Best Vietnamese Food in Toronto

[EntertainmentMan2000]

Name'em!

 

[TeasePlease]

Hanoi 3 Seasons at Queen East. You have to try the Hen appetizer. A little more expensive than standard pho joints. http://www.hanoi3seasons.com/

Xe Lua on Steeles west of Yonge

 

[Petzel]

I've never had Vietnamese food cuz that fish sauce they use in everything is a real turn off for me.

 

[Roger Thorpe]

Ginger

 

[Boomstead]

Golden Turtle/Rua Vang on Ossington.

 

[MPAsquared]

The place near Muse in the Aren't We Naughty plaza! The pho is unreal!

 

[dearjohn]

hands down - pho linh on college at brock or sheridan
http://www.yelp.ca/biz/pho-linh-toronto

 

[Insidious Von]

Dao Bo at Finch Main Plaza two blocks west of Weston Rd.

 

[LeeyahBabee]

hands down - pho linh on college at brock or sheridan
http://www.yelp.ca/biz/pho-linh-toronto

:thumb:

 

[groggy]

hands down - pho linh on college at brock or sheridan
http://www.yelp.ca/biz/pho-linh-toronto

I switched from there to Pho Phuong.
http://www.yelp.ca/biz/pho-phuong-toronto

 

[nato75]

I second Hanoi 3 Seasons on Queen Street East in Leslieville, if you live in that part of town.

 

[TeasePlease]

Golden Turtle/Rua Vang on Ossington.

i was sadly underwhelmed, but possibly because of built up expectations.

Heavy msg, as I recall.

 

[TheDr]

Mi Pho Song Vu on Jane south of Wilson just before you go under the 401

 

[Petzel]

What exactly is pho?

 

[fuji]

What exactly is pho?

Beef noodle soup.

They serve the soup boiling hot and give you thin slices of beef , which you toss into the soup. The hot soup cooks the raw beef. Once it cools off a bit the beef is cooked and it's delicious.

 

[EntertainmentMan2000]

is there any place in Toronto that mimics or is somewhat close to Pho like this (and I believe they don't use "slices" for their pho)

 

[Twister]

I don't know of any Vietnamese fancy restaurants , I go to mostly noodlehouses. A decent one is Pho Asia on Wilson and Keele. very reasonable and good.

My concern like Tease said above is the Msg content and sodium as I suspect they use extracts that are packed with sodium or a mixture .

 

[TeasePlease]

I don't know of any Vietnamese fancy restaurants , I go to mostly noodlehouses. A decent one is Pho Asia on Wilson and Keele. very reasonable and good.

My concern like Tease said above is the Msg content and sodium as I suspect they use extracts that are packed with sodium or a mixture .

I don't think there's such a thing as fancy Vietnamese. Usually, they end up to be overpriced versions of the same thing (or corny attempts to fall back to French Imperialist roots and meld Viet with French foods).

Good pho isn't hard to spot. The common offenders are bland broth and brown, wilted sprouts or lemongrass and basil.

Rookies don't have to go for the raw beef right away. They can start with the cooked varieties first, and ease into the pho dac biet with the tripe and tendons. #101, please!

I liked Pho 88 (the one on Spadina south of Dundas, not the one in North York). They used to offer fresh or dry noodles.