At the moment this place holds the best bowl of Bun Rieu that a restaurant in the GTA (that I've tried) can offer. Everything that was "missing" was filled here! Their banh cuon is top notch as well.
Came here early in the afternoon and it was dead except for one table who were about to pay and leave. Didn't really mean much to me that the restaurant was empty because I came solely based on referral. Ordered 3x bowls of bun rieu 1x banh cuon.
You can tell that the bun rieu wasn't re-cooked from the day before or something because all the ingredients were fresh, it's a little on the sweeter side but most restaurants tend to not be able to hit the fish sauce-y aroma that bun rieu has. I don't get it homemade anymore so this is probably my next closest thing. Although it's in the sweeter side, this one key element in my opinion makes the cut for BEST bun rieu in Toronto (that I tried so far)
The banh cuon was also steaming (lol) hot when it came out and wow the mix they use for the rice roll was the perfect consistency not too think and it wasn't too thin where it broke apart either. The filling was good but all and all banh cuon is pretty standard across the board.
The service was great, it's obviously a family oriented restaurant by how relaxed and casual the workers are, giving it a more home-y vibe :)? The place looks like a hole in the wall that hasn't been patched since 1987 but that doesn't affect the quality of the food!!
Will repeat till they for whatever reason close up shop and then I'll get the recipe from them LOL