This is a highly recommended (by a local food reviewer in the local media) Vietnamese Restaurant that is famous for their Bun Bo Hue.
This is a branch restaurant on the Hong Kong Island side, their original store is in Kowloon.
Our first attempt to find this restaurant ended us up in another Vietnamese Pho place which turns out to be pretty good. (in fact better then this one!! how ironic!).
We came at lunch rush, at around 1pm on a Thursday, as we walked towards the shop, we can see office workers are all getting out from all the surrounding buildings to all the entries around the block.
We went in and was asked to sit at a booth, we had to sit on the same side and leave the other side for another party of 2, this is common practice during lunch hours or restaurants that are busy; all the tables are up for sharing.
As the Bun Bo Hue is highly recommended I already know what to order, my partner ordered the Banh Mì.
My BBH came after 15mins, and soon after the Bánh Mì arrived.
One sip of my BBH soup, I already know how high our standard has become as we are so spoiled by all the Pho and Vietnamese Restaurants we have in N. America, especially in the States!! The soup lacks any depth, even though they do have the spice from the BBH, but without a good soup base, it just tasted very watery and in this case its also on the sweet side which makes it not too pleasant! They do use the thick noodles as you can see in the photo.
Bánh Mi : a-ok and not outstanding ( yes, I may be unfair to use our N. American Vietnamese Standard to compare ), but taste is taste, it still lacks the wow factor we sometimes experience when we bite into a GOOD BM!!
All in all, not as good as the local reviewer touted it to be, and I believe I am giving a fair review base on taste and flavour. read more