It's hard to find a decent Vietnamese restaurant in North York, so I'm pretty glad I stumbled into Pho Saigon St. on a random Saturday night.
We ordered some crispy tofu and shrimp wontons to start, along with a bowl of beef ball and rare beef pho and a chicken and pork rice dish for our mains. And of course, I had to have my Vietnamese coffee over ice.
The pho and rice dish were good. Solid quality, great flavours, affordable, and really hit the spot. Same goes for the shrimp wontons.
What really gave us pause was that crispy tofu, my goodness, where do I even begin? Great flavours and textures, huge portions for appetizer prices, and it had me wanting to eat more even though I was already quite full. We ended up also ordering the garlic and basil chicken wings as well, and the tenderness of the chicken and crisp and flavourful batter on the outside were delightful and completely unexpected from a quiet little Vietnamese joint near Bathurst and Steeles.
If we hadn't been so full, we might have kept ordering the rest of the appetizer menu just to complete our tour of the menu.
I'm fairly happy to have found a new Vietnamese joint to frequent in North York, and I can't wait to come back and try out more of the menu.