Comments on: Searching for the best phố in Melbourne http://www.tomatom.com/2007/05/searching-for-the-best-ph%e1%bb%91-in-melbourne/ The insiders' guide to Melbourne restaurants, food and drink in Melbourne. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:19:34 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Nadia http://www.tomatom.com/2007/05/searching-for-the-best-ph%e1%bb%91-in-melbourne/comment-page-1/#comment-49407 Nadia Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:44:05 +0000 http://www.tomatom.com/2007/05/searching-for-the-best-ph%e1%bb%91-in-melbourne/#comment-49407 oops, I meant basil! oops, I meant basil!

]]> By: Nadia http://www.tomatom.com/2007/05/searching-for-the-best-ph%e1%bb%91-in-melbourne/comment-page-1/#comment-49406 Nadia Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:37:20 +0000 http://www.tomatom.com/2007/05/searching-for-the-best-ph%e1%bb%91-in-melbourne/#comment-49406 Hien Vuong (Hopkins St, Footscray) doesn't serve vege pho, so you weren't there -- there are a couple of pho joints with very similar names. (Eg. Hien Vuong in Leeds St is tasty, but uses lots of msg and plays annoying, loud, tinny covers and christmas carols.) The beef stock is rich and delicious, but I would love some shaved onion as well as spring onion. Unfortunately, my husband is a vegetarian... Saigon has been our regular for a couple of years; 12 months ago had a re-fit so it looks a little more flash and clean than it used to. They are great all rounders -- good clean stock, crisp, unblemished mint, vege has lots of vegetables, silky tofu and coriander. Yum. Hien Vuong (Hopkins St, Footscray) doesn’t serve vege pho, so you weren’t there — there are a couple of pho joints with very similar names. (Eg. Hien Vuong in Leeds St is tasty, but uses lots of msg and plays annoying, loud, tinny covers and christmas carols.) The beef stock is rich and delicious, but I would love some shaved onion as well as spring onion. Unfortunately, my husband is a vegetarian…

Saigon has been our regular for a couple of years; 12 months ago had a re-fit so it looks a little more flash and clean than it used to. They are great all rounders — good clean stock, crisp, unblemished mint, vege has lots of vegetables, silky tofu and coriander. Yum.

]]> By: Lovelier now. | Miss Kish http://www.tomatom.com/2007/05/searching-for-the-best-ph%e1%bb%91-in-melbourne/comment-page-1/#comment-48407 Lovelier now. | Miss Kish Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:11:07 +0000 http://www.tomatom.com/2007/05/searching-for-the-best-ph%e1%bb%91-in-melbourne/#comment-48407 [...] one for the man. I’ll keep you posted on his reaction. We also went to Swanston St for some Phố. Was [...] [...] one for the man. I’ll keep you posted on his reaction. We also went to Swanston St for some Phố. Was [...]

]]> By: Ed http://www.tomatom.com/2007/05/searching-for-the-best-ph%e1%bb%91-in-melbourne/comment-page-1/#comment-47724 Ed Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:49:48 +0000 http://www.tomatom.com/2007/05/searching-for-the-best-ph%e1%bb%91-in-melbourne/#comment-47724 can you tell me where we will find this Pho when it is unleashed? can you tell me where we will find this Pho when it is unleashed?

]]> By: bakewell http://www.tomatom.com/2007/05/searching-for-the-best-ph%e1%bb%91-in-melbourne/comment-page-1/#comment-47648 bakewell Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:30:45 +0000 http://www.tomatom.com/2007/05/searching-for-the-best-ph%e1%bb%91-in-melbourne/#comment-47648 I make the best pho in M elbourne and wil be unleashing it soon I make the best pho in M elbourne and wil be unleashing it soon

]]> By: tammy http://www.tomatom.com/2007/05/searching-for-the-best-ph%e1%bb%91-in-melbourne/comment-page-1/#comment-45394 tammy Fri, 22 May 2009 04:28:36 +0000 http://www.tomatom.com/2007/05/searching-for-the-best-ph%e1%bb%91-in-melbourne/#comment-45394 I'd like to invite any pho lovers to a new pho joint called SAIGON PHO at 73A Nicholson st, Footscray. It's just around the corner from Hopkins St all the other pho shops. We've been opened for about 12 months now and I haven't come across any comments or reviews. I'm only assuming that no one knows that we are here. We'll appreciate any comments/reviews. I’d like to invite any pho lovers to a new pho joint called SAIGON PHO at 73A Nicholson st, Footscray. It’s just around the corner from Hopkins St all the other pho shops. We’ve been opened for about 12 months now and I haven’t come across any comments or reviews. I’m only assuming that no one knows that we are here. We’ll appreciate any comments/reviews.

]]> By: ryan23 http://www.tomatom.com/2007/05/searching-for-the-best-ph%e1%bb%91-in-melbourne/comment-page-1/#comment-43934 ryan23 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 08:26:23 +0000 http://www.tomatom.com/2007/05/searching-for-the-best-ph%e1%bb%91-in-melbourne/#comment-43934 got pho? got pho?

]]> By: Still searching for the best Pho. Or am I? http://www.tomatom.com/2007/05/searching-for-the-best-ph%e1%bb%91-in-melbourne/comment-page-1/#comment-43379 Still searching for the best Pho. Or am I? Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:43:38 +0000 http://www.tomatom.com/2007/05/searching-for-the-best-ph%e1%bb%91-in-melbourne/#comment-43379 [...] already documented my search for the best Pho in Melbourne and discovering it in Hanoi. The truth is it is difficult to find a [...] [...] already documented my search for the best Pho in Melbourne and discovering it in Hanoi. The truth is it is difficult to find a [...]

]]> By: lauren http://www.tomatom.com/2007/05/searching-for-the-best-ph%e1%bb%91-in-melbourne/comment-page-1/#comment-42622 lauren Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:28:27 +0000 http://www.tomatom.com/2007/05/searching-for-the-best-ph%e1%bb%91-in-melbourne/#comment-42622 I have to say my partner & I were excited to try Hien Vuong in Footscray after a write up in Epicure in The Age, and we thoroughly enjoyed our 2 bowls of vege Pho (complete with crusty french stick which we hadn't seen before but was al the rage with the Vietnamese patrons). However, things started to turn sour on the car trip home when we had to pull over as my lady thought she was going to be ill & we both sustained raging MSG headaches! Hence, we headed back to our local Pho Hung in Preston and have stuck with them ever since - GO PHO HUNG!!! :-) I have to say my partner & I were excited to try Hien Vuong in Footscray after a write up in Epicure in The Age, and we thoroughly enjoyed our 2 bowls of vege Pho (complete with crusty french stick which we hadn’t seen before but was al the rage with the Vietnamese patrons). However, things started to turn sour on the car trip home when we had to pull over as my lady thought she was going to be ill & we both sustained raging MSG headaches!
Hence, we headed back to our local Pho Hung in Preston and have stuck with them ever since – GO PHO HUNG!!! :-)

]]> By: John http://www.tomatom.com/2007/05/searching-for-the-best-ph%e1%bb%91-in-melbourne/comment-page-1/#comment-41268 John Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:01:03 +0000 http://www.tomatom.com/2007/05/searching-for-the-best-ph%e1%bb%91-in-melbourne/#comment-41268 Mate, minimalistic style is the best. I had my best melbourne bowl of pho in Springvale at Dakao Hoang on Balmoral Avenue. Freshly delivered rice noodles, and not too salty! ok.. my two cents submitted. Mate, minimalistic style is the best. I had my best melbourne bowl of pho in Springvale at Dakao Hoang on Balmoral Avenue. Freshly delivered rice noodles, and not too salty! ok.. my two cents submitted.

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