I was in the west end on a late Friday afternoon and I decided to drop by Forget Me Not Cafe for some Vietnamese food. Forget Me Not Cafe is a Vietnamese restaurant located in a small strip plaza on Wilson Ave in the west end of Toronto.
The place wasn't that busy since it was a late afternoon in between lunch and dinnertime. I was quickly seated and given a menu and some tea. I looked through the menu and decided to get a large special beef noodle soup ($8.00 plus tax) and two deep fried spring rolls ($4.50 plus tax). The menu was fairly extensive and covered a lot of Vietnamese dishes other than your basic pho, vermicelli and rice dishes.The deep fried spring rolls were really good. Outside was nice and crispy but not overdone. The inside had the right amount of filling including taro. The large beef noodle soup was good but not great. Noodles were perfectly cooked, nice thin slices of beef, along with tripe, tendon and beef balls. The broth was pretty good but the only issue I had is when you make pho, a little bit of msg is used but they were a little heavy with the msg and I was quite thirsty afterwards.
Forget Me Not Cafe is a pretty good option for authentic Vietnamese food in the west end, the food is probably a little bit more expensive than it's competitors for some dishes but not by much, it's still reasonably priced. The service is pretty friendly and helpful which isn't that common for a lot of Vietnamese restaurants in Toronto. Also, it's probably the cleanest Vietnamese restaurant you will ever go to, dining room and washrooms.