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| - Restaurant: Ginger
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Location: Downtown
Address: 546 Church St
Price Range: ~$10
1: Poor 2: OK 3: Good 4: Very Good 5: Excellent
Food: 5
Service: 2
Ambiance: 2
Overall: 3.5
Extra information:
*Couple locations within Downtown
*Small portions
I am craving Pho right now cause it's raining so hard and it's freezing outside! So I am going to mess up the order and write my quick review for Ginger. At first I wasn't too sure about walking away from Chinatown for Asian food...but what the heck, I saw Ginger at couple locations within Downtown so I decided to give it a try.
At Ginger, you order at the front and pay, and they will give you a number sign where you place it at any table tht you wish to sit. And then they will bring you the food. Once you sit down with the number sign, the food doesn't take very long.
Also, keep in mind that they have a water and sauce station beside the cashier. They have the typical Sriracha sauce and the Black sauce you see all the time at Pho places. Their sauces were kind of watered down but not as much as other places I've been to. The Hot sauce container was empty when I went to get some and as I was holding it for a second, someone noticed it immediately and refilled it.
Ordered: RARE BEEF PHO5/5
*Small bowl of pho with rare beef for $5.50
*They don't have many options for what can go into your pho
*They give you a Japanese udon spoon (something I wanted to point out)
*Unlike other Pho places, bean sprout and basil leaf is already served on top of your noodle
*Their pho is VERY SMALL IN PORTION!!
*Soup wasn't very oily and it had good beef flavor
*Vegetables (bean sprouts and basil leaf) was very fresh
*There was 5 pieces of rare beef in my Pho
*Beef was just an okay quality
*Again, very small in portion but for what you pay- it's ok
*Small was NOT enough for me (and I don't really eat much when it comes to Pho)
*Ordering Large next time!!
Ordered: SHRIMP CRISPY ROLL 4/5
*Individual Deep fried shrimp spring roll for $1.75
*Their spring rolls are very thin and long
*Served with sweet sauce on the side
*Comes hot and crispy
*Filled with whole shrimp pieces (not diced)
*Reminded me of shrimp dimsum (deep fried ones) you get at Chinese restaurants
*Little expensive for it's price but very delicious
As I polished my small bowl of pho and the shrimp crispy roll, I still wasn't satisfied! I was eyeing food that other people had ordered and their rice dishes looked a lot bigger so keep that in mind.
Summary: I think I've been to 3-4 Pho places so far in Toronto and Ginger def has the best Pho. Despite their small portion size, the flavor makes up for it. Just make sure to order large when you drop by, and maybe two if you are a guy. Ok, now I really want Pho.
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