This is a great place to dine in, whether it be for the fabled Vietnamese coffee, or just to have a taste of Hanoi. This place boasts mainly Hanoi styled food. It’s more than just Banh Mi, and the other dishes do equally as well, if not at times better than the Banh Mi! While you’re at it, do get the drinks as well.
Authentic temptations from Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam beckon. From subtle, delicately flavoured delights to distinctive dishes unique to their country of origin, you’ll find dishes created by the royal family and those authentically from the humble homes of farmers. Prepared by award-winning Chef Somkhuan Wandee and presented in a fine-dining style, our serving style hence carries an interesting fusion of traditional cuisine and modern dining. The ambience is simply enchanting. Tamarind Springs is in a time and place of its very own.
I'd highly recommend this place for its ambiance, but do note though, this place has no air conditioning, so we left the place with sweaty face and sticky skin. haha! The food, was really mediocre and don't justify for the price tag.
Though service is fast, the waiters/waitresses that were dashing around (clearing up tables or responding to a customer's call) came across as quite a disturbance to the patrons.
The variety of food is good but the small bowl of seafood fried rice is expensive. After paying 10% service charge not going back there. Paying extra 10% for service charge is really too much. No signboard of notice paying 6% GST and 10% service charge.
Our first main dish was the Pho Beef Combination. It was a very ‘beefed up’ dish! It came with beef balls, slices, shanks, tendons and tripes. Boiled for four hours, and simmered for another two to release the beef’s oils and natural flavours, this dish is rich in flavour and texture. We could even adjust the level of spiciness of our pho with a spicy satay sauce that came with it.
FYI, the civet cat coffee that this place get is from the wild instead of those cruel farms so, no guilty conscience on my part.
I would say their Vietnamese dishes taste authentic, fresh and cooking with passionate. Their chef and staff were from Vietnam. We were quite satisfied with our meal. Staffs were attentive and helpful. Although they don't have fancy decoration but this shop was surrounding with authentic Vietnamese ambiance and food. Will back again to try out the remaining dishes! =)
Absolute Viet is another great place to fix your craving for Vietnamese food and the best thing about this Vietnamese restaurant is you pay a little for a pleasant atmosphere and good food. Isn’t that great? They have a very simple and comfortable setting for non-smoker in the restaurant, while the smokers get to enjoy their meal and the famous Vietnamese coffee overlooking the water feature in front of the restaurant. A big surprise I found in Absolute Viet when I see they serve tomato noodle soup! Frankly, that is the main reason we give it a try the first time we walked into this restaurant. That reminds me of my Vietnamese friend making me an authentic Vietnamese noodles with plenty of crab meat in tomato soup while I was visiting her in the United States, and it is very difficult to find a Vietnamese restaurant serving this since I return. At the price of only RM 9.90, I find it has similar taste of what I called the original, it is a little sour and mild in spiciness. I’m sure the taste would be further enhanced if they could replace the chicken with seafood (and that for sure will change the price as well); still it’s a very good and appetizing noodle soup, also my all-time favourite. It is always satisfying dining at Absolute Viet for the mouth-watering side dishes and scrumptious main course at very affordable price. A simple meal with 2 healthy main course and drinks would probably be around RM 30 or less, I call that an affordable damage especially when we are offered such comfortable, air-conditioned setting with music and pleasant service. This was the third visit to Absolute Viet and I know I am happy to be their regular customer.
Pho Hoa is essentially a family style restaurant that takes pride in their pho and affordable prices.
Pho Hoa @ Tropicana City Mall
very special combination set of Banh Hoi Thap Cam, which is a DIY spring roll with rice paper, pork, chicken and vermicelli, fried spring rolls, minced shrimp on sugarcane and pork balls.
Vietnam Kitchen
The food of still as good as other outlets. This PJ Jaya 33 outlet also has beautiful and cosy environment.
Beef salad is absolutely must have and worth the price at RM11.90. yummy tasty!
It's located at Sunway Pyramid, Ground floor,near the ice skating ring area.
This restaurant serves Vietnamese food and it taste really good.
Health Concious Choice Pho Hoa Restaurant, which was started in 2001, belongs to one of the largest Vietnamese Noodles restaurant chains in the world with locations across north America as well as in five other Asian countries and of course Malaysia is one of them.
Overall Rating: 5.5/10 for the portion but figured they could do better with the sauce. I may return for seconds.
