{"id":10322,"date":"2017-02-13T22:50:13","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T06:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/?p=10322"},"modified":"2017-05-06T22:35:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-07T06:35:03","slug":"little-saigon-yaletown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/little-saigon-yaletown\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Saigon in Yaletown"},"content":{"rendered":"

I came to find out about Little Saigon<\/a><\/strong> from my friend Areta\u00a0(Foodgressing<\/a>) and her picture on the restaurant’s salad roll. At the time I had only seen a Vietnamese salad roll wrapped like this at Anh and Chi\u00a0<\/a>.\u00a0I thought they must be a step up from the average pho joints in the city and a new addition to the list of high-end Vietnamese restaurants in the city.<\/p>\n

But when I found myself sitting down with Food Wench at Little Saigon after our happy hour meet, I found the restaurant quite small and cozy.\u00a0 There was a beautiful mural\u00a0of a lady in a red painted on the back wall and the front counter, elevating the place with a touch of class and culture. However, the place seemed a bit cramped as the dining room was fully filled with diners.<\/p>\n

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Little Saigon, Yaletown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Naturally,\u00a0I ordered the Grill Chicken Salad Roll<\/strong> ($9.50), the dish that got my attention on Instagram, so that I could find out if\u00a0it would taste\u00a0as good as it looks. \u00a0The grilled chicken was very flavourful in the salad roll. We didn’t even need the dipping sauce that came with the dish. I did find it a little odd to have some roasted whole peanuts in the sauce. I rather prefer crushed peanuts in a dipping sauce so that I don’t have to chew on the peanuts while munching on the salad roll.<\/p>\n

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lemongrass chicken salad roll<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Little Saigon, Yaletown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They have a Build Your Own Pho<\/strong> section tramadol online pharmacy overnight shipping <\/a> from which you could select different broths, noodles and proteins, similar to a lot of Japanese ramen\u00a0restaurants or Hong Kong style noodle soup places. This is definitely a first at a Vietnamese place. I have to say I’m not a big fan of such system. If you want people to think you’re a classier restaurant, why would you make them try to figure out through so many variables and calculate the price themselves? However, Food Wench benefitted from the system by getting a bowl of pho without any meat or protein.<\/p>\n

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“Build Your Own Pho” with no meat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I ordered the\u00a0House Special Pho<\/strong> ($12.95) as I was reluctant to play the Build-Your-Own game. It was a good bowl of pho. The broth was light and delicate with no trace of MSG, and the thinly sliced beef was fresh and tender. However, for you get, it is a little more expensive than most pho places in\u00a0the city.<\/p>\n

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PHO DAC BIET (House Special)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The food was decent and enjoyable at Little Saigon. The salad roll tasted just as good as it looked. The pho broth was definitely above average. But the price is a little high. \u00a0When they could argue that they are running a restaurant in the expensive Yaletown, why would foodies prefer to spend more money to come to Yaletown for a good but ordinary bowl of pho?\u00a0For the same price, I rather go to House Special<\/a> in the neighbourhood for dishes that are little more elevated.<\/p>\n

Website and menu:<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.littlesaigon.ca\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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