, suspiciously like stock pho cubes. The cuts of meat were good, and they did use a different variety of rice noodle(ropier) which was a refreshing change however I prefer the other kind.

The tomato rice was not tomato rice at all, but red bean rice that was slightly sweetened. Satay chicken was overpoweringly sweet, I had to really strain to try to taste other flavours, peanut was definitely absent. The coating of sauce was thin and I doubt the meat was marinated. Lotus seed pickle was overpoweringly gingery. The vegetables didn't have any fish sauce or savouriness to them, it was just occaisonal hints of garlic. To put into perspective how bad the set was, my huge 1.95m bf who's always finished what he gets did not finish or take away any of it.

Cocnut jelly was the saving grace, genuinely made, had 2 layers, a cream jelly and juice jelly. Honestly it's the main reason I'm not giving the place 1 star. After writing my review and reflecting on the food rather than my dining experience with my dog and bf I am tempted to.

Value; okay. Taste; poor. Quality; medium, the ingredients were actually fresh and authentic, just not cooked to their potential. The place is pay right after you order, and they do have outdoor seating. Staff didn't voice concern over dog outside .

Recommendations for improvement; broth needs huge improvement. Change chef or review recipes for your set menu.

I may give the place another try but I don't have high hopes.