{"id":2301,"date":"2014-08-21T21:55:47","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T05:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/?p=2301"},"modified":"2014-08-25T15:51:01","modified_gmt":"2014-08-25T23:51:01","slug":"hai-phong-vietnamese-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/hai-phong-vietnamese-restaurant\/","title":{"rendered":"Hai Phong Vietnamese Restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Richard (food critic, VancouverFoodster.com<\/a>) and Jenny (French Born Vietnamese) both agreed Hai Phong was their favourite Vietnamese restaurant in Vancouver. This was a little chat we had after we all attended “Food via Social Media” event hosted by Hootsuite. So we decided to go there for dinner after.<\/p>\n

Before our dishes arrived, they gave us a plate of condiments of banana blossoms, Vietnamese coriander leave, basil, bean sprouts, chili, and lime. These were flavour enhancers for our noodle soups. I had banana blossom in Vietnamese noodle soup before at Kim Phung, but never had Vietnamese coriander before. Apparently Vietnamese coriander is called Laksa leave in Malaysian\/Singaporean cuisine and used in Laksa dishes. <\/p>\n

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Condiments for Noodle Soup: Banana Blossoms, Vietnamese Coriander, Basil, Bean Sprouts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I ordered Duck and Bamboo Shoot Vermicelli in Soup. I had this dish before at Kim Phung. The broth here was superb! The flavours were very complex. The Addition of Vietnamese coriander leave added a great exotic flavour to the soup, somewhat similar to cilantro, but also different with some other flavour notes. For extra $2, the noodle soup came with a side salad with duck breast slices. The duck was well cooked but I wish there was a little more duck meat. Since I only ordered the small size noodle soup, I was curious how big the large size was. I also found the vermicelli used in the dish was very thin. I think if they use bigger sized noodles, it would add a little bit more substance and texture to dish. <\/p>\n

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Duck & Bamboo Shoot Vermicelli in Soup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jenny and Justine both had Spicy Pork Hock Noodle Soup. Don’t let the dish name fool you, in the soup, there are a lot more ingredients than just hock ham: beef, pork, pork blood, pork balls and Vietnamese ham. I really liked this broth as well: it was spicy and balanced.<\/p>\n

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Spicy Pork Hock Noodle Soup @ Hai Phong Vietnamese Restaurant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I really enjoyed the great flavours here at Hai Phong. I definitely want to come back to try their other dishes.<\/p>\n

\"Hai<\/a>
Hai Phong Vietnamese Restaurant, Vancouver<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Official website:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/haiphongrestaurant.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Map and other reviews:<\/p>\n

\"Hai<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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