What’s so Portuguese about a Vietnamese Restaurant? Nothing, actually, but it’s on Ossington (pronounced Ozington in the Torontonian dialect) and it serves great pho soup (pronounounced fuh by the Vietnamese). It just happens to be near the cluster of Portuguese businesses around Dundas West and Ossington. The small bowl of pho was $7.25 and the medium was only 75¢ more, so I’d always go for the medium. Why not? It’s a meal in itself…. nice big chunks of chicken and beef and tons of rice noodles in delicious broth. Brian ordered spring rolls before we got there… $4.00 for four of them… light and excellent. Somehow he resisted eating all of them and kept 2 for Danica and me to try when we arrived.
Service was friendly, efficient and helpful. We want to go again and try more menu items.
Not to neglect the fact that we were in Little Portugal, we went to the Nova Era Bakery and Pastry shop for dessert. Nice place, lots of little tables, gorgeous array of pastries and good coffee. Obviously a popular place with the locals and for good reason. Danica brought home some baked goodies for supper… and egg custard tarts for dessert.
