Pho Vietz @ Empire Shopping Gallery, Subang Jaya

Pho Vietz is quite popular among the food lovers since they open their outlet Empire Shopping Gallery in September 2016. Its listed as one of the restaurants which needs long queue by Open Rice in order to have a meal there. I experienced it myself, wait for almost 20 minutes to get a table. The popularity could be due to very few proper Vietnamese restaurant serving pork. Pho Vietz offers variety of Vietnamese food such as Ban Minh(baguette), spring roll, beef and pork pho, rice with curry and claypot dishes. I was there to try out their beef pho and spring roll.

Taste:6/10(Moderate. If you have visited Vietnam before, you need to lower your expectation as their pho and spring roll taste does not perform anyway near. The pho soup is rather blend and quite normal. The beef quantity provided is quite decent but some of the beef pieces is too chewy. The spring roll skin is too sticky and hard to my liking. They missed one important item on Vietnamese food which is using good chili sauce. They use normal chili sauce which does not have kick).
Price:5/10(Near expensive. Ordered two beef combo noodles soup with Australian beef slices and beef balls at MYR19.90 and tiger prawn rolls at MYR9.90).


Two beef combo noodles soup.

I ordered the recommended item from their menu. However the taste does not up to my expectation.

The noodles has all the items that good pho should have. This kind of proper restaurant should have at least provide Rooster chili sauce (Sriracha chili sauce).

The skins and the sauce of the spring roll needs improvement. The skin is tough and the sauce not enough peanut.

GPS/Coordinate: 3.081925, 101.582763
Address: Ground floor, Empire Shopping Gallery, Jalan SS 16/1, SS 16, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor

Bake & Brew Cafe tasty lunch set @ CITTA Mall, Ara Damansara

Bake & Brew Cafe is a quiet and cosy place to have light meal in Citta Mall, Ara Damansara. It's a homey little neighbourhood cafe. They serve delicious beef stew and Vietnamese coffee. There are many bread options and cakes that you can try as well.

Taste:9/10(Delicious. I like their soupy and tasty beef stew. The soup taste natural and with strong beef flavour. Good for those who like clean and light lunch).
Price:6/10(Moderate. Lunch set of beef stew at MYR9.90 and banh mi baguette at MYR8.50).


Spaghetti beef stew with pomegranate tea.


They also have rice noodle options.

Dilmah Earl Grey tea.

Banh mi sandwich. This Vietnamese style sandwich contains beef, pickled vegetables and chilies.


Tasty Banh mi with crunchy baguette.

GPS/Coordinate: 3.113029, 101.579087
Address:Citta Mall, Lot G-33, Ground Floor, No. 1, Jalan PJU 1A/48, Ara Damansara, Selangor, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

Little Viet Garden @ Washington DC, USA

Little Viet Garden located in Georgetown, Washington DC offers Vietnamese food and Asian delicacies.

Taste:7/10(Moderate. The Garden spring roll with the peanut sauce were good. However, the beef noodles soup is a bit plain).
Price:6/10(Moderate. The Garden roll price at USD5.50 and beef noodles soup at USD10.95).


Good and fresh Vietnamese Garden spring rolls. Rice paper rolls filled with shrimp, egg, and shredded greens. Served with peanut sauce.

Beef noodles soup with so much bean sprout. Rice stick noodles in a beef broth with thinly slice beef and traditional greens.

Inside Little Viet Garden during dinner time.

Little Viet Garden at night.

Coordinate/GPS: 38.905040, -77.059015
Address: 2934 M St NW, Washington, DC 20007 (between intersection of N 30th St & N 29th St in Georgetown).
Public transport: Bus no 31, 32, 36, 38B, D5 & DCDGR. Stop at intersection of M Street NW and 30th Street NW.

Beef noodles at Pho Fuchsia @ Seattle, Washington

Not sure what to eat while in Seattle? You can always have Vietnamese pho or beef noodles as safe food. Since its cold in Seattle, having something hot and simple would be good.

Taste:7/10(Moderate. The beef noodles here is average but the lime honey juice is great).
Price:6/10(Moderate. A bowl of beef noodles at USD7.00).



Hearty hot beef noodles compliment with cold weather of Seattle.

Delicious lime honey juice.

GPS/Coordinate: 47.600317, -122.334561
Address: 213 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104, USA.
Public transport: Bus no 99 towards Pioneer Square.

Pho TNT @ Portland, Oregon

Visiting the famous Portland Saturday market and looking for place to have lunch. I found this restaurant within the vicinity and I want to have something soupy. Have a bowl of pho seems to be the right choice.

Taste:7/10(Moderate. The soup is a bit thin and the beef is in slice form which tend to be overcooked).
Price:8/10(Cheap. Portion are big and amount of meat given is generous portion. If I not mistaken, I paid USD7.00 for a big bowl of pho).


Pho TNT. What's an interesting name.

Simple restaurant.

Just want to have quick bowl of pho (beef noodles in soup).

GPS/Coordinate: 45.522233, -122.671714
Address: 120 SW Ankeny St Portland, OR 97204
Public transport: Skidmore Fountain MAX Station via Blue/Red line.

Viet Pho @ London

Compact, family-run Vietnamese restaurant and takeaway serving fresh and simple traditional cuisine. Do eat here if you want cheap, fast and simple meal. It is a tiny place though and it can get pretty packed especially during dinner.

Taste:8/10(Good. The pho served were good which delicious noodles and beef which is tender. The soup is good as well).
Price:7/10(Moderate. By London standard, this place is cheap for dinner by spending around 7 Pound for meal and drink).


Great hot beef noodles soup for cold night.

I like to have Pho during dinner if I can't find any good food to try.

GPS/Coordinate: 51.513067, -0.130275
Address: 34 Greek St London W1D 5DJ
Public transport: Leicester Square London Tube station.

US Trip Food Galore (Park City - Las Vegas - San Francisco)

It has been some time that I didn't blog about food. This is food blog anyway. I have shared my US travel and now I would like to continue to blog on the food there. Overall the food in US is not as good if compared to Malaysia. The food choices there is quite limited and the taste is rather blend. For me, the food here is expensive if taken into account of our exchange rate of USD 1 to RM3.40. Each meal here cost around USD 8-20 (equal to RM28-RM70) depending on what & where you eat. Plus tipping, around USD 1-2.

Vietnamese food at Little Saigon (Park City, Utah-Dinner)
Taste:7/10(The chicken meat in the glass noodles if rather blend and the meat is over cooked. However, other dishes is quite ok).
Price: Around USD 6-16 per meal.

Deep fry spring roll & Non-fry spring roll. The taste is fantastic.

The spring roll is nicely done with prawn, rice vercimili, vegetables & transparent wrap. Dip with peanut sauce and carrot sour sauce.

Glass noodle with chicken meat. The chicken meat is too much and not salty enough!

Beef noodles.

Bajio (Park City, Utah-Dinner)-CLOSED
Mexican style fast food restaurant.
Taste:7/10(The sweet pork is good. The rice and the chips is rather normal).
Price:USD 5-10 per meal.

I forgot all the food name. This is mixture of spicy rice, baked beans, tomato and chacho chips.

With sweet pork version.

Vegetarian version.

Sponsored lunch pack from conference (Park City, Utah-Lunch)
We take away the lunch pack for our breakfast the next day.
Taste:8/10(The sandwiches is quite good. I love the biscuits provided).
Price: Free.

Cute package with lunch set inside. Delicious sandwich of choice - ham, turkey, bacon & vegetarian, pasta, apple & biscuits.

Bacon & ham sandwich.

Nutritious pasta.

There is no chili sauce here. Mayonnaise, mustard(I hate it) & tomato sauce.

Tony Roma (Fremont Street outlet, Las Vegas, Nevada-Dinner)
Taste:5/10(The lobster saved this meal. The lobster is good and well done. The beef is rather hard and rubbery. Potato is tasteless and blend. Good looking meal but not turn out to be good).
Price:This is a promotion meal. At 12 USD, it is one of the best value. However because of the bad beef, making this meal not worth for money).

Lobster, beef, potato and some mixed vegetables.

Grand Canyon Railway Station(Near Grand Canyon, Arizona-Lunch)
Taste:6/10(The food is just so-so).
Price:The food is included in the Grand Canyon tour package.



Buffet style food.

Japanese Bento Set-Can't recall the restaurant name (San Francisco, California-Dinner)
Taste:7/10(Moderate).
Price:Around USD 18. First time testing hot sake. Smell fragrant.

Bento set.

Hot sake.

Shell fish combo-At Fisherman's Wharf (San Francisco, California-Lunch)
Taste:9/10(Seafood lover must try this. You can taste the steamed prawn & crab original taste this way).
Price:USD 8.50 per pack.

This prawn & crab meat mixture is delicious.

Many selection for you to choose from.

Hooters (San Francisco, California-Lunch)
Taste:6/10(Not too sure what to order but the food turn out to be so-so. Heard that their best menu is buffalo wings. Didn't try that. They salad is not enough mayo and not enough oil. As you may know, Hooters major attraction is their ladies waitress).
Price:On par with most fast food restaurant.



Fries with baked bean.

Ceasar Salad.

Japanese Food at Japanese Town (San Francisco, California-Dinner)
Taste:7/10(Moderate).

Beef noodle.

Bento set.