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| - The 1 star knock off was solely because of the poor service, otherwise, I would give it 5/5 stars.
We (a party of 3) arrived at the restaurant at 7:30pm on a Saturday night and there was already a huge lineup. The place is actually quite small, but props to them for having a self electronic check-in system where you can put down your name and phone number and they will text you when there is a table available. It was a good 30 minute wait but we really didn't want to try other places nearby as we were all craving for some hot rice noodles. But I think next time I would put my name/number down first and then shop at Shoppers or T&T while I wait.
As soon as I got the text, I went inside the restaurant in hopes that the host would call out our line#. There were 4 waiters that night and none of them came near the door to greet us. I had to wave down one of the waiters to tell them that I got a text about a table being ready and then she just told us to go sit at an empty table. Were we supposed to just grab the empty table ourselves? I was so confused.
There was a paper menu and a pen when we sat down on the table and all you had to do was check off the type of soup base that you wanted, plus any extra meats and appetizers/drinks. It is great, but what a waste of paper! Perhaps customers could order it via an ipad or the waiters could just write it down. These self-order paper menus are definitely not environmentally friendly.
We ordered 3 different rice noodle soup bases and an appetizer: Original ($8.99), Tomato Sauce ($9.49), and Curry Coconut Sauce ($9.49) and a Beef Lungs & Tripes with Chili Oil ($6.99) as an appetizer. The soups came quickly after we ordered and they were boiling hot! I absolutely LOVE that it is boiling which makes it is even better on a cold winter night. It certainly warms your soul. The meal comes with a tray of many different side dishes that you are supposed to put into the soup. Everything is delicious! The soup is so hot that it cooks the raw sliced pork that they give you in a minute. The noodles are chewy. I just LOVE the entire meal. The most important thing for me is that they don't put any MSG in their soup base. If you want a clean, clear light broth, the original is great! I sure feel healthier after eating it. The tomato sauce base is a little sour and the more you drink the soup, the more hungry you get! The curry coconut sauce is only a little spicy and there's only a very faint taste of the curry coconut. It is definitely not strong like Laksa, but I loved that it gives the soup a subtle taste.
Here's the best thing about this restaurant: If you're still hungry after a bowl of rice noodles and if there's still soup left in your bowl, you can get a refill of the noodles FOR FREE. Definitely an all-you-can-eat rice noodles kind of joint.
The beef lungs & tripes with chili oil is quite good, a little numbing spicy and personally I find it quite salty for me. However, it is very flavourful and it goes super well with the rice noodle meal.
Overall, my family and I absolutely LOVE this restaurant. We can't wait to go back! A must-eat in the winter :)
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