Ottawa Foodies

BigMouth, Statistics Canada said the country's annual inflation rate jumped to 3.1% in june from 2.2% the previous month, the biggest one-month leap since september 2005.

from may, prices were 0.7% higher. everything is more expensive now, not to talk about the gasoline price!

pasta products were 35.9% higher than 12 months ago. flour cost 44.5% more and bread is more expensive now.

maintaining a business is not going to be easy. i expect to see price increase in many of the restaurants as well.

Overall I like this place. The food is yummy; service is so-so.

Ate here for lunch today. I was surprised that they had changed their menu … a bit for the worse. I always get the vermicelli but saw that they not only raised the prices but also reduced the options. Wasn't too impressed to see this. For a higher price, the option to mix two choices (beef, pork, chicken, shrimp, spring rolls) no longer exists.

The meal was still good and the portion was generous but, as others have stated, there are other dining options in that area which are cheaper and equally yummy.

Went here on the weekend with my fiancée's parents, since it was 4:15 on a Saturday and Ceylonta wasn't open yet ;)

I generally agree with all of the comments that other people have made: you can get better and you can get cheaper. But it's not terrible.

One thing I did like was that they have dried chili sauce as well as fresh chili sauce. It's like the ubiquitous pot of chili sauce in most restaurants, only they use dried chilis and a bit of fish sauce to make the paste. There may be other things in it; I'm definitely not an expert at paste-ology.

I went there with my wife 3 weeks ago. Usually it's good but then, I don't know if the cook was absent. The egg noodle soup wasn't that good. Also, there's always depressing songs playing in the restaurant. Hope this will change!

Went here last night as we wanted Pho without driving anywhere because of the snow.

I found it okay... I've definitely had better for less money. Medium bowl was $7.50, 3 spring rolls for $3.75. I ordered a beef and brisket Pho. I found the beef tough and stringy. I found the menu confusing as they had chicken under beef and then no chicken under chicken noodle.

Any questions were quickly answered. Service was friendly and prompt.

I'm sorry to say that I have had better spring rolls in the city. These were clearly from frozen. They were freshly fried... they were too hot to eat when they arrived!

All in all, it was okay but isn't on my 'must-return-to' list.

I took this photo when my car stopped at the traffic light on Somerset and Bank.

I went to Pho Bo Ga Truc with my boyfriend and one of his coworkers yesterday because his coworker had an appointment on Elgin after dinner. We ordered both the shrimp spring rolls and the pork spring rolls... both of which were good, but the pork spring rolls... mmmmm they are still on my mind today! We all got various versions of rare and well done beef soup... It was very good! We got it very quickly as well, which impressed me. It is certainly just as good as places on Somerset, it just has a smaller menu, which doesn't bother me in the least!

Review: www.ottawaxpress.ca