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| - Had lunch today at "Toronto's Oldest Vietnamese Restaurant". It was my second time there and have had generally positive experiences at Golden Turtle. I ordered three items: a durian milkshake, a plate of deep fried spring rolls (pork) shared with a friend, and a Large bowl of #14; Pho with rare beef, flank, tripe and beef balls.
The durian milkshake was nice, as it had the right amount of sweetness, though it was not as thick as other places I have had durian milkshake at.
The spring rolls were excellent. You get three whole rolls cut in half (six pieces on the plate). The exterior was crunchy and the filling was nice and warm.
The bowl of pho was quite good, as the soup base was a high quality, decades-in-the-making, beef broth. At $9.50 for a Large bowl though, it did not have a lot of ingredients. There was maybe one beef ball cut into quarters, a couple pieces of tripe, two chunks of flank meat, and a few slices of rare beef. In the larger-sized bowl, the ingredients looked even smaller. Nonetheless, what you get is still of good quality and you leave satisfied in the end.
The lunch crowd was a steady stream and service was quick. I'll probably be back to see how their bowls of "bun" or plates of "com" are like.
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