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| - It is at the back of the mall with Red Lobster. I almost give up before I drive around to the back of the mall before I see it. The décor is not traditional Vietnamese. It may be left from the previous restaurant with a fireplace, twinkling star on the ceiling with changing colors. The tables are sparely located.
We order Bun Cuon - one of the best in Toronto, tightly wrapped and taste very good. The Pho soup is clear and can taste better. It can be better with more bones and meat for the soup. The meat ball has its texture. The beef can have a better grade of beef.
We also order "Bò 7 món" the 7 courses of beef served for 2 costs $30. According to others, it is more pricy than the other restaurants. It consists of:
- Gi bò: a salad made with pickled carrot, pickled daikon, and celery salad with thin strips of beef in nc mm (fish sauce). This one is very good. It is even better than the Thai mango salad.
- Bò ch ùm: Steamed ground beef patties served with prawn krupuk - The patties is average and one comments that it is a bit fishy
- Bò nhúng dm: Raw slices of beef to be cooked in a vinegared fondue - This needs some preparation to have the wrap really hard to be softened in the boiling vinegar and used it to wrap the beef with lettuce, cucumber, carrot, vermicelli and on top the beef. Whether it can be wrapped tight is up to your skill.
- Bò nng m chài: Grilled ground beef wrapped in caul fat - This one tastes like the Chinese fried beef
- Bò lá lt: Grilled ground beef wrapped in a Lolot leaf (very similar to a grape leaf) - I can't really taste that there is beef inside
- Bò nng hành: Grilled strips of beef rolled around a piece of scallion - I eat only the beef. To swallow a big piece of scallion takes some courage!
- Cháo Bò: Beef congee - This is a thick congee. If it is hotter, it will be good to wrap up the Bò 7 món
Server is attentive. When we first order, the 2 appetizers got mix up, one before it comes and the other one has to be exchanged.
If you don't like the traditional Vietnamese restaurant setting, this one you should try.
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