Saw the reviews of Sen Viet and was interested to try out, drove to Langley from Richmond and found out that they have changed name of the restaurant, asked if this is a new restaurant and the gentleman in charge told me that they have been opened for 10 years and only changed their name.
Anyways, we decided to give them a try anyways, we ordered the following items:
Young Lotus Root Salad $10.00 5/5 stars
I had this salad before in Portland and it was already very delicious, Naomi's version is even more so!! The first bite makes you want to keep eating this salad, the combination of young lotus roots, steamed prawns,julienne of pork, topped with roasted shallots is so well balanced with texture and flavour that it is a perfect light appetizer! The secret is also the dressing; very very light with no oil at all, its sweet, tart, savoury at the same time!! Definitely recommend you try this!!
House Special Pho (L) $12.50 4/5 stars
My partner's choice whenever he goes to Pho shops! Their version is actually very different then the average Pho, the soup is very very light and clear with no trace of fat whatsoever! The flavour is a bit too light for my taste but my partner totally loves it! Yes, its very light but still you can still taste all the spices, all the different beef cuts in the Pho are all very very tender and not chewy as you may find in most other places. Another difference this Pho is to others; is the lack of cilantro, as you can see from my photo, they only put green onion and regular onion.
Sen Viet Special Noodle (soup) $12.00 4/5 stars
Lately, I had been exploring different options of soup base other then beef when I go to Pho shops, I love either pork bone or chicken based soups, its lighter and also gives the broth a different dimension.
This is a special item that still keeps the "Sen Viet" name, it has slices of lean pork, prawns, dried shrimps, roasted shallots and fresh rice noodles. The dish can be served soup on the side with their own sweet soya sauce, I opt for the soup version, again super clean chicken broth without any traces of oil! the sliced pork is super lean as well, over all its a very very healthy bowl of noodles if you want something very light! Also, they don't put any cilantro as garnish as well, which I really like, maybe I will ask for some next time!
Overall score: 5+4+4 = 13/3 = 4.33 stars! read more