Pho Phuong

Bahn xeo or the crispy pancake is so full of coconut and rich flavour that it's amazing. Compared to the soggy eggy versions around town that are more like omlettes, this stuffed pancake is wonderfully crispy and comes with some very fragrant herbs to give it that nice little kick.

The mango salad and goi cuon were fantastic. Friendly service, and lots of interesting options on the menu.

An alternative to Golden Turtle, the pho at Pho Phuong in the same ‘hood makes a great substitute and the dishes are pretty much the same price.

Ignore the cheaply done but stylish settings of this restaurant and take a look at their fantastic menu of dishes that you may never see outside of a Vietnamese home. Hitting on all the right sour, sweet, savoury and spicy notes in each of their sauces, it's amazing. Particular favourites include the crispy fried pancake, rice cake three ways, house broken rice and their fantastic duck noodle soup with bamboo shoots - just don't be afraid of the pig's blood cubes. Much better than Rua Vang!

their new Dundas location is super nice and the pho is deeeelicious.

the food is great, and that's always number one, but as well as great traditional viet dishes, you get atmospheric surrounds not typical of the mostly perfunctory pho resto set-ups around town. Brilliant.