Vietnamese Foodies

I hadn't tried Vietnamese food before and when I heard about this, I was looking forward to check it out. 
They had some music playing outside and it easily grabbed our attention. There is seating indoors (for about 15 people) as well as outdoors. 

They surprisingly have a wide variety of vegetarian items and that's what we tried. Some of the dishes might be available with meat too so you've got a choice there if you're a non-vegetarian. 

We started with the veg gyoza. These had a filling of water chestnut and carrot. Now I'm not a huge fan of water chestnut but these tasted really good. 
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Next we chose one of the soups - the Pho Chay. The word "Chay" means vegetarian and you'll see it in a few more dishes in this review. This one had lotus root, mushroom, and tofu in it.It was served with some bean sprouts and chillies on the side, and I totally liked it. I did add a couple of sauces which they gave us and that really accentuated the flavour.
Another favourite of mine is the Pad Thai; the similar Vietnamese variant is known as Pho Xao Chay. This had some tofu in it, and roasted peanuts on the side. The same comforting taste that you'd expect from a pad Thai.
For our curry, we had Cari Chay. This had a mix of veggies and was served with jasmine rice on the side. It had a really nice flavour to it. I also liked the chillies in it which made it taste spicy. 
We ended our meal with a Cafe Sua Da which is a Vietnamese special ice coffee with condensed milk. This is a strong coffee with some sweetness to it. We personally loved it. Although, if you're expecting it to be strong like black coffee, then it won't be strong enough for you, and if you're expecting it to be like a cappuccino, then it will be much stronger. So I think there is a very small number of people who might actually enjoy this. 
The portion size is a bit small; we finished the above among the two of us. The food was totally worth it though. If you want to try something new, I do recommend checking it out. Vietnamese food does taste quite similar to Thai food, just a tad different.




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