Thursday, July 12, 2012

Finally!

My friend Jackson invited me to lunch at Cilantro Star on Healeys Lane off Lonsdale Street, Melbourne city.

I was a little skeptical about their claim of specialising in "gourmet pho", however, I was very happy to find that their pho ($10 a bowl) beats all of the pho I have tried in Footscray and Richmond. Yay, finally!

The broth was clear, yet tasty and the rice noodles were fresh. I will be coming back for a second taste to make sure that I was not dreaming (and to take some photos)! :)

Something other than pho

Olivier and I have been eyeing out Thanh Ha 2 (120 Victoria St, Richmond) for a while. We thought it would be good to visit a Vietnamese restaurant that didn't specialise in pho for a change.

We both ordered the restaurant's speciality - banh cuon - a dish made of rice batter sheets filled with pork, shredded mushrooms and prawns, served alongside cha lua (pork terrine) and other little tid bits. The dish was fairly good but didn't quite hit the spot on a Winter's night.

However, we will definitely be returning as they seem to have a very extensive menu with other Vietnamese dishes including banh xeo (Vietnamese pancakes).