My makan kaki suggested eating either at Viet Inn, Vietnamese cuisine or Saffron, Indian cuisine next door. So, I picked the Vietnamese. We wanted a soupy meal. Dimly lighted, the waitress switched on the fan to improve the ventilation as the air-conditioner slowly warmed up. There were only 2 ladies eating in there when we went in.
Look at the sauces available. Besides the usual chili and soy sauce, there was also the fish sauce which is more commonly used in Vietnamese and Thai cuisine.
The Chinese do use fish sauce in their cuisine too but we do not find the fish sauce on the table like Viet Inn has.
The rice paper was used to wrap prawns, pork, vermicelli, mint leaves and lettuce. It was almost like eating a salad roll. It's so healthy. No oil at all. Served with light bean sauce and crushed peanuts. The sauce was the finishing touch to this dish. Without the sauce, the roll was almost vegetarian and bland.
Now, you know why the Vietnamese ladies look so slim and nice in their traditional costume, ao dais ?
Vietnamese authentic roasted coffee drip with milk and ice (Cafe Sua Da) @$2.50
We have never drank Vietnamese coffee before so the two of us were pretty amazed by it when served. The coffee mixture was put on top in a container with a petri dish alike holder at the bottom. But the petri dish had holes to allow the coffee to drip from the top to the cup below. We thought the waitress took our order wrongly because ice wasn't served. So, we asked the waiter and he explained slowly and kindly to us that the coffee mixture already contained milk but ice will only be served when the coffee had dripped finish. Haha.
And soon, he reappeared with a glass of ice and kindly demostrated to us how should the coffee be prepared. He stirred the coffee and then poured it into the glass of ice. Jajang! Ready to drink!
Let's understand coffee through B.A.D - Body, Acidity and Degree of roast.
My tastebuds told me the Vietnamese coffee was a full-body, low acidity and a medium degree of roast. Pretty much near to the taste of Mocha. Slight bitterness. I felt too much sweetened condensed milk was added which resulted the coffee to be a tad too sweet.
My tastebuds told me the Vietnamese coffee was a full-body, low acidity and a medium degree of roast. Pretty much near to the taste of Mocha. Slight bitterness. I felt too much sweetened condensed milk was added which resulted the coffee to be a tad too sweet.
Glass and egg noodles with wanton (Hu Tieu Mi Tom Thit) @$9
I didn't eat this so I shall reserve my comments.
Traditional Vietnamese beef and chicken soup (Pho) @$9.80
Pho is pronounced as 'fer'. Rice noodles in a herbal broth, with chili slices, beansprouts, basil leaves and a small slice of kaffir lime.
Pho is pronounced as 'fer'. Rice noodles in a herbal broth, with chili slices, beansprouts, basil leaves and a small slice of kaffir lime.
It was a big bowl of noodles. Very generous amount of beef slices. The broth wasn't so strong herbal flavoured which I think didn't make the Pho a wow to me.
Dessert - Three colour sweet (Che 3 Mau) @$3.50
This dessert was like a simplified version of our chendol. The 3 colours are red, yellow and green. Red kidney beans, Yellow mung bean paste and green starch noodles in coconut milk and small ice cubes. I liked the kidney beans. They were so big.
This dessert was like a simplified version of our chendol. The 3 colours are red, yellow and green. Red kidney beans, Yellow mung bean paste and green starch noodles in coconut milk and small ice cubes. I liked the kidney beans. They were so big.
Our chendol was much fancier with jelly, atap seeds etc. Also ours used shaved ice but we don't add kidney beans. :(
Three colour sweet makes a good chilling dessert on a hot day!
We ordered the set meal which included 1 entree, 2 mains, 1 dessert and 1 drink which gave us a 10% discount. The bill totalled up to $32.90. I felt the food was pretty decent and cheap. Both the waiter and waitress were friendly and approachable.
Viet Inn
49 Circular Road
Tel : 6536 1847
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