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| - The place had a nice atmosphere, the decor is definitely up a notch from the usual Asian restaurant settings. But the food is not quite enough to steal Pho Lien's special place in my heart.
We came here for my birthday dinner because I love love love Vietnamese food. We had a voucher for $40, which was quite a lot for two people. For appetizers, we got springroll (2), goi cuon (1) and vietnamnese style dumplings (banh bot loc). The springroll was good, not greasy but the inside sticks to each other and lost the usual hydrated fluffiness. The goi cuon had no vermicelli but plenty of cucumber and herbs for the flavor, no complaints from me since I like my goi cuon with minimal vermicelli but I don't think this is the norm. This is the first time I had vietnamnese dumplings and they didn't impress me in term of the flavors and execution, maybe I'm biased towards the Chinese style juicy dumplings. The main dishes were much better though, I had the com suon - pork chop with rice (and fresh veggies), the pork chop is quite good, made with plenty of marinate, cooked to perfect tenderness. The rice is standard with rice, fresh vegetables and fish sauce. Boyfriend got the chicken with peanut curry sauce, I had a taste and it was pretty okay - quite peanuty!
Overall, the food is pretty standard, good price with the voucher but Pho Lien is still the #1 in my heart.
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