Showing posts with label 1. Vietnamese Food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1. Vietnamese Food. Show all posts

Saturday, August 18, 2018

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Phở Hùng - On SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR

A lot of Vietnamese places do either Phở good and Bún not so great or vice versa. This place does everything fantastic. Phở Hùng is one of my two favorite Phở places in Portland. The food is authentic and fresh, has lots of flavor, and the portions are just right. The service here is good, and the prices are very reasonable. Another bonus is that they have their own parking lot, which is a major bonus in a big city like Portland.


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Monday, May 20, 2013

Saigon Vietnamese Restaurant and Grill - Downtown, near the corner of Court St and High St in Salem, OR

I heard that they have a really good Binh Minh sandwich here so I decided to try it out. It was only $4.50 and it was delicious. The size was perfect too - enough to satisfy my appetite but not so much that it made me full to the point of being sick. The Vietnamese couple that runs this place are very nice, but they are even more quiet. They have a small buffet that I will go back and try someday soon.

Yelp

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Phở Jasmine - On N Killingsworth St in Portland, OR

This was my favorite Phở place in Portland for a long time. It's been bumped down a few slots, but it's still toward the top of my list. The Gỏi Cuốn (Rice Paper Rolls: shrimp, bean sprout, cilantro, lettuce, rice noodle, and peanut sauce) the Phở, the Hot Pot, and the Bún are all very good. I personally think that they do Phở better than Bún.

- Parking is a major hassle in the area
- The place is clean enough, I guess
- The staff is very friendly
- I got my food in a reasonable amount of time
- The prices are reasonable

Yelp

Pho Jasmine on Urbanspoon

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Hanoi Kitchen - On NE Glisan St in Portland, OR

There are two Vietnamese places in Portland that contend for the pedestal of being called the best in my mind. Hanoi Kitchen is one of them, Pho Hung on SE Powell Blvd is the other. The food at Hanoi Kitchen is authentic and delicious. The presentation is fantastic, the ingredients are fresh and cooked very well, and the portions are the perfect size. Additionally, the place is very clean and the staff is extremely friendly. Our waitress even brought us some complimentary Asian apples from a tree that she said is growing behind the restaurant.

Yelp

Hanoi Kitchen on Urbanspoon




Friday, May 10, 2013

Got Phở? - On NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR

There are a lot of Vietnamese places around Portland, but this is one of the better bowls of Pho that the city has to offer. The broth is very good and the meat is tender. I asked them to add some veggies and it was worth it. The service was great, the place was clean, and the size of the bowl was perfect. Some places offer huge bowls as a gimmick to draw you in, but it ends up being too much for me to enjoy. Other places fill the bowl with rice noodles and very little of anything else. Not Got Pho?, this place has it figured out!

Yelp

Got Pho? on Urbanspoon

Phở Broadway - On NE Broadway in Portland, OR

I have mixed feelings about this place. The food was good but not great and the service wasn't bad but it wasn't great either. I was listening to some other customers complain about having to wait so long, but I really didn't have to. The thing that bothered me and made it difficult to enjoy the food was the smell in the restaurant. It is... unpleasant. I kept trying to think of something to compare it to while I waited for my food, but I couldn't think of anything. It's musty though, like they need to open some windows and the door and air it out. I won't go back just because of the smell.

Yelp

Pho Broadway on Urbanspoon

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Binh Minh - On SW Pacific Hwy in Tigard, OR

This place has been around for a long time and they offer a nice solid bowl of good Pho. The place is clean and very reasonably priced. I like that they offer more than one size bowl of Pho. I had the House Special Pho and was very pleased with the flavor of the tripe. It's often the one meat that ends up being flavorless, but Binh Minh did it right.

Yelp

Pho Binh Minh on Urbanspoon

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Phở Viet BBQ and Noodle House - On Hwy 26 in Sandy, OR

A pretty mediocre bowl of Pho. Favor wise, it was not bad but nothing amazing. The thing that made it extraordinary was the size of the bowl - it was huge. Furthermore, the price was right, and the place was clean.

Yelp

Pho Viet on Urbanspoon