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| - My parents and I had dinner here recently. I love Hu Tieu Nam Vang (aka Phnom Penh Noodle Soup), although truth be told, I don't like organ meats, so I secretly like it when the dish is slightly Westernized to omit the innards, which means more of the other toppings ;) Unfortunately, (or fortunately, depending on your point of view), this place serves up this dish with organs.
I ordered H01 which is the original Hu Tieu Nam Vang (I got a medium, which was $8.49). My mom ordered the H02, which is the dry version of my dish (so it's the same thing except they serve the broth on the side, and they add soy sauce to the noodles). She also got the medium and it was the same price as mine (many places charge you more for the "dry version," but not here). My dad wanted the same thing as my mom but in a large, but I accidentally wrote on the order form H03 for his order instead of H02 (Oops!). So when it came out, I said "we didn't order that" and the server brought out the order form to show me, and sure enough, there it was in my own handwriting, I did order that (!) D'oh! My dad said it was ok and he would eat it anyway. Well, guess what? His erroneously ordered dish turned out to be the best of the lot! So H03 was the Seafood version of the Hu Tieu Nam Vang. The large was $10.25. I wish I had ordered that for myself!
So firstly, I was kind of disappointed that the noodles were just regular rice noodles and there was no option of tapioca noodles. However, I was willing to over look that. My soup had liver and some other organ that I couldn't make out (both of which went straight into my dad's soup; I didn't even try them), pork sausage, pork slices, about a teaspoon of ground pork, and a lone shrimp, and also some fried scallions and lots of green onions. I was disappointed that there were no real vegetables in my soup. I also did not like the pork sausage. It had a spongy jello like texture. It was the worst pork sausage I have ever tasted. I gave it to my dad (who pretty much eats anything) and even he felt that it was not good. The pork slices were lean, which I appreciated because I don't like fatty meats. My lone shrimp was good too. The pork broth was fragrant and tasty and wasn't overly oily. The noodles were nicely done, not too mushy.
Since I gave my dad pretty much half of my toppings, he gave me the fish cakes that were in his soup. They were pretty good, not too doughy. My dad's soup had actual vegetables in it (carrots, broccoli and nappa cabbage). It also had mushrooms in it. His soup had 2 shrimps, some squid and fish cake slices. I totally would have enjoyed this soup more than mine! My dad was happy with the soup he ended up with.
My mom also felt that the pork sausage was terrible. She said the liver was fine, but all the other organ meats tasted off. She wasn't thrilled about her meal either.
So I find it disappointing that a restaurant's namesake dish was such a letdown.
Service was nice and friendly though.
This restaurant is in that complex of restaurants across from Vaughan Mills Mall. Lots of free parking, although the parking lot can be a bit of a zoo.
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