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2009-05-05
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Having heard that the big chef has moved to here from 火車頭, the latter which I've been before around 2 years ago - obviously my priority destination for satisfying Pho craving in this area is at 越南站餐廳 . Usually, I will order 特別牛河 to try the multiple ingredients and their 誠意. However I'm feeling the heat a little bit already so opting for less fattier ingredients, therefore went for 生熟牛河 instead. >>生熟牛河: The Broth here is very different from what I expected. It was 太濃 despite being dark
Usually, I will order 特別牛河 to try the multiple ingredients and their 誠意. However I'm feeling the heat a little bit already so opting for less fattier ingredients, therefore went for 生熟牛河 instead.
>>生熟牛河:
The Broth here is very different from what I expected. It was 太濃 despite being dark brown clear, but was filtered well. It had lots of onion and beef taste, almost like a French Onion soup with too beefy a taste - I don't think I tasted a lot of complexity in this broth to be honest. It was very in-your-face and most spices influence in the background were not readily obvious. It was too beefy, I wonder how this soup would work with a chicken pho version. (I also thought there was MSG used in the soup.)
The 河粉 was a bit too over-cooked and falling apart, although quite smooth and of the right noodle size. The beef briskets were VERY TOUGH, unacceptable, I did not even bother to look for flavour as I'd rather just swallow it rather than chew. The rare beef slices were much better, liked it.
The Herbs - Consisting of only limpy 金不換 (Thai Basil) that wasn't aromatic, had only around 30-40% taste and most of them were bruised. Not good. Also sliced raw onions. Lime. Chopped Red Chili. 芽菜 already inside the soup.
Notably missing from the equation were Green onions and purply Vietnamese mint, the latter doesn't seem used much in Hong Kong pho? 鵝帝 or 毛翁 meanwhile could have been useful, considering that the soup broth was uninteresting. IN FACT, if the pho soup base is of really high quality, I don't even want extra herbs. But in this particular boring soup - they were definitely a necessity.
Score: 6 / 10.
> 清補涼 -
I don't know where this is from originally but I always have this with my pho, or with lemon sodas. In this version, there was a good Longan flavour, but there wasn't a lot of input from the deseeded Red Dates. There was also Lotus Seed. Overall a nice refreshing but quite a naturally sweet drink.
Score: 8.5/10.
As a side note - its weird how 蔡瀾 always recommends the Vietnamese populated Richmond's 勇記 outlet in Melbourne, Australia, for the best pho in the world.... I must have had that more than 50 times. That's pretty good in comparison to here, especially the broth, but not necessarily the ingredients. But I wonder, if anyone has had better in Hong Kong or Vietnam or anywhere else in the world? Since some of 蔡瀾's food recommendations in Australia are very outdated although accurate in the distant past (15-20 years ago past, haha!).
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