Authentic Vietnamese Cuisine (food review)

A sudden huge craving for Vietnamese food brought both Yc and me hounding for some authentic viet cuisine ytd. Amongst the plethora of cuisines offered here, in food haven singapore, Vietnamese food is one of the rarer cuisines, not as easily located as its Thai counterparts.

We were meant to be headed for 'Madam Saigon' at liang seah st(bugis). Unfortunately, we found it to be no longer in business. Having come so far on empty stomachs & an unfulfilled craving, surely we weren't gna take NO as an answer??

Thus we hopped on a cab, and arrived at 'Little Vietnam restaurant & Cafe'. 

We arrived around 8.30pm, place was still pretty crowded!! Business looked good, staff were bustling around, and the place was patronised by many viets. The way I judge if a food outlet is selling the authentic cuisine I expect?

- by its staff & customer base. ^^

I'm not sure, but I doubt they charge for gst/svs.

Meal for both of us consisted of:

No. 1 & 2 - both deep fried & their basic spring rolls (pic 4). Thumbs up for their fried spring rolls, there's pretty much nothing fried that doesn't taste good right?

No. 25 - pho (dai). I THINK. Basically pho with all 3 different types of beef. (Pic 1) I'd still vote for the pho I had in Vietnam. 

No. 50 - rice & grilled pork cutlet. Damn tender, you can bet your money's worth (pic 2) MUST ORDER

No. 64 - Vietnamese radish (pic 3) Crispier than sg's version, nothing fancy.

And and and. Vietnamese tea, Vietnamese milk coffee (pic 5), banana sago (dessert) (last pic!)

Good things come to those who wait. And so I did. 

Waited for the coffee essence to drip till nothing remained. Before I dunked it into my glass of ice. Mmmmm. MUST RAVE. Vietnamese coffee does live up to its reputation!

As for the final dish, banana sago. PLUS points for creativity, MINUS points for the 'siap siap' aftertaste caused by the bananas! I describe 'Siap siap' as a coarse feeling in  your mouth, one that I liken to the taste of wood. Bananas verged on the slightly sour end too. 

Address: 511 guillemard road (grandlink square). Alternatively, maybe a 3-5 min walk from paya Lebar mrt's exit D.

Ending the post with ytd's OOTD and some winter luvin~ 

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I would say I'm pretty satisfied considering this is my virgin experience in waxing down there. (ahem)
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Location: 5/10
(Even with iPhone google map, we walked though up north and down south of Holland V before we could locate the shop - a mini door and a long stairway up to the 2nd floor)