Phở Lệ (APM) — Restaurant in Hong Kong

The restaurant came to my attention due to recent talks about Vietnamese beef rice noodle after Chua San opened one in Central. Finally had the chance to try Pho Le's shop at Kwun Tong APM. No need to wait for a seat when I arrived there a bit over 6 pm. Ordered the pho with medium rare beef, well-done beef and beed meat ball, spring rolls and hot bailey water. The soup was very good (I drank all at the end) but could be improved with more complexity, the medium rare beef did not have much taste while the well-done beef was much tender and juicy than I expected though not tasty at all. The meat balls was ok and chewy. The Vietnamese spring rolls were not my cup of tea. The wraping was not crispy at all and they put taro in the filling. The worst was that they...

First, the waitress who served us was rude, and my parents speculate this could be because she guessed that my parents were from mainland China. This was a bad start, but whatever. Then the dishes (mainly noodles) arrived at lightning speed, making us questioning the quality. And indeed, for my mother's and my own dish, this was barely edible, the noodles were disgusting. The avocado roll was not tasty at all, badly made and the thin layer of rice paper outside was barely edible. The only thing we truly liked are the coconut (drink and flesh were delicious) and the...

Everytime I come here there is always a long line waiting for this pho. Why? Because it is by far the best valued and best tasting pho in HK so far. The soup is rich with unami flavour, and full of collagen suggesting lots of bones, tendons and beef were stewed together to make this broth (and not the usual MSG based soup). They also offer appetisers for the local taste buds like fried chicken wings which you probably won't find in Vietnam but is definitely worth ordering as well after queuing up for so long. Don't be deterred by the long line, it is well...