Foods from Authentic Vietnamese Pho House
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2013 Sep 8
We visited the Greenbank location for lunch on a Saturday. It wasn't busy at all but it should be!
Our appetizers were disappointing: $4.25 for two skinny spring rolls and a goi cuon bo satay (satay beef salad roll) that was made with ground beef and had little flavour.
On the other hand, the soups were amazing all around! My bún riêu was the best I've had. My wife's hu tiêú satay was nicely balanced with a great broth and my kids' won ton soup was perfect: mild and tasty broth, generous and delicious shrimp dumplings, and tender shredded cabbage.
These soups are without a doubt some of the best in the city.
Our appetizers were disappointing: $4.25 for two skinny spring rolls and a goi cuon bo satay (satay beef salad roll) that was made with ground beef and had little flavour.
On the other hand, the soups were amazing all around! My bún riêu was the best I've had. My wife's hu tiêú satay was nicely balanced with a great broth and my kids' won ton soup was perfect: mild and tasty broth, generous and delicious shrimp dumplings, and tender shredded cabbage.
These soups are without a doubt some of the best in the city.
2012 Dec 2
Tiny surprised mine is the first entry, but perhaps AVPR is just one of those easy-to-miss places, tucked away where it is in that Metro strip-mall on Greenbank.
deferring to the experts on the genuine-pho analysis, i'll just note a pleasant surprise in my veg-noodle soup order - clean, not overly salty, and also to my tongue quite flavorful. An afterthought in most Viet/Pho places (understandably so), but in my own highly biased rankings of those doing veg-broths, i'd put AVPR's near the top, better than Maxims / @36 on Merrivale, comparable to Pho Thu Do. And, like all decent Viet places, the portions were pretty generous and rounded out w/ the usual side-suspects (basil, sprouts, lime, sawtooth cilantro).
Congenial service, i'm guessing family-run, they asked a couple times how things were, but in a casual, unobtrusive manner. Small and clean interior, with one flatscreen (tuned to a football game at a mercifully lo-vol), AVPR struck me a decent, low-key neighborhood place - and, at least on that cold day, seemed to doing a brisk biz with locals and a couple extended Vietnamese families. With few inexpensive-Vietnamese options in that Greenbank / Centrepointe / Hunt Club corridor, i'd certainly hit AVPR again next time running errands in the area.
deferring to the experts on the genuine-pho analysis, i'll just note a pleasant surprise in my veg-noodle soup order - clean, not overly salty, and also to my tongue quite flavorful. An afterthought in most Viet/Pho places (understandably so), but in my own highly biased rankings of those doing veg-broths, i'd put AVPR's near the top, better than Maxims / @36 on Merrivale, comparable to Pho Thu Do. And, like all decent Viet places, the portions were pretty generous and rounded out w/ the usual side-suspects (basil, sprouts, lime, sawtooth cilantro).
Congenial service, i'm guessing family-run, they asked a couple times how things were, but in a casual, unobtrusive manner. Small and clean interior, with one flatscreen (tuned to a football game at a mercifully lo-vol), AVPR struck me a decent, low-key neighborhood place - and, at least on that cold day, seemed to doing a brisk biz with locals and a couple extended Vietnamese families. With few inexpensive-Vietnamese options in that Greenbank / Centrepointe / Hunt Club corridor, i'd certainly hit AVPR again next time running errands in the area.
Phở 6
2014 Feb 28
FF, me and the other half were there last night! Our absolute go-to for phở, bar none.
The BF recommends the crab soup off their special menu. It's only a medium but it looks delicious.
He normally gets the P24 (Well done beef, beef flank, beef tendon and beef balls) while I get the vegetarian. Deeeelicious.
The BF recommends the crab soup off their special menu. It's only a medium but it looks delicious.
He normally gets the P24 (Well done beef, beef flank, beef tendon and beef balls) while I get the vegetarian. Deeeelicious.
Bún Riêu 3
2013 Nov 16
Enjoyed this H.08 Hủ Tiếu Xá Xíu Tôm (BBQ pork and shrimp rice noodle soup) at the Kanata location with a Vietnamese friend who declared her bún riêu (also in the photo) to be "Okay." ;-)
The broths here are reliably good. The flavours are similar between the two restaurant locations, both of which are run by the same family.
The majority of Ottawa's best Vietnamese food is now available in the suburbs. Interesting development! Now if only we could get the same happening with Korean...
The broths here are reliably good. The flavours are similar between the two restaurant locations, both of which are run by the same family.
The majority of Ottawa's best Vietnamese food is now available in the suburbs. Interesting development! Now if only we could get the same happening with Korean...
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