UPDATE – December 2010: Kol3 took their subs and shu mai balls off the menu because they weren’t selling enough to ensure they were fresh all the time. Sadness. However, they have added a basa banh xeo. They also make a really good sate pho noodle soup. Banh xeo portions have also gotten much bigger [...]
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Charlie Chan’s which served mainly Westernized Chinese food in Kensington closed this summer. I ate there a few times when I was in the mood for sweet and sour pork but the chopsticky font of its sign always bothered me. In its place, Song Han opened in August with a quick renovation that opens [...] Jason forwarded me an email about the Pho Garden Challenge. Unfortunately, it’s in San Francisco. But you can bet it’s on my list of things to do next time we head there! The rules are simple: slurp back two pounds of noodles and two pounds of combination beef with tripe within 60 minutes and it’s free. [...]
Canh Buom Nha Trang is an explosion of Pepto-Bismol pink and ocean blue. Life preservers and gold-rope wrapped anchors (where does one order those?) hang on the walls; sparkly blue and red booths remind us of seats on a lurching, carnival ride. Two Buddhas, the Neptune of this ship, stare from the counter. My sister [...]
So it’s taken us more than a year to find good Vietnamese bun, or vermicelli bowl, in Calgary but we finally got some at Pho Anh Huyen, thanks to Alison and Luke. They go there every Wednesday night, so you know it’s consistent. Like most great Vietnamese joints, Pho Anh Huyen doesn’t look like much [...] When we lived in Edmonton, we went to Pagolac several times a month. It was the only place that could satisfy my satay pho cravings — and still is. Pagolac has Chinese food on its menu but I think it’s the best place in Edmonton for Vietnamese food. There are places with good pho and places [...] |
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