Ambiance: Food Court
Seating/Wait time: Food Court
Dress Code: Casual
Crowd: Everybody
Meal:
Seating/Wait time: Food Court
Dress Code: Casual
Crowd: Everybody
Meal:
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| Buen Rieu S2 Small $5.75 |
Personal Remarks: With so many choices at the Metrotown food court, it's hard to decide on what to eat. You rely a lot on pictures, or eat what you're usually accustomed to eating. But a food court is actually a great place to try new things.
Food court food is expensive because of convenience, but compared to eating in a restaurant it's actually cheaper. On this day, I wanted to get away from the normal A&W and NY Fries, eventually it was either a beef ball noodle soup and this the Buen Rieu. I noticed the owner did not have a picture of the beef ball noodle soup and reasoned that if the owner felt this dish is worthy enough to advertise, then it must be worth trying.
This dish looks spicy because it's red, but it's actually not. If you read some of my previous ventures at Vietnamese restaurants, I do tend to try the tomato based broth more than the normal chicken stock broth noodles. So, I thought I give this one a try and see how it compares to the other restaurants.
This broth is not as rich as the ones you would enjoy in a restaurant, it does taste a bit watered down. The portion I ordered was a small and there is substantially a lot less noodles compared to the "small's" you'd get in a restaurant.
The noodles were normal rice noodles. The protein that you see is either pork or beef, to be honest I didn't give it much thought. I just ate it. Sometimes, it's best not to know. The only veggies was bean sprout, cilantro, chives, and tomato. They don't give a lot of meat and most of this is just noodle. So, if you're really hungry you might have to order the large.
Food court food is expensive because of convenience, but compared to eating in a restaurant it's actually cheaper. On this day, I wanted to get away from the normal A&W and NY Fries, eventually it was either a beef ball noodle soup and this the Buen Rieu. I noticed the owner did not have a picture of the beef ball noodle soup and reasoned that if the owner felt this dish is worthy enough to advertise, then it must be worth trying.
This dish looks spicy because it's red, but it's actually not. If you read some of my previous ventures at Vietnamese restaurants, I do tend to try the tomato based broth more than the normal chicken stock broth noodles. So, I thought I give this one a try and see how it compares to the other restaurants.
This broth is not as rich as the ones you would enjoy in a restaurant, it does taste a bit watered down. The portion I ordered was a small and there is substantially a lot less noodles compared to the "small's" you'd get in a restaurant.
The noodles were normal rice noodles. The protein that you see is either pork or beef, to be honest I didn't give it much thought. I just ate it. Sometimes, it's best not to know. The only veggies was bean sprout, cilantro, chives, and tomato. They don't give a lot of meat and most of this is just noodle. So, if you're really hungry you might have to order the large.
In terms of just having something to fill you up for a decent price, based on food court standards, this is will do. It's simply average. It wasn't great for it's value, but it isn't bad either. So, if you're just wanting something different, this is a "something different" dish to order.
Value: 3/5 Overall: 3/5
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