A small but well-run Vietnamese cafe delivers on its promise of good, curt service and delicious, hearty food. It's easy to miss this cafe, if not for the locals recommending and guiding you to it. The staff who run it, Vietnamese themselves, radiate warmth and welcome, an appetizer for things to come.
I opened the meal with Spring rolls, as any Vietnamese meal should be started. Each roll was crunchy, spilling forth it's meaty contents into your mouth, well complemented either by hoisin sauce or Sriracha chili.
Beef pho followed, that delicious treat of savoury beef broth, steaming silky noodles, interrupted by crunchy vegetables and tender pieces of beef.... The bowl was half finished when I remembered to snap a photo!
Finally, we had honey grilled chicken, another must-have in any Vietnamese restaurant. The sweetened meat was well barbequed without losing its tender texture, the smoky taste going very well with honey. Must be eaten with a heaping bowl of steamed rice!
An addition to the meal that you must have would be their coffee, served either hot or cold, black or white.
Overall, a very good experience at an affordable price. 5 well...
Read moreVia Just Eat delivery I ordered one starter and two mains, but only one main was delivered. When I phoned the restaurant to report the issue, the manager didn't apologise or believe me (despite the delivery driver also reporting the issue to him). The manager insisted on checking the security cam footage first and was quick to blame the delivery driver without any evidence of wrongdoing on his part. In the meantime, I was told the missing meal could not be delivered promptly because I was now "at the back of the queue". Twenty minutes after I hung up on the manager (out of hunger and frustration), he informed me the missing meal would be delivered after all, along with two beers. I felt so bad for the same delivery guy when he came back. He informed me that he was blamed for the missing meal, which is a disgusting abuse of power by the manager of...
Read moreVery enjoyable viet restaurant opposite Holloway Rd station, probably the only one I saw broken rice in the menu. And it was delicious! I wished I had more nuoc nam sauce with my broken rice and that the pork was slightly less dry but the flavours were delicious still! My partner had a soup of beef pho which tasted fresh and full of flavours although the bowl was a bit small which was hard to manoeuvre and not enough soup compared to the amount of noodles but he said the flavours were still enjoyable! There was a slight misunderstanding with the tea pot order as the menu says max two cups, so we ordered a jasmin tea thinking we’d get two cups with the pot when she asked if it was for 2 people, and then we ended up getting served two pots of tea which was definitely too much for just two people. Maybe it’d be best to clarify on the menu...
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