The other day we had lunch over at Pho Vietnam which they say houses some of the best noodle soups in the city. The restaurant is located in the heart of a commercial area in Scarborough where many furniture stores are located. There are only a few parking spots located at the front of the restaurant. However don’t let the exterior fool you because the restaurant has pretty nice décor on the inside and is relatively clean.
Although my wife went for the traditional pho noodles, I went with the curry chicken and rice. You may wonder why I would do that and that’s because I find that pho could potentially be all the same especially when it comes to noodles and raw meat. Not much changes except for the soup base so I went with the more untraditional order and got the curry chicken instead.
When it arrived, the bowl carrying the curry was huge. The rice on the plate was even bigger and contained almost 2 bowls of rice. The curry was dark brown and it contained 3 pieces of chicken and 2 pieces of potatoes and a ton of curry sauce.
A couple pieces of the chicken were quite chewy. They were large pieces which led me to believe that these pieces were probably “older” chicken that were served. The 2 pieces of potatoes were actually one that was split into two. The sauce itself was not spicy at all. Although one can certainly taste the curry, it was at best a bland curry. The sauce was thick and reminded me of Japanese style curry except even in Japanese curry there was more spiciness than this.
The meal itself was like seven dollars which was one dollar more than the pho. It was filling but then again 2 bowls of rice will do that to you. I will try the pho the next time as my wife and colleague all tried it and said it was decent. The only complaint they had was that the medium size they ordered was like as a small at other restaurants. As for the curry chicken, it was acceptable but not the greatest. I give it a 3 out of 5.
1280 Kennedy Road
Scarborough, ON M1P 2L5
(416) 755-0909
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