Chef Jackie Nguyen is the owner cum head chef of Pho Hanoi in the Serangoon North. Graduated from ITE in Singapore and has spend more than 8 years in here, he decided to introduce North Vietnamese food. According to Chef Jackie, most of the Vietnamese food here is from Ho Chi Minh city (Southern Vietnam) and the rareness of North Vietnamese food leads to Chef Jackie to set up shop.
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| Pho Hanoi Specialities - 1 |
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| Pho Hanoi Specialities - 2 |
Located under HDB at
Block 153 Serangoon North Ave 1, the establishment is decorated and
furnish simple yet elegant manner. They use white background, white
tables and green chairs. For small group of 2 or 4, you can choose to
seat inside, while a bigger group can choose the round table outside.
We ordered Vietnamese
Spring Roll Combination ($6.50) and Fresh Spring Roll ($3.50) for our
starters. The fresh spring roll also known as paper roll are fresh
with a springy texture wrap. The ingredients, especially the prawns
are fresh and goes well with the peanut sauce and fish sauce. The
combination spring rolls come with fresh spring roll, fried spring
roll and fried beef roll in seaweed. The fried spring roll has a
crispy texture with a bit of chewiness. While the fried beef roll has
a strong gamey taste from the beef, which need some time to get used
to.
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| Vietnamese Spring Roll Combination |
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| Fresh Spring Roll |
For the mains, Little
Devil had Wagyu Beef Noodle Soup($8.90). The soup is clear and
robust, however comparing to the Southern Version such as at Nam Nam
or Long Phung, it is on the lighter side. You can taste the natural
sweetness of the broth, and the Wagyu beef just melts in your mouth.
The rice noodle is al dante.
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| Wagyu Beef Noodle Soup |
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| Wagyu Beef Noodle Soup |
For me, I ordered BBQ
Beef Noodle ($6.50). The beef is marinated with traditional
Vietnamese flavour such as lemon grass. It is tender and succulent
infused with capsicum flavour. It is good, but capsicum is not my
best friend, so I just have the meat with the springy thin (bee hoon)
type of rice noodle with fish sauce.
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| BBQ Beef Noodle |
Meanwhile, my MIL ordered
Mango Salad with Seafood ($6.50). The mango is slightly raw and
provide the crunchiness to the dish. LD says it lacks of sourness, a
bit more lime will be better. We discover that the North Vietnam
food seems to be more subtle flavour in the dish compare to the South
side. A few items that catch our eyes in the menu is the grill
seafood. It seems to be their speciality, but we did not have a space
in our tummy to try this time around. We took a mental note to come
back and try this out.
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| Mango Salad with Seafood |
Service is prompt and
friendly. Overall, Chef Jackie's Pho Hanoi introduce us to a
different taste of Vietnamese food. Although you feel that you have
seen the dishes before, but the taste of the good will surprise you,
as it is somewhat lighter and allow the ingredients to speak for
itself. Pricing is very friendly to the pocket. During this short
period, it seems the Pho Hanoi has immerse itself to be part of the
food culture in Serangoon North Community. Cheers!!
Food
& Drink: 7.5/10
Value: 9/10
Service:
7/10
Ambiance:
6.5/10
Budget
per Person: $ 11 - $25
Pho Hanoi
Blk 153 Serangoon
North Ave 1
#01-464.
Singapore 550153
Tel: 6286 1919
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/Phohanoi.sg
Op Hours: Daily 11.00 – 21.30
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